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It Turns Out There Really is an American Social Network Censoring...
The Verge reports: "For the past couple of years we have endured a lengthy, one-sided, and largely fruitless debate over “censorship” on our US...
Facebook Announces Horizon, a VR Massive-Multiplayer World
TechCrunch reports: "Facebook today announced it’s building its own Ready Player One Oasis. Facebook Horizon is a virtual reality sandbox universe where you can...
New YouTube Policies Aim to Make Kids’ Videos Safer, But Creators...
Hollywood Reporter reports: "Content hubs are facing fewer viewers and less ad revenue as the platform readies sweeping changes following an FTC crackdown on...
Facebook Will Bring AR Ads to the News Feed Fall 2019
VentureBeat reports: "Would you interact with a digital ad featuring polls, games, augmented reality (AR), or some Frankensteinian combination of the three? Facebook seems...
Instagram Reportedly To Replicate TikTok Features
Hypebot reports: "Over the past couple of years, TikTok, the brainchild of Chinese tech company ByteDance, has blown up particularly among teens. Not one...
Mobcrush Hits 84 million Unique Monthly Users and Pays Out $5...
VentureBeat reports: "Mobcrush, a mobile livestreaming service, said its American audience has grown to more than 84 million unique viewers per month (UVPM) across...
BetaDwarf Raises $6.6m to Develop New Loneliness-Busting Genre
gamesindustry.biz reports: "Minion Masters developer BetaDwarf has closed a Series A funding round worth $6.6 million. The funding was led by Makers Fund, with...
TIGA: Government Should “Urgently” Carry Out Research Around Loot Boxes and...
gamesindustry.biz reports: "Industry trade association TIGA has supported recommendations from the Immersive and Addictive Technologies Report, published today. After nearly nine months of evidence...
France Seeks Facebook Libra Cryptocurrency Ban in Europe
VentureBeat reports: "French economic minister Bruno Le Maire has declared that his government intends to block development of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency in Europe because...
Medal.tv Raises $9 Million for Short-Form Gaming Videos
VentureBeat reports: "Medal.tv said it has raised $9 million in funding for short-form videos that have become a big means of self-expression in the...
