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Instagram adds AI-powered background editing tool — here's how to use it

Instagram has added a new background-generating AI tool to let you take the power of generative AI to your stories.

Tom’s Guide

Instagram’s new AI image editor makes your life look more exciting than it is

After their announcement at Meta Connect 2023, AI image generating and editing tools are now being rolled out in Instagram.

TechRadar

Reports Government plans to curb under-16s’ social media use ‘speculation’

Science minister Andrew Griffith would not be drawn on reports the Government was considering plans to restrict social media access for teenagers.

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak considers crackdown on social media use for under-16s

Ministers mulling new action to limit children’s exposure to harmful content

The Independent UK

Meta Rolls Out Twitter Rival Threads In The EU

Threads went live in 100 countries earlier this year but not in the EU. Meta officials cited regulatory clarity as the reason for delaying the social network's arrival in Europe.

Latin Times

A new Facebook roll-out means parents are being advised to “think carefully” about letting their children use the social media platform – here’s why

If your child has a Facebook account, you’ll want to know about the controversial decision from Meta

GoodToKnow

Meta Rolls Out Twitter Rival Threads In The EU

Facebook owner Meta's text-based app Threads arrived in the European Union on Thursday, months after its global launch in July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

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Parliament breach: Papers profile unemployed suspects, Sudhir, Arnab say terrorists, andolanjeevi

It was a security breach at the Parliament complex on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack, and it was also a protest against “dictatorship”. While some voices, such as BJD MP Bhartruhari Mehtab, cautioned that the incident could not be compared to the terrorist attack, hawkish faces on television…

Newslaundry

More Hispanic Teens Are 'Almost Constantly' on TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat than Any Other Group

A new study by the Pew Research Center showed that almost a third of Hispanic teens spend a sizable part of their time on TikTok

Latin Times

Don’t make it harder to catch online ‘paedophiles,’ minister tells Facebook chiefs

Police fear use of encryption could lead to thousands fewer reports of online child abuse a year

Evening Standard

Fake social media accounts are targeting Taiwan's presidential election

The influence operation identified by Graphika researchers involved a network of more than 800 fake Facebook accounts that reposted Chinese-language TikTok and YouTube videos about Taiwanese politics.

WEKU

Eight in 10 convicted in UK over child abuse images avoid prison, NCA says

National Crime Agency calls for tougher sentencing and a new offence of running abuse websites

The Guardian - UK

What is 'Sharenting' and how can you post about your children safely? We ask a child therapist to explain the 7 risks of oversharing

We also share five ways to share on social media 'responsibly'

GoodToKnow

7 best Netflix movies based on true stories

Our picks for the best Netflix movies based on true stories including Social Network and The Wolf of Wall Street

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The Independent UK

Pew survey: YouTube tops teens' social-media diet, with roughly a sixth using it almost constantly

Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents

TechRadar

Meta has done something that will get Nvidia and AMD very, very worried — it gave up on GPU and CPU to take a RISC-y route for AI training and inference acceleration

The RISC-V ecosystem has a huge supporter in the form of Meta, which sees the ISA as a means to acheive its AI ambitions

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Will Meta’s encryption plans be a ‘devastating blow’ to child safety online?

The Facebook and Instagram owner is miles ahead of the competition, say regulators, who suggest that could change when it rolls out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger

International Business Times

Threads Countdown Teases App's Potential EU Launch

The wait could be over for internet users in the European Union keen to sign up to Threads, an Instagram app.

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TikTok is spending $1.5 billion on a joint venture to solve the problem of Indonesia's surprise social media shopping ban

In September, Jakarta banned social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook from offering e-commerce services on their social media platforms.

Bored Panda

45 Funny And Witty Memes About Literature That Might Inspire You To Open A Book

Something that you probably weren’t aware of is that SparkNotes is ridiculously good at the social media game. Their literary memes are as funny as they are clever! The post 45 Funny And Witty Memes About Literature That Might Inspire You To Open A Book first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Security Guards Tried & Failed To Contain The Pure Joy Of An Escalator Opening Party In Sydney

God gives his silliest battles to his sexiest soldiers.

The Guardian - US

Child safety groups and prosecutors criticize encryption of Facebook and Messenger

Meta submitted nearly 95% of 29m reports of child sexual abuse material in 2022 and encryption will make it harder to detect

TV Tech

Is a Hybrid Cloud the Best Choice?

Many organizations adopt a hybrid cloud platform to reduce costs, minimize risk and extend existing capabilities

The Guardian - UK

Millions of young people exposed to vape posts online, charity says

Report claims posts promoting smoking alternatives have been viewed more than 3.4bn times across social media

International Business Times UK

Meta Rolls Out New AI-Powered Tools To Improve User Experiences Across Its Products

Meta says it is currently testing over twenty ways generative AI can be used to improve user experience across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.

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