Bluesky’s Bot Problem Is a Byproduct of Its Success. Users Are Not Amused.

There’s a reported uptick in bots spamming the hot new social platform, throwing a wrench in its plans to compete with X and Threads.

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Walmart Should Do Its Patriotic Duty and Save TikTok for Millions of Gen-Z Users

The Supreme Court upheld the ban, leaving it to a potential buyer to save the social network.
Inc. - 4h
Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?

Meta is joining X and YouTube in shifting moderation to users. Are you ready?
The New York Times - Jan. 8
Russia's naval base problems could be a big blow to its submarine force

Yahoo News - Jan. 7
TGL’s success will ride on its players, not its technology

Technology will draw curious eyeballs, but there has to be a human component to keep viewers coming back.
Yahoo Sports - Jan. 7
Meta shuts down its AI character accounts that users called 'creepy and unnecessary'

Since late 2023, around a dozen AI Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their social media parent company Meta quietly existed on the platforms.
NBC News - Jan. 3
A Book App Used AI to ‘Roast’ Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead

One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what books they read, told the user, “Don’t forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?”
Wired - Jan. 3
Ukraine is investigating its special French-trained brigade after reports of mass desertion and command problems

Yahoo News - Jan. 3
Europe needs to tackle its red tape problem

Complex overlapping rules and burdensome reporting requirements are strangling EU growth
Financial Times - Jan. 2