Sheena Vasani / The Verge:
Instagram is working on a feature to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs; Meta says the company won’t be able to view the messages — Instagram is working on a way to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Bumble open sources Private Detector, an AI tool the company launched in 2019 to detect unsolicited lewd images; Bumble claims the tool has a 98%+ accuracy rate — As part of its larger commitment to combat “cyberflashing,” the dating app Bumble is open sourcing its AI tool that detects unsolicited lewd images.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft begins to roll out iCloud Photos integration into Windows 11, in an update to the built-in Windows Photos app — Microsoft is starting to roll out iCloud Photos integration into Windows 11. A new update to the Photos app in Windows 11 is now available, which will include the ability …
New York Times:
Sources: Elon Musk and his advisers have discussed adding paid DMs to Twitter, which would let users send private messages to “Very Important Tweeters” — The billionaire and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages, fees to watch videos and other features to the service.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at things journalism could lose if Twitter dies: real-time feedback on stories, news outlets being publicly called out, DMs as a reporting tool, and more — Goodbye to screenshotted best bits, DMs, “that tweet should be a story”… “If Twitter goes away my job would actually be really different,” I told my husband this week.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google redesigns the Memories feature in Photos to spotlight more videos, launches a collage editor, and will let users share Memories with friends and family — As consumer social apps shift their focus to video for social expression and adopt more creative tools, like those for collage-making …
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
TikTok and Bumble plan to use StopNCII.org’s database of hashes of nude images and videos to block revenge porn; Meta has been using it since last year — The UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence is on now, and “revenge porn” is in focus. But first… Today’s must-reads:
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