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☆ I've spent 50 years in one of the 'best places to live.' I love it, but that doesn't mean moving here is a good idea.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Helen Wolkowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Montreal is a gem of a city: It's safe and walkable, with a vibrant nightlife and a cultural calendar packed with events. It's also one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada, so why wouldn't you want to get in on the action? AdvertisementIt has become harder for Montreal renters to check everything off their wish lists without raising budgets. AdvertisementGiven the condition of Montreal's housing market, our "starter" is now just our forever home. Christopher O'Donnell/ShutterstockBusinesses also have to compete against the city's carousel of construction projects, which can reduce foot traffic, among other issues.

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☆ A New Report Documents How Easily Children Can Access Graphic Images of the War
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Tiffany Hsu | More About Tiffany Hsu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Meta, which owns Instagram, addressed its efforts to balance safety and speech in a blog post about the war on Friday. It noted that it established a special operations center with expert monitors working in Hebrew and Arabic, who removed or flagged more than 795,000 pieces of harmful content in the first three days of the conflict. The company also said that Instagram allows users to control how much sensitive content they are recommended. The platform said it is automatically detecting and removing graphic and violent content, placing opt-in screens over disturbing images and adding restrictions to its livestreaming function amid the hostage situation. (Hamas accounts have been blocked by platforms like Instagram and TikTok but remains active on Telegram.)

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You can find live videos on Facebook by tapping the "Live" shortcut. To locate live videos, you can use the "Live Videos" shortcut. AdvertisementAdvertisementHow to post a Facebook live video from desktop1. You will see options to "Go live" right away or to "Create a live video event," which allows you to notify your audience of a planned live video. The settings above the "Go live" button let you choose where your live video ends up.

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☆ Does Information Affect Our Beliefs?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Amanda Taub | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

‘Filter bubbles’ and democracySometimes the dangerous effects of social media are clear. As a result, they mostly share and see stories from people on their own side of the political spectrum. That “filter bubble” of information supposedly exposes users to increasingly skewed versions of reality, undermining consensus and reducing their understanding of people on the opposing side. “The ‘Filter Bubble’ Explains Why Trump Won and You Didn’t See It Coming,” announced a New York Magazine article a few days after the election. Changing information doesn’t change mindsBut without rigorous testing, it’s been hard to figure out whether the filter bubble effect was real.

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☆ TikTok's potential ban in U.S. could be boon for Meta and Snap
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesInvestors in Meta , Snap and other U.S. digital media companies have been looking for signs of a rebound after a tumultuous 2022. Meta climbed 1% on Wednesday, and Snap was unchanged. She said that Meta's Facebook, Snap and Google's YouTube could be "huge beneficiaries" if the ban ultimately takes place. watch now"A U.S. ban on TikTok is a ban on the export of American culture and values to the billion-plus people who use our service worldwide," a TikTok spokesperson said Wednesday. Andrew Boone, an analyst at JMP, said that Meta likely stands to benefit the most should TikTok face a U.S. ban.

☆ How the Supreme Court could re-shape the internet as you know it
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Nearly 30 years of protectionsA view of the U.S. Supreme Court on February 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court isn't the only one reviewing Section 230; Congress and the White House have also proposed changes to the law, though legislation to update Section 230 has consistently stalled. For skeptics of the tech industry, and critics of social media platforms, more lawsuits would imply more opportunities to hold tech companies accountable. Allowing the courts to scrutinize the tech industry more would bring it in line with other industries, some have argued. Even a 'like' could trigger a lawsuitLiability could also extend to individual internet users.

☆ Elon Musk used to scream if he wasn't mentioned in an article about Tesla, the company's first CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla cofounder Martin Eberhard said Elon Musk used to "scream" if he was not cited in Tesla stories. Musk didn't return requests for comment. In an interview with Insider, Eberhard said he and Musk were "congenial" until his last few months at the company. "His behavior changed dramatically as soon as we started having press about Tesla," Eberhard told Insider in an interview. He previously told Insider that Musk and Tesla's board met behind his back and voted to replace him as CEO.

