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Earlier this year, a goose named Cuthbert became a surprise social media star. Based at Caenhill Countryside Centre in Wiltshire, Cuthbert didn’t rise to fame with his own perfectly curated Instagram account. Instead, he had a star turn in the regular morning “rush hour” as his owner Chris Franklin calls it: the short videos Franklin posts on social media … [Read more...] about TikTok: Meet the London stars keeping the city ticking over

TikTok announced Thursday that it is banning all political ads, a move that sets it apart from other social media platforms that have become destinations for political ad dollars. TikTok is a smartphone app in which users can capture short videos of themselves, usually lip syncing or dancing to popular songs. The app has attracted a large following of mostly younger users in … [Read more...] about Tiktok bans political and advocacy advertising from its platform

Instagram today revealed it’s launching Threads, an Instagram spin-off app specifically for private messages between friends — similar to Facebook’s Messenger. Whether it’ll actually last as long as Messenger has remains to be seen. The app is camera-first, meaning your own face is likely to be the first thing you see upon entering the app. You can … [Read more...] about Instagram spins out Threads, its version of Messenger

In the world of tech, apps spring up, hit the headlines, and fade into the background almost as fast as they appeared. From Peach to Vero and FaceApp, it happens all the time.   Kik appeared to be one of these apps, particularly in the UK. After launching in 2009, it quickly rose to the tops of the App Stores and then slowly veered off but it’s remained popular … [Read more...] about Kik is shutting down in favour of cryptocurrency bet

YouTube said Thursday it had found and disabled 210 channels that were spreading disinformation about the anti-government protests in Hong Kong, at least the third such action by an American social media company since the street marches began months ago. YouTube said in a blog post that it took down the channels this week as part of its effort “to combat coordinated … [Read more...] about YouTube removes 210 channels spreading Hong Kong disinformation