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Letter: Social Capital narrows the scope of its Fund V to ~$1B with a focus on early-stage deals vs prior plan to raise much more and back growth-stage startups (Dan Primack/Axios)
Dan Primack / Axios: Letter: Social Capital narrows the scope of its Fund V to ~$1B with a focus on…
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Chinese social media becomes consumed by a debate on "zero Covid" ending, challenging government censors' efforts to control the narrative without overstepping (New York Times)
New York Times: Chinese social media becomes consumed by a debate on “zero Covid” ending, challenging government censors’ efforts to…
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South Korean social media giant's Kakao Entertainment, which offers apps for animated shows and novels, raised $930M from Saudi Arabia's PIF and Singapore's GIC (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: South Korean social media giant’s Kakao Entertainment, which offers apps for animated shows and novels, raised $930M from Saudi…
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Meta plans to stop new software updates and some social features for the original Quest but will fix critical bugs until 2024; the headset launched in 2019 (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)
A quick recap of Zoho Assist in 2022 — For those of us at Zoho Assist, 2022 was a game…
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After China lifted its COVID-19 rules, leading to surging cases, social media censors relax some rules, allowing criticism of protestors but not the government (Austin Ramzy/Wall Street Journal)
Austin Ramzy / Wall Street Journal: After China lifted its COVID-19 rules, leading to surging cases, social media censors relax…
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Some telehealth companies are running social media ads promoting drugs for unapproved uses, showing benefits and paid testimonials but not risks or side effects (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Some telehealth companies are running social media ads promoting drugs for unapproved uses, showing benefits and paid…
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Social media shadowbanning is real and tech firms should be more transparent about it; survey: ~1 in 10 US social media users think they've been shadowbanned (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Washington Post)
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: Social media shadowbanning is real and tech firms should be more transparent about it;…
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Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled by the apparent decline of Twitter and Meta (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled by…
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at a town hall, Tencent CEO Pony Ma ranted for 10 minutes about staff laziness, graft, “superficial” reforms, Tencent’s aging social network, and more (Bloomberg)
The year we’ve had: Office Integrator in 2022 — We began 2022 with the goal to make office editor integration…
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Twitter deletes @TwitterSafety's thread and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from promoting other social media platforms (Brian Fung/CNN)
Brian Fung / CNN: Twitter deletes @TwitterSafety’s thread and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from promoting…
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