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Countless celebrities have seen their coveted Twitter blue ticks disappear after refusing to pay for verification.For years, certain Twitter accounts – such as those belonging to celebrities, public figures and companies – came with a…

Elon Musk has had the “w” in the Twitter sign hanging outside the company’s San Francisco headquarters covered so that it looks like the word says “titter”.On Sunday, the owner of the social media platform, who bought the company last year…

TikTok has reportedly been banned from all Australian government devices, a move the social media giant says has been driven by “politics, not fact”.A widespread social media review was commissioned by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil…

The grieving parents of an American teenager who committed suicide after watching hours of “psychologically disturbing” TikTok videos broke down during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Friday.Dean and Michelle Nasca, whose 16-year-old son,…

Australian technology giant Atlassian is the latest casualty of the “tech wreck" sweeping the sector as it announced it was slashing 500 jobs from its global operations.It will see 5 per cent of the company’s workforce impacted and comes…

TikTok is closing in on streaming giant Netflix when it comes to the amount of time US adults spend on the platforms, according to a report released Thursday by Insider Intelligence.TikTok use eclipsed that of YouTube two years ago and has…

Facebook and Instagram users will soon need to pay to be verified on the social media platforms.Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, announced in a Facebook post on Sunday that the service would first roll out in Australia and New…

An Alice Springs business owner shining a light on the local crime wave has warned the town will soon be “unliveable”, after his bakery was trashed for the 42nd time.Darren Clark, 51, gained worldwide media attention last month through his…

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s cost for personal security is increasing by a whopping 40 per cent – up to $US14 million – just months after the social media giant announced it was slashing more than 11,000 jobs.Filings from Meta, the…

An Australian self-driving technology start-up that was valued at $300 million has slashed around 75 per cent of its workforce, despite a recent cash injection in January.Staff have been devastated by the cuts – with entire teams laid off…