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As Much as Half of Young Americans Would Like TikTok Back
A survey conducted on TruePublic was used to gather the opinions of US citizen on the ban imposed on TikTok. Most people disagree with Donald Trump's decision.
hardware & software
Karol Laska
August 15, 2020
Facebook Sued for Ulawful Collection of Biometric Data
The California state court has received serious accusations that Facebook is illegally collecting biometric data of Instagram users.
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Karol Laska
August 13, 2020
Reels - Facebook Launches Competition for TikTok
Facebook officially revealed Reels - a new Instagram feature and competition for TikTok. The service is available in over 50 countries.
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Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2020
Twitter - Phone Numbers Added for Protection Were Used to Make Money
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Twitter in connection with a case of „unintentional” selling of access to the emails and telephone numbers provided by users as part of a two-step verification, among other things, to advertisers.
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Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2020
Google Maps Like Facebook - We Can Follow Our Friends
Google Maps app has received an update, which resembles solutions known from social network websites. It enables us to follow users, thanks to which we receive information about their content and recommendations.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
July 31, 2020
YouTube Will Disable the Option of Adding Subtitles
YouTube has decided that the option to add subtitles to videos will be removed due to its low popularity and unethical abuse.
video games
Karol Laska
July 30, 2020
U.S. Army Recruits Teenagers on Twitch and Goes Ban-happy About It
The official esports team of the US Army bans access to Twitch chat en masse. All because of actions read by many as „treacherous” recruitment tactics.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 16, 2020
Facebook and Instagram Will Enable Blocking of Political Ads
American Facebook and Instagram users have been given the opportunity to block advertising related to politics, elections and social issues.
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Bart Swiatek
July 10, 2020
Death Threats Aimed at Actress Playing Abby in The Last of Us 2
Laura Bailey, the actress playing Abby in The Last of Us 2, admitted on Twitter that she received numerous threatening messages from players who didn't like the plot of the game and the actions of the character she played.
video games
Conrad Hazi
July 5, 2020
PlayStation Boycotts Facebook as Part of #StopHateForProfit
Sony Interactive Entertainment has decided to temporarily suspend its PlayStation-related Facebook and Instagram activities. This is another company that has supported #StopHateForProfit in the fight against disinformation and hate speech.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 3, 2020
New Convenient Way to Delete Old Facebook Posts
Facebook begins releasing a tool to help manage our content. With it, we can, for example, delete our old posts.
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Mateusz Popielak
June 3, 2020
Decision to Delay PS5 Game Presentation is Adored on Twitter
The information about the postponement of Sony's online event, originally scheduled for this Thursday, published on Twitter collected nearly 537 thousand likes in less than two days. This makes it the most „liked” post related to digital entertainment on the website.
video games
Milosz Szubert
June 3, 2020
Revolt of Facebook Employees
In response to Mark Zuckerberg's assurance that he would not moderate Donald Trump's entries, Facebook employees organized a virtual protest.
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Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
June 2, 2020
Trump Suggests He May Help Shut Down Twitter
Is there going to be a war between social media and politics? Twitter has marked Donald Trump's entries as „misleading”, Mark Zuckerberg criticizes the website's actions, and the president himself threatens to shut down „social networks that try to silence conservatives”. Things are getting interesting.
hardware & software
May 28, 2020
LoL Official Forum Will be Closed
Riot Games has announced that the official forum of League of Legends will close on March 16, this year. The community has launched an action to backup all threads and files.
video games
Paul Wozniak
March 2, 2020
Sony Shuts Down PlayStation Forum
Today, an official announcement from Sony has informed of the closure of the PlayStation forum. The website will be suspended beginning with February 27, while the Japanese company encourages users to use other social networking sites.
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Paul Wozniak
February 14, 2020
Kojima Beats Two Guinness World Records
Hideo Kojima has the highest number of followers on Twitter and Instagram among game directors. Thus, he beats two Guinness World Records at the same time, of which he boasted, of course, through social media.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
November 11, 2019
Twitter Will Soon Block Paid Political Ads; Facebook Won't
Twitter will soon block the possibility of publishing paid political ads. According to the company, they enable manipulation of public opinion. Facebook has recently taken a diametrically different stance on the issue.
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Bart Swiatek
October 31, 2019
Riot Games May Create a Social Networking Website With Mods
Riot Forge trademarks registered by Riot Games indicate that the studio works on a social networking website that would brings together people playing games from the developer. Most likely, you will also be able to create and share mods.
video games
Paul Wozniak
October 16, 2019
A Clinic For Treating Gaming Addiction Opens in UK
The British Health Service has announced the opening of the country's first clinic for technology addiction. The facility will treat cases of addiction to video games, social media and the Internet in general.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
October 8, 2019