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Instagram launched Threads in October 2019 as a standalone app to chat with Instagram Close Friends, but that app is unavailable now since Meta launched a new Threads app last week as its Twitter competitor. It's available in over 100 countries, including the US and UK, but not in Europe. And you can't even use it in Europe via VPN since Meta has confirmed that it's blocking users in European countries from using Threads via VPN, resulting in profiles and content not loading and notifications not working. “Threads is…

It was truly only a matter of time before this was the case, but Elon Musk has started to block Threads links and mentions on Twitter. Musk also did this with Mastodon shortly after he took over the site, when many decided to give alternatives a try. So we all knew this was coming. However, apparently, if you pay to promote a Tweet that mentions Threads and has a link to Threads, it’s okay. If you search for URL:threads.net you’ll find that there’s nothing popping up. However, if you search for URL:threads net without…

Twitter is reportedly blocking links to its latest Meta-led rival Threads from its search results page. Threads recently became the fastest app to reach over 100 million downloads, beating generative…

The newly-imposed read limits on Twitter are seemingly blocking tweets from appearing in Google Search. The search engine has stopped showing hundreds of millions of tweets in search results. This is because Google cannot “crawl” Twitter URLs due to the new limit. Twitter limits are affecting search results Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently announced that new unverified users on the platform would be able to see a maximum of 500 tweets in a day. That limit for old unverified users is 1,000 tweets, while verified users (who…

I recently sided with Netflix, saying the company’s password-sharing ban is warranted. I won’t get into any of that again. But that’s something you need to know before I explain why I think YouTube blocking playback for users who rely on ad blockers is the right thing to do. No matter how annoying the YouTube experience is with ads enabled. What is the YouTube playback block? Spotted by BleepingComputer, Google’s new YouTube move might be just a limited test that might never graduate to a full feature.…

Image Source : FILE YouTube Crackdown: Users Face Consequences for Ad Blocker Utilization YouTube has initiated a testing phase for a three-strikes policy targeting individuals using ad blockers. The discovery of this test was made by a Reddit user, and YouTube has now confirmed its implementation. According to a spokesperson from YouTube, the experiment is being…

If you didn’t already know, last week the Canada Online News Act went into effect. This particular act is set to anger certain big tech companies with new promoting platforms. Google, one of these big tech companies, is already showing how angry it is by blocking Canadian local news from its platform. Well, Google is not the only one taking this stand, as Meta is also set to do something similar. However, this bill is set to take effect in about six months, giving these tech firms time to adjust. So why is it already…

If you are at least a semi-tech-savvy internet user, odds are high that you are either using an ad block in YouTube, or you are paying for the Premium tier, which has no ads. And Google is looking for ways of limiting that former option as it's impacting the profitability of the website. YouTube confirmed that it is testing a new three-strike rule for ad blockers. A company official said that YouTube is "running a small experiment" globally by urging people to disable ad block when watching videos on the website. In…

There are more than 14,000 levels in “Candy Crush Saga", a maddeningly addictive mobile puzzle game. Microsoft’s attempt to buy its publisher, Activision Blizzard, is encountering almost as…

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced through his social networks that WhatsApp developers have published the “chat lock” tool in the beta program of their instant messaging application. This feature serves to enhance the security and privacy of personal or group conversations, as users will only be able to access the chats by placing their fingerprint or Face ID authentication. While many users have already been using the “chat blocking” function in the beta version of WhatsApp, some are still left with questions that…