The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and many other companies scan users’ files against hash libraries, often using a Microsoft-built tool called PhotoDNA. If a moderator confirms the presence of CSAM, they’ll disable the account and report the images to legal authorities. Is CSAM scanning a new idea? Not at all.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

And, if you're thinking that only teens like memes, look at the range of people who drenched themselves for the Ice Bucket Challenge. In particular, Reddit , Twitter, and the media ate it up, and tens of thousands of social shares made the Salvation Army's ad a meme unto itself. Memes travel within all age groups.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

SEE ALSO: UK watchdog probes TikTok, Reddit over children's data use Broadly, youth are migrating to companion chatbots in an increasingly disconnected digital world, appealing to the AI conversationalists to role play, explore academic and creative interests, and to have romantic or sexually explicit exchanges, reports Mashable's Rebecca Ruiz.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It opens with recent Florida high school graduate and self-described “teen author” Sarah Frank sitting in her bedroom and smiling at the camera. Long-standing Prolific survey-takers complained on Reddit that Frank had made it difficult to find paid surveys to take on the overrun platform. The July 23rd video is short and simple.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Offering users customer support or consulting services are common revenue streams, according to product development consultant Victoria Melnikova, who also says devs should form partnerships and use platforms like Reddit and Hacker News to reach potential paying customers. Get your kids off my metaverse lawn!

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

The concept of “selling out” might be over , but Gen Z teens will still roast you for posting cringe — as the pop-punk band Tramp Stamp is finding out. According to people on TikTok, Twitter, and Reddit, Tramp Stamp are “industry plants.” Reddit resurfaced that report this week. The giveaway? Their social media is too good.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

It’s massively popular with teens and young adults — more than a quarter of users are under 18, according to data from last year — and having sex workers promote their content directly to every teen’s phone might alarm parents or regulators. Still, the OnlyFans connection is an open secret that’s well-documented online.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Teach a teen about money and you’ll raise a more financially conscious adult : At least that’s the goal most parents have. Being a good steward of your money is something even adults can have trouble with, which is why we’ve seen so many child- and teen-focused financial apps attract funding.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Honestly I’m with the teens on this one — that video is a cry for help. Reddit added a new feature called Image Gallery that lets people combine multiples images or GIFs in a single post. Tanya Chen / BuzzFeed ). Google is investing $4.5 billion for a 7.73 billion for a 9.9 percent stake in the company earlier this year.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

Teens on TikTok have inherited the legacy of Weird Twitter and Weird Facebook , playfully posturing as retail stores and brands to create a subculture called Elite TikTok. Reddit named Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel to its board of directors. Following the Siddiqui brothers controversy, the rate of TikTok app downloads fell.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

I think Reddit is the strongest argument against decentralization solving it all. Rascally TikTok teens are trying to pull one over on the president again. And we worry about where the extremists go when we knock them off Facebook. In the end, we needed a powerful, centralized gatekeeper to come in and be a chokepoint.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Here are Katie Roof and Zheping Huang in Bloomberg : The company owes much of its success to TikTok , now the online repository of choice for lip-synching and dance videos by American teens. The ambitious company is also pushing aggressively into a plethora of new arenas from gaming and search to music. Two, TikTok keeps finding new users.

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Futurism

MARCH 20, 2025

Speaking to Teen Vogue for her second-ever interview , the 20-year-old college student revealed that her billionaire dad doesn't take up much real estate in her brain. When I came out to her, she was like, 'Yeah, that figures,'" she told Teen Vogue. I'm not giving anyone that space in my mind," Wilson told the magazine.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

America’s two hottest teen tech brands, Microsoft and Walmart, are teaming up for a bid. Multiple threads on Facebook and Reddit encouraged militiamen to head to Kenosha, Washington, ostensibly to protect local businesses from protesters. But there’s still the question of who will own TikTok, and today an odd new challenger appeared.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

A war has broken out on Reddit regarding how content is moderated. Here are Katie Roof and Zheping Huang at Bloomberg: The company owes much of its success to TikTok , now the online repository of choice for lip-synching and dance videos by American teens. Theodore Schleifer / Recode ).

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