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Former Facebook executive exposes tech giant’s alarming failings | 60 Minutes Australia
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Welcome back to weird. I’m back in my Tumblr era—and I’ve never felt more at home
“Truth is, when you’ve spilled your confessions all over the Internet as a raging teenager, there is no end to the world of cringe. Yet, its very essence and conscience remains clear. In a universe of new social media platforms that pop up every now and then, Tumblr has always been less about the ‘social’, and more of the…everything else. It maintains its anonymity; you could exist as completely different entities of yourself, the selves you never want to let people in the real world perceive you for—whether you’re 13 and insecure, or well, 27 (and still insecure!).”
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Elon Musk’s X hit by waves of outages in what he claims is ‘a massive cyberattack’ | CNN Business
“Musk posted on X early Monday afternoon that he believed ‘a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved,’ though the source of motivation behind the attack wasn’t confirmed. Musk also replied ‘Yes’ to a post on X suggesting people are trying to silence the billionaire and his platform, although no further details about the service disruption, including whether it was caused by a targeted attack, have been revealed.”
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It’s my 10 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳
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Donotdestroy.com was a website that used Tumblr as its platform, but its exact launch date is unclear. However, it was active around the early 2010s, particularly during Tumblr’s peak years under Yahoo (2013–2017).
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I think I’ve been on Tumblr since before 2015. This is my second account—I deleted my first one.
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Instagram and Facebook blocked and hid abortion pill providers’ posts
“Lisa Femia, a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, ‘there’s been a massive uptick in social media platforms removing content related to reproductive health care and specifically abortion pills. This is an ongoing, increasing problem and a real threat to people receiving vital information and guidance about health care online.’”
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Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking | TechCrunch
“Critics see the move as an attempt to cater to the incoming Trump administration and avoid political retaliation, suggesting the consequences of Meta’s new policies could have serious implications for the types of posts, hateful and violent speech, and misinformation that can spread even faster than they already do across Meta’s platforms.”
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Are Social Media Influencers Just Bullshit?