Apple lets Epic Games put Fortnite and game store back on iPhones in Europe
- Earlier this week, Apple had taken steps to block Epic from starting up a store and bringing back the popular game.
- Apple had removed the game from its App Store in 2020 after Epic broke Apple’s in-app payment rules.
- However, Apple have added the game back to the App Store, following the EU’s Thursday deadline for big tech companies to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
- For more, please visit The Guardian website.
TikTok’s Reportedly Testing a New Instagram-Like ‘TikTok Photos’ App
- In the back-end code of the current TikTok app, there have been some references to “TikTok Photos” which have appeared.
- It suggests that TikTok users will be prompted to share their still images to the new app, to “reach like-minded people who enjoy photo posts”.
- TikTok has already added a “photo mode” for still images in-stream and has been urging users to post more photos lately.
- For more, please visit the Social Media Today website.
X Renames ‘Trust and Safety’ Group to Just ‘Safety’ Instead
- X has announced it is changing the name of its “Trust and Safety” team to just “Safety”.
- They stated that trust is something needed to be earned and are intentionally renaming their team.
- X has underlined its key goals of protecting its users, resisting censorship and promoting transparency.
- For more, please visit the Social Media Today website.
Alexander McCartney: Catfishing abuser admits girl’s manslaughter
- A 25-year-old NI man who is at the centre of one of the world’s largest catfishing investigations has admitted manslaughter, after a 12-year-old girl he blackmailed took her own life in 2018.
- He has previously admitted 185 charges involving more than 60 child victims.
- The charges cover a period from 2013 to 2019 with victims being identified in both New Zealand and the USA.
- For more, please visit the BBC News website, and for more on virtual friendships, check out INEQE’s resource here.
