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Fidelity cuts X valuation amid Musk turmoil

Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Fidelity cuts X valuation amid Musk turmoil Fidelity has marked down the value of its shares in X Holdings Corp., the parent company of the platform formerly known as Twitter, by 71.5 percent since Elon Musk’s purchase of the company. © Pavlo…

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit

A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the social media site is changed for everIn June, thousands of Reddit communities plunged into darkness – making their pages inaccessible to the public in a mass protest of corporate policy changes. Users of a social network lambasting it is nothing new; but Reddit’s moderators rebelled on a scale never seen before. Six months later, users and researchers say reforms sparked by the movement are still rippling through the social network, which bills itself as the “front page of the internet”.The changes are a mixed bag, they say. The quality of the posts on the forum site has changed, some say, but the social network’s corporate parent appears more attentive, making changes long requested by users and moderators alike. The conflict with the company left Reddit’s denizens angry and skeptical, but many say they’re sticking around to see how things go with Reddit’s new normal. Continue reading…

Teen girls are being victimized by deepfake nudes. One family is pushing for more protections

Desperate for solutions, affected families are pushing lawmakers to implement robust safeguards for victims whose images are manipulated using new AI models, or the plethora of apps and websites that openly advertise their services.

Tech trade group sues over ‘unconstitutional’ Utah teen social media curfew law

The law wouldn’t just affect minors. DepositPhotosThe state’s Social Media Regulation Act is set to take effect March 1, 2024. The post Tech trade group sues over ‘unconstitutional’ Utah teen social media curfew law appeared first on Popular Science.