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Labour calls for UK crackdown on tech firms over anti-vax content
Labour has accused the government of being complacent on “a matter of life and death” by failing to stand up to tech firms where much anti-vax content is shared.
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Instagram head sets new year goals
Instagram head Adam Mosseri cited videos, messaging, transparency and creator monetisation as his four priorities going into 2022.
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China pledges to “clean up” the internet
China’s cyber regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), is launching a two-month special operation to "clean up" the internet.
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Meta-owned Bulletin to increase the number of creators on its platform next year
Meta vice-president of news partnerships Campbell Brown said the Facebook owner intends to "thoughtfully increase the number of creators" on Bulletin during 2022.
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TikTok expected to become third largest social media platform
Insider Intelligence said it expects TikTok to reach 755m monthly users in 2022, becoming the world's third largest social media platform behind Facebook (2.1bn) and Instagram (1.3bn).
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LinkedIn relaunches in China as jobs portal InCareer
LinkedIn has relaunched in China as jobs portal InCareer, two months after Microsoft closed the full version due to pressure over its social media features.
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US tech lobby the Internet Association to close down
US trade group the Internet Association, which was founded in 2012 and represents tech giants including Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, announced it is to close down.
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TikTok tweaks algorithm for mental health reasons
TikTok has expanded customisation features on its “For You” feed in a bid to prevent users getting stuck in loops of negative content.
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Facebook urged to act over incompetent “fact check” of BMJ investigation
Editors at The BMJ are urging Facebook to correct a “fact check” of a recent investigation that they say is “inaccurate, incompetent and irresponsible.”
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US Senators announce new social media legislation
A group of US senators has introduced the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, legislation which would require social media groups to offer independent researchers access to their data.
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US publishers sue Facebook as ad revenues dry up
Lee Wolverton, executive editor of one of the estimated 200 US news groups suing Google and Facebook, said publishers had decided to act as newspaper ad revenues have fallen 82% in 16 years.
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News Corp Australia establishes new division to oversee tech partnerships
News Corp Australia has established a new division to oversee partnerships with tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple.
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Apple and Google exercise “vice-like” grip over mobile phones, UK regulator warns
An interim Competition and Markets Authority report found Apple and Google exercise "a vice-like grip over mobile devices", with more than 99% of all smartphones sold in the UK running either iOS or Android.
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US Senator calls for government investigation into Facebook
Elizabeth Warren has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department to investigate whether Facebook has misled people about the reach of its advertisements.
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Meta urged to allow independent reviews of in-house mental health research
A group of academics have penned an open letter urging Meta to allow independent reviews of in-house research into how Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp affect youngsters' mental health.
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