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Nueva York denuncia a Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube y TikTok por crisis de salud mental de menores
La ciudad de Nueva York denunció a cinco de las mayores redes sociales –TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat y YouTube– por “alentar una crisis de salud mental entre los menores en toda la nación”. La denuncia -formalizada ante el Tribunal Supremo de California, estado donde tienen su sede la mayoría de empresas tecnológicas- fue presentada este…
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Snapchat is stuck in the uncanny valley of AR glasses
“Timing,” Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel said cryptically when asked what the greatest threat was for Snap Inc. “I think the big risks are always the really big product ideas that we’re investing in that are just hard to get right,” he told the Goldman Sachs conference two weeks ago. The statements got lost amongst flashier…
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Snapchat finally adds @ mention tagging
Snapchat now lets you @-tag someone in your Story, creating a swipe up “more” option that shows the tagged person’s name, handle, Bitmoji, and an Add button so you can follow them too. The feature could let friends call each other out in Stories, or promote their favorite influencers by making it easy for people…
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Snapchat and Instagram remove Giphy feature due to racial slur GIF
Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their Giphy GIF sticker features after users saw an extremely racist GIF as an option to add to their images. Snapchat confirms to TechCrunch “As soon as we were made aware, we removed the GIF and have disabled Giphy until we can be sure that this won’t happen again…