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  18 people spent a week working in the metaverse. 2 dropped out and the rest felt frustrated and said their eyes hurt, study finds.

  Business Insider - Stephen Jones

  The concept of the metaverse has been hailed by evangelists as the future of work, meetings and even the way that companies recruit workers. Yet the results of a recent experiment suggest that could still be a long way from reality. 18 university staff logged into the metaverse for an entire working …

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  How Facebook plans to become more like TikTok

  The Verge - Alex Heath

  Facebook employees were recently given a new directive with sweeping implications: make the app’s feed more like TikTok. Simply bringing Reels, the company’s short-form video feature, from Instagram into Facebook wasn’t going to cut it. Executives were closely tracking TikTok’s moves and had grown …

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  More Information Can Be Added to Twitter Professional Accounts

  Adweek - David Cohen

  Location Spotlight lets businesses detail location, hours of operation, contact methods. Twitter added a Location Spotlight option for Twitter for …

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  Instagram launches parental controls after mental health criticism

  smh.com.au - Nick Bonyhady

  Parents will also be able to see who is following their child and who their child is following. If the teen reports inappropriate behaviour on …

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  Barilaro ruling ‘a real turning point’ in social media defamation debate

  thenewdaily.com.au - Zac Crellin

  Social media companies like Google-owned YouTube will be held more accountable for defamatory content published on their platforms after a major …

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  Musk accuses Twitter of 'resisting and thwarting' his right to information on fake accounts

  CNBC - Lauren Feiner

  Elon Musk accused Twitter of "resisting and thwarting" his right to information about fake accounts on the platform, calling it in a letter to the …