"When an app combines these four features — solitude, bottomlessness, speed and teasing — it creates a kind of recipe for overuse for nearly everyone, Schüll says." @NPR #socialmedia
#DownWithCorporateMedia
#VivaFediverse
#DefendFreeSpeech
#censorship #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Facebook #Instagram #news #politics #USpol #media #SocialMedia
Innovid's Hypermode cuts social campaign setup time by 80%: Innovid's Hypermode is now generally available, slashing social campaign setup time by up to 80% across Meta, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, and TikTok platforms. https://ppc.land/innovids-hypermode-cuts-social-campaign-setup-time-by-80/ #Innovid #Hypermode #SocialMedia #DigitalMarketing #CampaignManagement
YouTube ends push notifications for inactive subscribers in new rollout: YouTube is stopping push notifications for inactive 'All' subscribers, based on experiment results showing fewer viewers turned off notifications entirely. https://ppc.land/youtube-ends-push-notifications-for-inactive-subscribers-in-new-rollout/ #YouTube #SocialMedia #Notifications #DigitalMarketing #OnlineVideo
#medien #medienpolitik #socialmedia #socialmediaverbot #plattformen #altersgrenze
Diese unsägliche Debatte um Social-Media-Verbot für Jugendliche, Altersgrenzen usw. ist einfach hilflos, zumal, da europarechtlich noch einige Hürden dem entgegenstehen.
Algorithem der Plattformen beeinträchtigen auch ältere Nutzer. Deshalb ans #providerprivileg rangehen. Wer Algorithmen einsetzt ist kein neutraler Player mehr.
Interessanter Ansatz in LTO heute:
https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/social-media-sucht-klage-usa-deutschland
Winnipeg council to vote on removing member accused of sexual assault
Winnipeg city council is to vote on what to do with a member charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a man he met on social media.
#Crime #Politics #RussWyatt
https://globalnews.ca/news/11811002/winnipeg-council-vote-removing-russ-wyatt/

Extreme fitness, viral videos could be boosting ‘rhabdo’ cases, health experts say
Viral videos and 'fitspiration' trends can sometimes do more harm than good, according to health experts.
#Health #rhabdo #rhabdomyolysis
https://globalnews.ca/news/11810844/extreme-fitness-rhabdo/

📝 Middle Earth
I recently started re-reading The Silmarillion by Tolkien and was reminded of how the book opens: it is a collection...
🔗 https://8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/04/middle-earth/
#CreativeExplorations #Multitasking #ProfessionalNetworks #SocialMedia

AI firm Clarifai has deleted 3 million photos from dating app OkCupid that were used to train facial recognition AI. The FTC found OkCupid shared user images in 2014, violating its own privacy policies. Match Group, OkCupid's parent, settled last month. The photos trained AI tools to estimate age, sex and race from a face. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/clarifai-okcupid-facial-recognition-ai-ftc-settlement/ #Media #SocialMedia #AIContentModeration
FYI: US digital ad revenue hits $294.6B in 2025 - social and video lead the surge: IAB and PwC report $294.6B in US digital ad revenue for 2025 - social up 32.6%, programmatic crossing $162B, and creator spend at $37B without any Olympics boost. https://ppc.land/us-digital-ad-revenue-hits-294-6b-in-2025-social-and-video-lead-the-surge/ #DigitalMarketing #AdRevenue #SocialMedia #VideoAds #ProgrammaticAdvertising
Extreme fitness, viral videos could be boosting ‘rhabdo’ cases, health experts say
Viral videos and 'fitspiration' trends can sometimes do more harm than good, according to health experts.
#Health #rhabdo #rhabdomyolysis
https://globalnews.ca/news/11810844/extreme-fitness-rhabdo/

Extreme fitness, viral videos could be boosting ‘rhabdo’ cases, health experts say
Viral videos and 'fitspiration' trends can sometimes do more harm than good, according to health experts.
#Health #rhabdo #rhabdomyolysis
https://globalnews.ca/news/11810844/extreme-fitness-rhabdo/
