Stop calling it social media – these firms don’t care what we want

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Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and their ilk were meant to let us chat freely in a digital public square, but the firms running social media are just as corporate as old media, says Annalee Newitz Technology | Columnist 14 September 2022 By Annalee Newitz Shutterstock/Mr. Rashad ANOTHER month, another algorithm change on a social media platform … Read more

Creator Economy Platform Koji Launches Crypto Wallet, Brings "Extension-Free" Web3 To TikTok, Instagram, and More via Link in Bio

Creator Economy Platform Koji Launches Crypto Wallet, Brings "Extension-Free" Web3 To TikTok, Instagram, and More via Link in Bio

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Koji, the app store for the creator economy and the world’s most powerful Link in Bio platform, today announced the launch of its integrated crypto wallet. The new wallet brings crypto and Web3 to the millions of consumers and creators who use Koji inside Instagram, TikTok, and every … Read more

Afghan people face an impossible choice over their digital footprint

By Nighat Dad Taliban fighters in Kabul CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock The swift progress of the Taliban in Afghanistan has been truly shocking. It feels like only days ago that US president Joe Biden was explaining how a Taliban take over wasn’t inevitable and the Pentagon was talking about how the fall of the capital, Kabul, could … Read more