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X eliminates thousands of accounts in new bot purge

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. X wants to eliminate bots again, with the platform’s Head of Product Nikita Bier confirming that his team has been conducting a major bot purge over the past week. On April 9, Bier said that X was identifying and suspending 208 bot accounts per minute. Last month, Bier announced that the majority of his team was working…

WisconsinDigitalNews,com5 days ago

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YouTube tests 90-second unskippable ads on CTV

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. It seems that YouTube is trying to compete with traditional TV on every front, with the platform now testing longer ad blocks within content viewed on TV sets. Reddit user Ok_Neat1652 shared this image in the r/youtube subreddit yesterday: The user said this appeared within a 40-minute YouTube video, signaling the potential launch of the longest ad…

WisconsinDigitalNews,com1 week ago

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Authorities need to establish clearer rules on social media age checking

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As more regions explore teenage social media access restrictions, two core issues stand out as key impediments to their future viability. First, there’s the need for workable age-checking systems, which can actually keep younger teens out of social apps. Thus far, no system has proven to be entirely effective in this respect. Meanwhile, the lack of commitment…