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Elon Musk’s X is continuing its battle against parody accounts and those seeking to impersonate others. When the blue tick was made available to all for the price of $8 a month, it resulted in some being able to impersonate larger accounts without a great way to see which one is real.Since then, parody accounts have had to put parody somewhere in their username, and now another measure is being taken. As outlined in new X guidelines, a Parody Account label, fit with a comedy mask, has been placed on some accounts already.It appears on both posts and profiles, and…

To avoid violating X’s Authenticity policy, users can now add a ‘Parody’ label to the fake accounts they create. This article was originally published by a www.pcmag.com . Read the Original article here. .

X (formerly known as Twitter) has announced plans to label parody accounts. The social media site’s official Safety account has shared a post announcing that labels for parody accounts will be rolled out in the future. “We’re rolling out profile labels for parody accounts to clearly distinguish these types of accounts and their content on our platform,” the post reads. “We designed these labels to increase transparency and to ensure that users are not deceived into thinking such accounts belong to the entity being parodied. “Parody labels will be applied to both posts and accounts on X to clearly demonstrate…

Numbers of users migrating from X.com, formerly Twitter, to the new decentralised social media platform of Bluesky have soared since the US election. The platform, which was partly set up by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey in 2022, said it has gained 700,000 new users in the week following Donald Trump’s victory, mostly from people in the US and UK. Membership on Bluesky has jumped to 14.5 million, up from around 13 million in late October and nine million in September. “We’re excited to welcome all of these new people, ranging from Swifties to wrestlers to city planners,” Bluesky spokesperson Emily…

There’s been a lot of discussion post-election about a “mass exodus” of users from X, with reportedly record numbers of people deactivating their X accounts. But is that true? Is X really losing millions of users everyday, putting it on a fast track to irrelevance? Well, maybe. The truth is, nobody knows, other than those working for X, and they’re not likely to be sharing any bad news about the app. And they don’t have to, because X is no longer a publicly listed company, as Twitter had been, which means that it’s under no obligation to share anything about…

X saw record traffic after Election Day, but 115,000 people still hit the delete button. X’s loss is Bluesky’s gain; the site just topped the 15 million user mark, up from 9 million in September. This article was originally published by a www.pcmag.com . Read the Original article here. .

People are using the title track from the Puerto Rican musician’s new album to commemorate their memories Bad Bunny is crying tears of joy. The Latin star posted a short TikTok video of himself tearing up with the simple caption “tik tok” in response to a new trend on the app, which is centered around the title track from his new album Debí Tirar Más Fotos. TikTok users have started using a snippet of “DTMF” over carousels, video montages, and collages of their pictures and memories. It’s a touching way to honor the song’s theme about learning to live in…

Fisher fights creators’ cornerpublished at 17:28 Greenwich Mean Time17:28 GMTLiv McMahonTechnology reporterJudges seemed perhaps more enthused by Professor Fisher’s arguments representing concerned content creators than they did with TikTok’s lawyer – at least for those like me, who are listening in from afar and can’t see their facial expressions.Among his arguments were that there were ways the US could continue in its tradition of legislation creating disclosure around foreign company risks and ownership in the case of TikTok, rather than ban it altogether.He also asked why TikTok was being singled out in the law, unlike fellow Chinese-owned app Temu.But some…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesJust 10 days before the U.S. ban on TikTok goes into effect, businessman Frank McCourt’s internet advocacy group Project Liberty announced Thursday it has submitted a proposal to buy the social media site from Chinese technology company ByteDance.Project Liberty and its partners, known as “The People’s Bid for TikTok,” would restructure the app to exist on an American-owned platform and prioritize users’ digital safety, the project said in a statement.”We’ve put forward a proposal to ByteDance to realize Project Liberty’s vision for a reimagined TikTok – one built on an American-made tech stack that…

Topline The People’s Bid for TikTok, a project a spearheaded by Project Liberty founder and billionaire investor Frank McCourt, has delivered a proposal to the video app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to buy TikTok’s U.S. assets ahead of a ban on the popular social media app set to take effect Jan. 19. Frank McCourt speaks at Collision 2024 in Toronto, Ontario on June 18, 2024. Anadolu via Getty Images Timeline January 9, 2025McCourt said his organization’s proposal, the value of which was not disclosed, would keep the platform alive in the U.S. but rebuild it in a way that prioritizes…