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Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.

With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) which represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries has announced it will stop publishing content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from January 20th, 2025

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AI “could amplify gender biases in legal profession” Increased use of artificial intelligence could “perpetuate or even amplify existing gender biases in the legal profession”, new research has warned.

AI “could amplify gender biases in legal profession” www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...

My mum (86 years old with dementia) and Alexa(10 years old with apparent hearing challenges) have a love/hate relationship, often have heated conversations which result in my mum both swearing and giggling.

NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t?

This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown

Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?

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Australia Bans Social Media for Everyone Under 16 The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.

I’m unsure how effective this bill will be, but in principle, I must say that I agree that many social media platforms should not be open to children.