{"source":"Social Media","paragraphs":["\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\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\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\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\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\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\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\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\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\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"]}