☆ Successful startup founder tells Elon Musk he'd pay $100 to get old Twitter back
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nikita Bier, cofounder of social-media startup Gas, isn't a fan of Twitter's product changes. He tweeted at Elon Musk on Tuesday saying he'd pay $100 for the option to reverse the changes. Bier tweeted at Musk on Tuesday, saying: "Monetization idea: I would pay $100 to revert all product changes back what it was before you acquired Twitter." This isn't the first time Bier, whose startups have been acquired by Discord and Facebook, has tweeted at Musk about Twitter. 1 social-media app on the App Store after launching last year.

☆ Meta is changing who handles content moderation in East Africa. It isn't changing the dismal state of how social media stays sanitized.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Tekendra Parmar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta ended its contract with an outsourcing firm, Sama, that moderated graphic content in Africa. In August, Insider investigated the labor conditions for TikTok's content moderators working for Majorel in Morocco — the hub of ByteDance's Middle East and North Africa content moderation operation. Social media companies claim to use sophisticated algorithms that help clean up people's feeds, but this covers up the grim reality of how nearly every social media company works. Experts like Foxglove Legal have been calling on social media companies like Meta to bring their global content moderation workforce in-house. It may be the only way to make sure handling the worst elements of social media is shouldered by those who are truly accountable to the company and its users.

☆ Facebook parent Meta reports third-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Meta reports third-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell. Add it up, and Meta is expected to post its second straight quarter of declining sales. Meta is trying to make Reels more attractive to advertisers and has announced new ad formats intended to give businesses enhanced options for promoting their products through short videos. Most concerning are the user figures in the U.S. and Canada, its biggest region for revenue. In the second quarter of 2022, Meta counted 197 million daily active users in those two North American countries, down from 198 million in the same quarter in 2020.

☆ Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | Photographs Devin Oktar Yalkin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +53 min

Beyond Catastrophe A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View By David Wallace-WellsYou can never really see the future, only imagine it, then try to make sense of the new world when it arrives. (A United Nations report released this week ahead of the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, confirmed that range.) A little lower is possible, with much more concerted action; a little higher, too, with slower action and bad climate luck. There were climate-change skeptics in some very conspicuous positions of global power. New emissions peaks are expected both this year and next, which means that more damage is being done to the future climate of the planet right now than at any previous point in history.

☆ Many Gen Zers don’t use Google. Here’s why they prefer to search on TikTok and Instagram.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | Kalhan Rosenblatt | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

When asked why they don't use Google as much, the Gen Zers interviewed by NBC News had a simple answer: They prefer visual platforms. "Our goal with Search is to provide people the most relevant and useful information available," according to the post. "People have more ways to search for information than ever before—and increasingly this is happening outside the context of only a search engine." According to Raghavan, Google is testing some newer features. If Google doesn't evolve, some believe TikTok will ultimately surpass it as the top search tool.

☆ Jerrod Carmichael Was Scared of Coming Out. He Still Is.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-11 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Jerrod Carmichael Was Scared of Coming Out. Anything other than “I’m gay” was me dodging. Everything was actually “I’m gay.” But it’s still dodged. The working title of “Rothaniel” was “I’m Gay.” There are certain phrases that have no substitute. Like “I’m gay” or telling someone “I’m sorry.” But people can live in cognitive dissonance.

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☆ A Russian YouTuber who said he's lost 80% of his revenue following sanctions is scrambling to shift his followers onto other social platforms
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-15 | by ( Ryan Hogg | Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He told Insider his YouTube channel had lost 80% of its revenue since February 24. We want to live and work in a global and open world," Lapotkov told Insider, adding, "unfortunately, we can't change the global situation right now." Lapotkov told Insider it would not be easy to replace the lost income by sending fans to platforms like VK and Telegram. He told Insider that rebuilding a profitable following on alternative sites is incredibly challenging. Diana Akhmadishina, a brand ambassador for Adidas Russia who has moved her business ventures onto VK, told Insider that "VK just isn't as cool anymore in Russia.

Aplicaţia Facebook le va oferi, în curând, utilizatorilor două fluxuri noi, pe lângă cel algoritmic: unul ordonat cronologic, altul compus din persoanele şi paginile favorite. Pentru Favorites, utilizatorul poate alege până la 30 de persoane şi pagini. Recents, care va afişa postările de la cele mai noi la cele mai vechi, nu este neapărat o noutate în cadrul Facebook. Ce este nou, este faptul că Recents va fi mult mai uşor de accesat. Atât Recents, cât şi Favorites vor apărea în aplicaţia Facebook ca două tab-uri noi, lângă newsfeed.

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