Children's pictures on social media: Majority don't know what's ok
Whether pictures of children belong on social media is a much-discussed question. But very few people know what is allowed. This is shown by a survey.
Emails reveal government's mixed messaging on YouTube's 'sweetheart deal'
By Ange Lavoipierre
The federal government has doubled down on its decision to give YouTube a carve-out from the teen social media ban, despite privately assuring rival platforms that "no final decisions" have been made, the ABC can reveal.
Pay with money or your data": NRW consumer advice center sues Meta
The NRW consumer advice center is suing Meta again. It wants to clarify whether the payment model for ad-free use of Facebook and Instagram is permissible.
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More than one million readers - https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/one-million?ref=feedle.world
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The good, bad and ugly side of masculinity influencers
By Gemma Breen and Rhiannon Hobbins
Online "masculinity" content is mainstream and wide-ranging — far broader than the toxic Andrew Tate style manosphere or incel culture touched on in the hit Netflix series Adolescence.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/masculinity-report-mental-health-men/105197180
For easy verification: There are now also blue checkmarks on Bluesky
Twitter once introduced the blue checkmarks for verification, but they now work differently there. On Bluesky, they are now used for authentication.
Amid a growing scourge of online fraud, Japan is looking to allow the police to set up bank accounts under false names to track the movement of funds obtained by fraudsters and apprehend them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-investigation-fake-bank-accounts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #banks #fraud #socialmedia #shigeruishiba
On #Mastodon there are now
383 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
117 instances.
239 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@tivilehti (FIN)
@polygon (ENG)
@Mediagazer (ENG)
@begitu (BAQ)
@bonpoteofficiel (FRA)
Find the whole list on:
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
"American Social Media is doing a great job raising our kids, let's have more it it!" -Labour /s
https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/elderly-man-woman-attacked-london-31489567
»Business Insider Founder Creates AI Exec For His New Newsroom, Immediately Hits On Her« https://www.404media.co/business-insider-founder-creates-ai-exec-for-his-new-newsroom-immediately-hits-on-her/?eicker.media #media #socialmedia
Who's gonna be there?
@heiseonline has one of the biggest accounts by a media organization on #Mastodon. We have learnt quite a bit by trying different things, and now the #Fediverse is bringing more traffic than most social networks. Let me give you some tips.
Il #25Aprile è la #FestaDellaLiberazione dal nazi fascismo.
Se volete, potete ammantarla con tutti i distinguo che vi pare.
In questi anni sui #socialmedia ne ho lette davvero di ogni sorta.
Per me resta la celebrazione della rinascita della nostra libertà, quella italiana.
Resistere.
Sempre.
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This is the first time that I haven't used Instagram as my main promotional medium for one of these free, online events.
I have only 1.3% of the 'following' here as I have there, so it'll be interesting to see if the fediverse + email list leads to similar numbers joining me for BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06 on Saturday.
#Boosts of the original post below appreciated to spread the word.
https://typo.social/@blag/114375484730331452
PS. Did I mention that it's free?
Meta setzt bei #Instagram auf #KI zur Erkennung von #Teenager-Accounts. Ziel: Aufdeckung falscher Altersangaben bei der Accounterstellung. #SocialMedia https://winfuture.de/news,150470.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
Or you can just verify yourself with a domain.
Bluesky is getting blue checkmarks and an official verification system
