Opinion | The Guardian US1m ago
Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling | Brigid Delaney https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/31/dubai-influencers-expats-denial-middle-east-crisis #Dubai #SocialMedia #UsisraelWarOnIran #UnitedArabEmirates
Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

The Maseratis are borrowed, the helicopters rented by the hour. But deep down Dubai is a lonely place, built by oppressed people

The Guardian
☕ 🏳️‍🌈 🐧 schlackenfuchs10m ago

#Überwachung|sspirale: Auf Online-#Altersbeschränkungen folgt der Wunsch nach dem Verbot von #VPN-Diensten

Nach den #SocialMedia-Verboten für Jugendliche und Beschränkungen beim Zugang für pornografische Webseiten setzen nun viele Regierungen das Thema VPN auf ihre Agenda

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000314714/auf-online-altersbeschraenkungen-folgt-der-wunsch-nach-dem-verbot-von-vpn-diensten

#altersverifikation

Auf Online-Altersbeschränkungen folgt der Wunsch nach dem Verbot von VPN-Diensten

Nach den Social-Media-Verboten für Jugendliche und Beschränkungen beim Zugang für pornografische Webseiten setzen nun viele Regierungen das Thema VPN auf ihre Agenda

DER STANDARD
AI Newsletter14m ago

🤖 [TechCrunch] ScaleOps zbiera 130 mln dolarów na poprawę wydajności obliczeniowej w obliczu zapotrzebowania na sztuczną inteligencję

🔗 Więcej: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/scaleops-130m-series-c-kubernetes-efficiency-ai-demand-funding

#AI #SztucznaInteligencja #TechNews #TechCrunch #ArtificialIntelligence #technology #socialmedia #si

ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand | TechCrunch

ScaleOps just raised $130M to tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by automating infrastructure in real time.

TechCrunch
Show threadA. Rivera33m ago

In #Tarot this could be an Eight of Cups moment. People put in time, effort into #SocialMedia, and now they need to leave it behind for something better and for their peace of mind.

#NewsThroughTarot #ItinernantLibrarian #cartomancy #divination #pagan #heathen #witch #esoterica

GrumpyOldFart33m ago

“Israel is making sure Trump can't find an off-ramp in Iran”

by Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye

@palestine
@Palestine
@[email protected]
@iran

“Netanyahu pitched the war as a repeat of Israel’s apparent 'audacious feat' of smashing #Hezbollah. The US president should have noted instead Israel’s moral and strategic defeat in #Gaza”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-making-sure-trump-cannot-find-ramp-iran

#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US

Israel is making sure Trump can't find an off-ramp in Iran

Netanyahu pitched the war as a repeat of Israel’s apparent 'audacious feat' of smashing Hezbollah. The US president should have noted instead Israel’s moral and strategic defeat in Gaza

Middle East Eye
A. Rivera46m ago

> US social media is getting smaller, angrier, and more Republican https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/24/us-social-media-is-getting-smaller-angrier-and-more-republican/

When some folks say #SocialMedia is not fun anymore, this is a big part of it: #assholes have pretty much taken over, at least in the large usual places. This article is worth a read.

And so #MyBlockIsQuick

#Internet #tech #ThisIsAmerica #GOP #PartyOfStupid

US social media is getting smaller, angrier, and more Republican - LSE Impact

Petter Törnberg shows how social media use in the USA has changed in the period 2020 – 2024 creating a smaller more polarised and less diverse public sphere.

LSE Impact - Understanding impact and practice in academic research
Maj - 🇨🇦50m ago

"One Ethiopian woman interviewed by CIR said “no platform feels safe”. The researchers found that while men are attacked online for ideas and opinions, women receive misogynistic abuse related to their appearance and role in society. Threats and intimidation also migrate offline, putting woman at risk of physical attack."

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/30/urgent-action-needed-to-prevent-surge-in-digital-violence-in-africa-experts-say

#women #socialmedia #genderBasedViolence

Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say

A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects, activists say

The Guardian
PPC Land56m ago
Reddit bots threaten ad quality - here's how the platform fights back: Reddit removes 100,000 bot accounts daily, threatening its $726M ad platform's authenticity. A new [App] label system aims to restore advertiser trust. https://ppc.land/reddit-bots-threaten-ad-quality-heres-how-the-platform-fights-back/ #Reddit #Advertising #DigitalMarketing #SocialMedia #AdQuality
Reddit bots threaten ad quality - here's how the platform fights back

Reddit removes 100,000 bot accounts daily, threatening its $726M ad platform's authenticity. A new [App] label system aims to restore advertiser trust.

PPC Land
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾1h ago

I kinda miss the days when heads of states don't scream at each other on X.

#SocialMedia #DigitalMinimalismIsHealthy

Stephan Schmatz1h ago

Das Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder in AT wird eine Identifizierungspflicht für alle mit sich bringen und könnte zu weitreichenden Folgen für das Marketing führen.

https://visibilitas.at/social-media-verbot-warum-ihr-marketing-jetzt-auf-geo-setzen-muss/

#socialmedia #socialmediaverbot #kinderschutz #marketing