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Meta to pay creators up to $4,000 for original content on Facebook Reels

Facebook's 'Challenges' is a new way to go through a series of bonuses to reach a maximum payout

TikTok Pulse to explore ways for sharing ad revenue with some creators

The company said that, with TikTok Pulse, it will also begin to explore its advertising revenue share programme with creators, public figures and media publishers

Amid takeover, Twitter woos worried advertisers with premium video content

At the premier digital content event called 'NewFronts', Twitter's Chief Customer Officer Sarah Personette said that the investments in video and ads business would continue, reports TechCrunch

Musk says Twitter may charge slight fee for commercial, government users

"Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users," Musk said in a tweet

Twitter bans two right-wing accounts as Musk promotes free speech

Twitter permanently suspended accounts of Mike Lindell and Dr Vladimir "Zev" Zelenko shortly after the duo rejoined with creating new Twitter handles, for violating platform rules against evading bans

WhatsApp working on multi-device linking feature for phones and tablets

This is a significant advance from the past when multi-devices could only be run via a desktop client or web browser

Will continue to change Twitter 'despite the noise', says CEO Parag Agrawal

Agrawal has earlier said that "Twitter has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world"

Musk takes a U-turn, says Twitter must remain 'politically neutral'

"For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally," he posted to his more than 87 million followers

YouTube Shorts hits 30 bn daily views: Google CEO Sundar Pichai

YouTube Shorts has been rolled out to over 100 countries, and is helping creators monetise their short-term videos

Donald Trump says he has no plans to rejoin Twitter after Musk's deal

Trump told Fox News that he will instead focus on his own platform, Truth Social, which has been mired in problems since its launch earlier this year

Elon Musk demands long form tweets as 280 characters not enough for him

Earlier, Musk demanded an Edit button, and the micro-blogging platform announced that it is working on such feature that will allow users to correct errors in their tweets, albeit with some rules

Meta to stop people from sharing private residential info of other users

Meta (formerly Facebook) is ending an exception to its existing rules that allowed users to post private residential information of people on its platforms if it was "publicly available" elsewhere.

After Musk's poll, Twitter to add edit button soon to help users fix typos

Twitter on Wednesday announced that it is working to allow users to edit their tweets after posting them to fix typos and errors, as its CEO Parag Agrawal welcomed Tesla CEO to its board of directors

Twitter-rival Koo plans voluntary 'identification tick' for general users

Koo plans to introduce 'identification tick' option on a voluntary basis for all general users as the microblogging platform broadens its verification programme beyond the current yellow badge

Twitter's new feature may soon allow multiple users to co-author a tweet

Micro-blogging site Twitter is working on a feature that would allow multiple users to co-author a tweet, which it is referring to as "Collaborations".

Instagram users can now control their feed with Favourites, Following

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram on Wednesday said it is introducing two new ways -- Favourites and Following -- to choose what users see in their feed

Twitter's iOS app lets Apple iPhone users record GIF through in-app camera

Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced a new feature that makes it easier for people to create and share their own GIFs

Facebook rolls out new tools for Group admins to reduce misinformation

Meta-owned Facebook has added new features for Groups admins to curb the amount of misinformation shared among group members.

Twitter makes it difficult to see chronological feed, users annoyed

Twitter has made an unnecessary change that makes it difficult to see chronological feed by default, leaving millions of users frustrated.

Twitter introduces 'Creator Dashboard' tool to manage earnings on platform

Micro-blogging site Twitter has introduced a new tool for creators called the "Creator Dashboard" to analyze how they make money on the platform