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• OpenAI Rumored to Be Developing Social Media App, Competing With X and Meta - eWEEK

  18-04-2025 22:07
  OpenAI Rumored to Be Developing Social Media App, Competing With X and Meta  eWEEK
  
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• Why is Truth Social owner Trump Media merging with a fusion energy firm?

  19-12-2025 18:42
  What we know about the deal with TAE Technologies so far – from why it is happening to what fusion energy isTrump Media & Technology Group, owner of Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, announced a merger on Wednesday with a company developing fusion energy technology.TAE Technologies, an energy company founded in 1998, will join with Trump Media via a $6bn merger that it promises will propel it to build “the world’s first utility-scale fusion power pla
  
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• TikTok signs Trump-backed deal to avoid US ban

  19-12-2025 12:31
  Joint venture will take over part of app’s US operations, including data protection, algorithm security and content moderationBusiness live – latest updatesUS politics live – latest updatesTikTok has reached a deal to form a joint venture that will allow it to continue operating in the US, five years after Donald Trump threatened to ban the social media platform over privacy and national security concerns, a move that further strained relations with China.ByteDance, TikTok&rsqu
  
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• Television in titbits: the rise of the billion-dollar microdrama industry

  19-12-2025 11:03
  Hollywood is betting big on vertical microdramas told in chunks under two minutes. Can a gimmick turn into a new form of entertainment?If you have been anywhere close to the social media blast radius of The Summer I Turned Pretty, Amazon Prime’s breakout YA series on a tortuous teen love triangle, you may be familiar with the plight of Henley and Luca. The star-crossed lovers of a short-form video series called Loving My Brother’s Best Friend – plot self-explanatory – hav
  
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• Facebook tests charging users to share links in potential blow for news outlets

  18-12-2025 19:14
  News organisations fear move could hit newsrooms and other media publishers by stopping users sharing their contentFacebook is testing a system that charges users for sharing web links, in a move that could prove to be a further blow to news outlets and other publishers.Meta, the social media platform’s owner, said it is carrying out a “limited test” in which those without a paid Meta Verified subscription, costing at least £9.99 a month, can only post two external links
  
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• Badenoch says teaching boys about misogyny shouldn’t be a priority because migrants more dangerous to women and girls – UK politics live

  18-12-2025 18:49
  Tory leader dismisses the government’s newly published strategy as a ‘complete distraction’Richard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor.The British public supports the government’s decision to rejoin the Erasmus youth education and work experience programme, according to snap polling released by YouGov. Continue reading...
  
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• Social media companies allow antisemitic hate to flow ‘unchecked’, Australia’s race discrimination commissioner says

  18-12-2025 15:00
  Giridharan Sivaraman warns of a surge of racially motivated violence in wake of Bondi shooting, saying ‘it’s going to get worse before it gets better’Victims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded Follow the latest live updatesAustralia’s race discrimination commissioner says social media companies have allowed racist and antisemitic hate to flow “unchecked” – and warned of an imminent outbreak of racially moti
  
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• Trump Media announces $6bn merger plan with fusion power company

  18-12-2025 14:58
  TMTG, which owns president’s Truth Social platform, unveils link-up TAE Technologies to respond to AI boomDonald Trump’s loss-making social media business has announced plans to merge with a fusion power company.Trump Media and Technology Group, owner of the US president’s minnow Truth Social platform, unveiled an extraordinary merger worth more than $6bn with TAE Technologies, combining its social media operation with a vast bet on the AI boom driving a surge in energy demand.
  
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• 44% of Indian consumers expect to spend more time on social media, while 38% plan to increase user-generated video consumption: DoubleVerify - MediaNews4U

  18-12-2025 05:41
  44% of Indian consumers expect to spend more time on social media, while 38% plan to increase user-generated video consumption: DoubleVerify  MediaNews4U
  
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• Swimwear model slammed for 'tone deaf' social media posts after Bondi Beach attack: 'Doesn't sit right' - Daily Mail

  18-12-2025 05:30
  Swimwear model slammed for 'tone deaf' social media posts after Bondi Beach attack: 'Doesn't sit right'  Daily Mail
  
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• Grimes Exposes Elon Musk's 'Silly' Social Media Move During Ongoing Co-Parenting Drama - CafeMom.com

