{"source":"Social Media","paragraphs":["\u003cp\u003eTikTok, which is owned by

Chinese company ByteDance, was one of several apps recently revealed to be

accessing user clipboard data when running in the background. The practice was
discovered via a new feature in beta versions of iOS 14, which alerts users when an
app copies from the clipboard. TikTok says it has since removed the
feature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHaving previously declared his intention to
hold a press conference on Wednesday where he would reveal his identity after a
series of tweets that had detailed his experiences, the user @FootballerGay posted
two messages on Tuesday evening before deleting the account which had amassed more
than 50,000 followers. \"I thought I was stronger. I was wrong,\" read the first,
quickly followed by a more detailed explanation before the account was
deleted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIt’s a combination of neutralizing a
competitor and improving Facebook, Zuckerberg said in a reply. \"There are network
effect around social products and a finite number of different social mechanics to
invent. Once someone wins at a specific mechanic, it’s difficult for others to
supplant them without doing something
different.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYesterday, Robin Houston, a computer
scientist and mathematician tweeted about the bizarre intersection of 4chan and
mathematics, inadvertently setting off a wave of public interest in the story.
Within hours of his tweet, his phone was vibrating constantly. \"It started to go
mad,\" he says. \"My phone started going crazy.\" The 4chan part of this saga began
on September 17th, 2011, when a poster posed a question: if you wanted to watch 14
episodes of the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in every possible order,
what’s the shortest string of episodes you’d need to
watch?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch of the group’s activity was concentrated
among several dozen large accounts, including one called @blackstagram_ and another
called @american.veterans, both of which had more than 200,000 followers. Many of
the group’s accounts targeted specific identity groups, including African-
Americans, gun-rights supporters and anti-immigration
activists.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor anyone making those videos, the changes
will be significant. Features like comments and notifications won’t be available on
videos \"that have an emphasis on kids characters, themes, toys, or games,\"
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said in a blog post responding to the settlement. It’s
also likely that these videos will not be able to run targeted ads, which could
affect monetization. Those two product features might not seem like a big deal to
viewers, but they could be catastrophic for creators. If channels can’t send
notifications for certain videos, fewer people will watch those videos within the
first crucial hours.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInstagram told Ars Technica it
was \"exploring\" more ways for users to control embedding. For now, photographers
can only stop embeds by making photographs private, which strictly limits their
reach on Instagram. Even the Mashable ruling expressed concern with
Instagram’s \"expansive transfer of rights\" from users, so this would address a
major underlying factor in both suits. It doesn’t necessarily mean sites can’t use
Instagram photos. Neither judge ruled on what’s called the \"server test\" — an
argument that embedded photos aren’t copying photos in a way that could infringe on
copyright because they’re simply pointing to content posted on another site (in
this case, Instagram).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTikTok denies that it is a
security risk, and has taken measures to distance itself from Douyin, the Chinese
version of the app. The company has appointed a new CEO, ex-Disney exec Kevin
Meyer, and last week it pulled out of Hong Kong after the region adopted a new
national security law giving further power to the central Chinese
government. \"TikTok is led by an American CEO, with hundreds of employees and key
leaders across safety, security, product, and public policy here in the US,\" the
company said in response to Pompeo’s comments. \"We have no higher priority than
promoting a safe and secure app experience for our users. We have never provided
user data to the Chinese government, nor would we do so if
asked.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMixer’s decision to gift two free months of
subscriptions to Blevins’ channel is an attempt to bring as many people over to the
platform in as short a time as possible. But after that period runs out, the price
will jump to at least $5.99 a month. (Mixer streamers can also earn money through
the platform’s Sparks currency, similar to Bits on Twitch.) Still, if Blevins
continues growing at this rate, he might just break a few of his old records. He
previously amassed more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube in just one month
last year, during his meteoric rise alongside
Fortnite.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor anyone making those videos, the changes
will be significant. Features like comments and notifications won’t be available on
videos \"that have an emphasis on kids characters, themes, toys, or games,\"
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said in a blog post responding to the settlement. It’s
also likely that these videos will not be able to run targeted ads, which could
affect monetization. Those two product features might not seem like a big deal to
viewers, but they could be catastrophic for creators. If channels can’t send
notifications for certain videos, fewer people will watch those videos within the
first crucial hours.\u003c/p\u003e"]}