Vine Made the Internet Fall in Love With Short Videos
New York Times
Vine, the short-form video app introduced in 2012, died as it lived: confusing people who didn’t use it, even as evidence of its influence surrounded them. It turned everyday people…
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A Thorn in YouTube’s Side Digs In Even Deeper
Carlos Maza believes that YouTube is a destructive, unethical, reckless company that amplifies bigots and profits off fascism. Now it’s also his meal ticket. Mr. Maza, 31, announced several weeks…
YouTube Says It Will Ban Misleading Election-Related Content
BOSTON — YouTube said on Monday that it plans to remove misleading election-related content[1] that can cause “serious risk of egregious harm,” the first time the video platform has comprehensively…
We’re All in the Bathroom Filming Ourselves
Open up TikTok and there’s a good chance you’ll be confronted by a teenager in the bathroom. Most home bathrooms are well lit and have nice, bright acoustics. Unlike the…
What to Expect from The Peacock Streaming Service
Despite taking its name from one of the flashiest animals on the planet, NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service is at risk of blending in with the flock. On Thursday at Rockefeller…
We’re Living in a Subscriptions World. Here’s How to Navigate It.
Nowadays we don’t really buy things. We just subscribe to online services. And how can we resist? The streaming revolution[1] has brought us vast amounts of video and music entertainment…
Major TikTok Security Flaws Found
TEL AVIV — TikTok, the smartphone app beloved by teenagers and used by hundreds of millions of people around the world, had serious vulnerabilities that would have allowed hackers to…
Facebook Says It Will Ban ‘Deepfakes’
WASHINGTON — Facebook said on Monday that it would ban videos that are heavily manipulated by artificial intelligence, known as deepfakes, from its platform. In a blog post, a company…
4 Things to Know About YouTube’s New Children Privacy Practices
In September, Google agreed to pay a $170 million fine and make privacy changes as regulators said that its YouTube platform had illegally harvested children’s personal information and used it…
This Is Not About How Young People Use Tech
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Taylor Lorenz, an internet culture reporter, discussed the tech she’s using. You often write…
