# Social Media **URL:** \ **Category:** Spy Lounge\ **Created:** [February 8, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783 "2016-02-08T10:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/351 "2024-03-25T21:34:04Z")
> **[Instagram is limiting the amount of political content in your feed – experts...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-26/instagram-limiting-political-content-threatens-democracy/103629990)** > > Noticed less political content in your Instagram feed lately? It's a deliberate move by the social media giant to stop "proactively" recommending political content posted on accounts users don't follow — but experts say the move could impact... ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/352 "2024-04-16T23:12:58Z")
> **[Trump’s social media empire to launch streaming platform even as shares fall](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/trump-media-streaming)** > > Announcement of streaming service for content ‘at risk of cancellation’ comes as company shares continue downward slide ---
**Author:** ![AirJordanFan93](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/airjordanfan93/32/315299_2.png) [@AirJordanFan93](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AirJordanFan93)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/353 "2024-04-17T03:27:26Z")
Referring to it as a “Social Media Empire” is a massive stretch. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/354 "2024-04-20T07:45:04Z")
> **[Elon Musk refuses to take down tweets referencing Wakeley bishop stabbing](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/elon-musk-reacts-to-esafety-commissioner-asking-x-to-take-down-/103748930)** > > Politicians from across the country have repeatedly called on social media companies to take down any content that risks further inflaming rising tensions. > - Social media giant X says it will not comply with requests from the eSafety commissioner to take down content referencing the Wakeley stabbing. > - Owner of X Elon Musk called the commissioner the “Australian censorship commissar”. > - **What’s next?** Government ministers say they expect social media companies to comply with Australian law and protect the community, and are prepared for a fight in court. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/355 "2024-04-21T06:58:45Z")
> **[Musk's response to Sydney stabbing footage prompts fury, as opposition...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/opposition-backs-social-media-crackdown-after-sydney-stabbings/103750548)** > > Elon Musk's attempts to fight orders to remove graphic footage of the Sydney stabbings from X provokes fury among federal politicians, who are renewing their focus on punishing social media platforms that host misinformation and harmful... ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/356 "2024-04-21T23:34:43Z")
> **[Meta launches virtual assistant for Australian users](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/meta-launches-virtual-assistant/)** > > Meta has launched its free virtual assistant, Meta AI, for users in Australia across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/357 "2024-04-23T00:08:08Z")
### [Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responds to Elon Musk’s dismissal after court orders X to hide Sydney stabbing videos globally](https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/federal-court-grants-esafety-commissioner-temporary-injunction-to-force-elon-musks-x-to-hide-sydney-stabbing-videos/news-story/c790d2e3c3120fcc651b3cad37ffd9ce) > Videos of the violent Sydney church stabbing attack must be temporarily hidden from all users of Elon Musk’s social media platform X, Australia’s Federal Court has ruled. It has led to a war of words between Musk and Anthony Albanese. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/358 "2024-04-24T04:04:38Z")
The US Senate has passed a bill that will ban Tiktok across the country, unless its parent company ByteDance sells the app to an American-owned company within nine months. > **[Congress passes TikTok sell-or-ban bill, but legal battles loom](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/23/congress-passes-tiktok-ban-biden-china/73424172007/)** > > Lawmakers argue that the popular social media app poses a national security threat. TikTok has pledged to fight the policy in court. Update 25/4 > **[TikTok Australia head says app is not a 'national security risk' after US...](https://mumbrella.com.au/us-senate-passes-bill-that-may-force-tiktok-sale-826097)** > > The general manager, global business solutions, for TikTok Australia, Brett Armstrong, has responded to recent news from the US that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance will be forced to either sell off the social media platform to an... ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/359 "2024-04-28T22:34:11Z")
> **[Profit of $4804: how Musk’s takeover crushed Twitter in Australia](https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/profit-of-4804-how-musk-s-takeover-crushed-twitter-in-australia-20240428-p5fn2k)** > > X is expected to be wound up in Australia after reporting just $3.4 million in revenue in the first half of 2023, documents reveal. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/360 "2024-05-09T22:57:16Z")
> **[Labor goes to war with Meta in far-reaching inquiry](https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/labor-goes-to-war-with-meta-in-far-reaching-inquiry-20240509-p5jb7e)** > > Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Musk could be called on to face federal parliament, as part of a new inquiry into social media algorithms. > Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said Labor would set up a joint House of Representatives and Senate committee on the influence of social media in Australia, noting “the negative impacts these companies can have on our society.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/361 "2024-05-09T23:04:39Z")
> **[TikTok to auto-flag AI videos – even if created on other platforms](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/tiktok-auto-flag-ai-videos-digital-watermarking)** > > Industry’s digital watermarking scheme will add to existing safeguards on TikTok’s own tools ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/362 "2024-05-13T11:16:05Z")
> **[Court ends injunction on X over videos of Sydney church stabbing](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/13/wakeley-sydney-church-stabbing-x-elon-musk-vs-australian-government-injunction-video-footage-posts)** > > Federal court refuses to extend ban on 65 posts on Elon Musk’s platform showing last months’s attack on bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/363 "2024-05-15T12:07:33Z")
Twitter officially changed its URL to X dot com. I noticed the change tonight. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelPower](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/michaelpower/32/499507_2.png) [@MichaelPower](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/MichaelPower)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/364 "2024-05-15T12:48:28Z")
![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/3/6/9/369ddcb46380e1abe61f91b410af1d78f03f9f77.png) 😭 i will still choose to call it Twitter, X is still such a silly name ---
**Author:** ![David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/David)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/365 "2024-05-20T08:08:52Z")
Absolutely Team Chris Minns here! He really is going for social media! Good on him. Ban that filth. It’s just made our world so much worse. It’s not worth it. Get rid of all of it! ---
**Author:** ![Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/troiboi/32/482503_2.png) [@Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Troiboi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/366 "2024-05-20T08:28:16Z")
?? What’s happened? ---
**Author:** ![David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/David)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/367 "2024-05-20T08:31:09Z")
He wants it banned for anyone under 16 years old. It’s a start! ---
**Author:** ![bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bacco007/32/99038_2.png) [@bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bacco007)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/368 "2024-05-20T08:46:51Z")
> [@David](#): > > He wants it banned for anyone under 16 years old. Premier Pete in SA has called for something similar recently too - I’m just not sure how you actually enforce it. Theoretically, you need to be 13 or older to sign up for Facebook/X/Instagram but that doesn’t seem to stop people younger. ---
**Author:** ![David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/David)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/369 "2024-05-20T08:52:16Z")
The solution to enforcing it is to ban every social media platform in Australia and remove it completely. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783/370 "2024-05-20T08:58:58Z")
Michael Wipfli is co-founder of the 36 months campaign. In the interview on The Project he mentioned something about two phase recognition for accessing social media. [https://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/push-to-ban-children-under-16-from-using-social-media/tpa240519vbyji](https://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/push-to-ban-children-under-16-from-using-social-media/tpa240519vbyji) [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783.md?page=17) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/social-media/783.md?page=19)