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Is Bluesky launching a paid subscription feature?

Subscription services have not paid off for other social media companies such as Elon Musk’s X.

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Brussels, my love? Do TikTok algorithms sway elections?

In this edition, we look at whether TikTok's algorithms could have swayed the Romanian presidential elections, and ask if Europe should ban under-16s from social media.

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Where is Bluesky? Not here, say Irish, Dutch media regulators

The EU Commission is trying to locate where Bluesky set up shop, by asking all 27 national Digital Services Act regulators.

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Bluesky to quadruple its moderation team due to surge in new users

The decentralised social media said that the "huge influx of users" has led to "a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network".

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'Enshittification': What does this Word of the Year mean?

Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary has selected its word of the year, and it encompasses a widespread feeling that things have been getting worse when it comes to all things digital. And more...

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From Bundesliga to LeBron James: The X-odus continues

St. Pauli has become first major football club to quit X, followed by a second Bundesliga club this week. Elon Musk’s platform has been labelled "a hate machine" - and now, even NBA superstar LeBron James has left X. How long will other major European sports clubs take to follow suit?

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What is Bluesky and why are millions of people joining it?

The decentralised social media platform has seen a large uptick in users since the US election.

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Reporters Without Borders presses charges against X in France

X failed to stop the spread of a pro-Russia video impersonating Reporters Without Borders, the NGO said.

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Bluesky adds 1 million users since US presidential election

The social media site Bluesky has seen many new users join since the US election.

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UK newspaper The Guardian to no longer post on Elon Musk's X platform

The UK daily said they would no longer post on their editorial accounts.

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US election results push social media users from X to Bluesky

There's been a wave of exits from Elon Musk's X following Donald Trump's re-election. Some users have moved to Bluesky, which has 14.5 million users as of November, up from nine million last September.

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Berlin Film Festival is quitting Elon Musk’s X

The Berlin International Film Festival, one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals, has announced it is quitting Elon Musk’s social media platform X.

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How did Elon Musk’s pro-Trump X posts get so popular?

A study has found that Musk appears to have tweaked X’s algorithm to boost his posts pro-Trump.

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Fact checks on X fail to counter US election misinformation - report

A fact-checking feature on Elon Musk's social media platform isn't countering election misinformation.

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Elon Musk faces potential personal hit in EU X probe

The EU Commission began a probe into Musk's X in December to check a possible breach of the Digital Services Act.

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Elon Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with court

X was blocked in Brazil, where it had more than 22 million users, at the end of August.

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X now worth only 25% of what Elon Musk paid for it

A disclosure from an investment company with equity in the company indicates that X's value has significantly declined since 2022.

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X returns to some users in Brazil with server change

Some X users are back online despite a nation-wide ban against the app in Brazil.

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More DSA probes coming soon, says EU Commission top official

The EU Commission already has DSA investigations pending into TikTok, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, X and AliExpress.

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X won’t use EU tweets to train Grok AI model, Irish regulators say

Irish court proceedings have been dropped against the social media platform X, regulators said.