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Dutch court orders Facebook to ban celebrity crypto scam ads after another lawsuit – TechCrunch

A Dutch court has ruled that Facebook can be required to use filter technologies to identify and pre-emptively take down…

apps, Instagram, Instagram Music, Instagram Reels, Instagram Stories, Mobile, Remix Culture, robby stein, Social, Social Entertainment, TC, tiktok

Instagram Stories launches TikTok clone Reels in Brazil – TechCrunch

Instagram is launching a video-music remix feature to finally fight back against Chinese social rival TikTok. Instagram Reels lets you…

apps, augmented reality, Evan Spiegel, eyewear, Hardware, Media, snap inc, Snapchat, snapchat spectacles, Social, Spectacles, TC, video glasses, Wearables

Snapchat Spectacles 3 review: Pretty, pricey – TechCrunch

No one’s going to pay $380 for decent point-of-view video glasses and some trippy filters. But that’s kind of the…

apps, digital well-being, Facebook, Facebook Marketplace, Facebook Notifications, Facebook time well spent, Facebook Watch, Health, Mobile, Social, TC

Facebook finally lets you banish nav bar tabs & red dots – TechCrunch

Are those red notification dots on your Facebook home screen driving you crazy? Sick of Facebook Marketplace wasting your screen…

Adam Mosseri, apps, Facebook, Instagram, Instagram Likes, Mobile, Social, TC

Instagram to test hiding Like counts in US, which could hurt influencers – TechCrunch

“We will make decisions that hurt the business if they help people’s well-being and health” says Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri….

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Legislators from ten parliaments put the squeeze on Facebook – TechCrunch

The third meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’, a multi-nation body comprised of global legislators…

Diversity, Recent Funding, Social, Startups, talent acquisition, TC, upfront ventures, Valence

Valence launches a social network for black professionals – TechCrunch

Over the past two years, as technology companies continued to struggle with diversifying their work forces, Los Angeles-based venture capitalist…

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Twitter’s political ads ban is a distraction from the real problem with platforms – TechCrunch

Sometimes it feels as if Internet platforms are turning everything upside down, from politics to publishing, culture to commerce, and…

Domains, Facebook, fraud, Lawsuit, phishing, security, Social, TC

Facebook sues OnlineNIC for domain name fraud associated with malicious activity – TechCrunch

Facebook today announced it has filed suit in California against a domain registrar OnlineNIC and its proxy service ID Shield…