  18-12-2025 05:11
  Grimes Exposes Elon Musk's 'Silly' Social Media Move During Ongoing Co-Parenting Drama  CafeMom.com
  
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• From Zero to Millions: How Yerba Mate Tea Became a Social Media Phenomenon - The Good Men Project

  18-12-2025 05:06
  From Zero to Millions: How Yerba Mate Tea Became a Social Media Phenomenon  The Good Men Project
  
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• Three-year-old German motocross rider goes viral on social media - Yahoo News UK

  18-12-2025 04:59
  Three-year-old German motocross rider goes viral on social media  Yahoo News UK
  
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• Pa. man sentenced after using social media to sexually exploit, threaten girls - NBC10 Philadelphia

  18-12-2025 04:56
  Pa. man sentenced after using social media to sexually exploit, threaten girls  NBC10 Philadelphia
  
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• Parents turn to ‘dumbphones’ as schools tighten controls on social media - centrist.nz

  18-12-2025 04:22
  Parents turn to ‘dumbphones’ as schools tighten controls on social media  centrist.nz
  
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• Man fined for posting vape content on social media, possession of vapes - Stomp

  18-12-2025 04:16
  Man fined for posting vape content on social media, possession of vapes  Stomp
  
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• Elon Musk is blasted on social media over 'pathetic' comments about Sydney Sweeney's breasts - Daily Mail

  18-12-2025 04:16
  Elon Musk is blasted on social media over 'pathetic' comments about Sydney Sweeney's breasts  Daily Mail
  
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• Social Media at 16: Safeguarding children or digital imperative? - The Vibes

  18-12-2025 03:47
  Social Media at 16: Safeguarding children or digital imperative?  The Vibes
  
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• Henshaw: restrict pupils’ social media, phone use - The Nation Newspaper

  18-12-2025 03:09
  Henshaw: restrict pupils’ social media, phone use  The Nation Newspaper
  
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• Opinion | Cartoon by Mike Smith - The Washington Post

  18-12-2025 03:00
  Opinion | Cartoon by Mike Smith  The Washington Post
  
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• Sreeleela urges social media users not to support AI-generated 'nonsense' - Dunya News

  18-12-2025 01:29
  Sreeleela urges social media users not to support AI-generated 'nonsense'  Dunya News
  
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• Kids’ social media accounts are banned. Should this parental practice be next? - The Sydney Morning Herald

  18-12-2025 01:00
  Kids’ social media accounts are banned. Should this parental practice be next?  The Sydney Morning Herald
  
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• World closely watches Australia's social media ban for children - China Daily

  18-12-2025 00:55
  World closely watches Australia's social media ban for children  China Daily
  
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• Wilfried Nancy addresses social media storm as Celtic boss offers explanation for viral post - The Scotsman

  17-12-2025 23:11
  Wilfried Nancy addresses social media storm as Celtic boss offers explanation for viral post  The Scotsman
  
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• How New Social Media Checks Would Change Travel to US - Bloomberg.com

  17-12-2025 23:06
  How New Social Media Checks Would Change Travel to US  Bloomberg.com
  
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• Simple tricks to spot AI-generated videos in your social media feed - NPR

  17-12-2025 22:41
  Simple tricks to spot AI-generated videos in your social media feed  NPR
  
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• Dillon Brooks says he’ll learn from ejection vs. ‘social-media junkie’ LeBron - The New York Times

  17-12-2025 22:27
  Dillon Brooks says he’ll learn from ejection vs. ‘social-media junkie’ LeBron  The New York Times
  
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• Elon Musk’s X Is Fighting A New Social Media War Over The Twitter Brand - Forbes

  17-12-2025 22:18
  Elon Musk’s X Is Fighting A New Social Media War Over The Twitter Brand  Forbes
  
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• Inbuilt warnings on social media platforms can act as deterrent for children - Tribune India

  17-12-2025 22:12
  Inbuilt warnings on social media platforms can act as deterrent for children  Tribune India
  
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• The terrifying ways that social media is altering teenage brains - Big Think

  17-12-2025 21:59
  The terrifying ways that social media is altering teenage brains  Big Think
  
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