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Xiaohongshu has revolutionized Chinese tourism in Southeast Asia

The lifestyle and social media platform, often compared to Instagram, is turning obscure sites into must-see attractions.

Xiaohongshu is often referred to as “China’s Instagram,” but it offers something that Instagram and other social media apps generally do not: in-depth, user-generated travel advice and itineraries.

#Photography #Tourism #China #Social Networks #Media

Xiaohongshu has revolutionized Chinese tourism in Southeast Asia

The poster’s guide to the internet of the future

The best of blogging meets the best of social media.

#Communication #Big Tech #Social Networks

The poster’s guide to the internet of the future

X’s First Transparency Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Finally Here

In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts.

#Social Networks #Twitter #Discrimination #Transparency

X’s First Transparency Report Since Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Finally Here

Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses

Meta’s AR glasses are an impressive tease of what Mark Zuckerberg thinks will replace the smartphone.

#AR #VR #Glasses #Computation #Social Networks #Wearables

Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses

The synthetic social network is coming

Between ChatGPT’s surprisingly human voice and Meta’s AI characters, our feeds may be about to change forever

#AI #Machine Learning #Generative AI #Social Networks #Society #Avatars #Robots #Chatbots #Humans

The synthetic social network is coming

Meta reignites plans to train AI using UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts | TechCrunch

Meta has confirmed that it's restarting efforts to train its AI systems using public Facebook and Instagram posts from its U.K. userbase.

#Social Networks #Training #Data #Privacy #Big Tech #Media #Machine Learning #AI

Meta reignites plans to train AI using UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts | TechCrunch

Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007

Making Facebook and Instagram private won’t delete that data.

#Data #Privacy #Ethics #Social Networks #Big Tech #AI #Machine Learning

Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007

Music Producer Accused of Using AI Songs to Scam Streaming Platforms Out of $10 Million in Royalties

Michael Smith, a 52-year-old music producer, is accused of generating more than $10 million in illicit royalties using AI-generated songs.

#Intellectual Property #Music #Crime #Money #Streaming #Social Networks

Music Producer Accused of Using AI Songs to Scam Streaming Platforms Out of $10 Million in Royalties

Strava and Letterboxd Surge as Users Crave Social-Media Refuge

Strava launched in 2009 as a niche website for cyclists to log mileage. During the pandemic, it blossomed into a mobile app serving more than 120 million athletes as worldwide lockdowns drove people outdoors.

#Social Networks #Media #Apple #Data #Community

Strava and Letterboxd Surge as Users Crave Social-Media Refuge

Musk's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, secretaries of state say

They claimed X's AI chatbot, Grok, had spread "false information on ballot deadlines."

Experts have long warned about the threat of AI-driven misinformation, which is more salient than ever as the election heats up and voters are susceptible to lies about the candidates or voting process.

#Politics #USA #Misinformation #Propaganda #Social Networks #Society #Elections

Musk's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, secretaries of state say

Google's Exclusive Reddit Access

DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.

#Big Tech #Search #Silicon Valley #Internet #Misinformation #Social Networks

Google's Exclusive Reddit Access

The Pop Craveification of Breaking News

We're all learning about major events through increasingly bizarre digital formats.

News hustlers, who operate primarily on X, but also Threads, Instagram, and any app with a native reshare button, are the Pop Crave model of news on steroids

#News #Journalism #Misinformation #Social Networks #Society #Media #Memes

The Pop Craveification of Breaking News

In Indonesia, social media is a “hunting ground” for religious minorities

Conservative Muslim influencers spread hate speech to their millions of followers on TikTok and YouTube, with little pushback from authorities or platforms.

While Indonesia’s laws dictate that religious minority groups must be protected, the country’s notorious blasphemy law is often used to target and silence them

#Social Networks #Asia #Indonesia #Religion #Politics

In Indonesia, social media is a “hunting ground” for religious minorities