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Twitter rebrands to ‘X’

After 17 years, the iconic social media platform will be transformed into a new ‘everything’ app. In an announcement on his account, Twitter owner Elon Musk said that the social networking platform will now go by the name ‘X’. An interim logo has also been rolled out today. Meanwhile, the domain x.com now also redirects […]

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CNN Philippines’ YouTube channel terminated by YouTube

Another high-profile Filipino channel on YouTube has been hit. CNN Philippines’ YouTube channel became inaccessible on Monday, July 17, after the said platform removed the account due to alleged ‘third-party copyright infringement claims’. As of press time, both CNN Philippines and YouTube’s parent firm Google have yet to comment on the matter. Moreover, the channel […]

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YouTube terminates SMNI-linked channels anew

The platform had deleted the newly-created channels a few days after YouTube removed the original accounts. Through an observation on the video-sharing platform YouTube on Tuesday, it was confirmed that the site has terminated again the accounts of SMNI News, which had a username ‘@smninewsofficial’ and its program ‘Laban Kasama ng Bayan’. The fresh termination […]

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SMNI terminated by YouTube for violating terms of service

SMNI has been removed from the platform. The YouTube channel of local television station SMNI has been terminated by the platform. In an observation on Friday, July 7, onlookers notice that the channel, which had more than a million subscribers, had gone missing. When entering the channel’s link, a message appears on-screen, saying that the […]

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Instagram to launch ‘Threads’ app on July 6

The app will be launched in a few days’ time. Meta, through its Instagram platform, is preparing to launch its direct answer to Twitter. Named ‘Threads,’ it will go online this Thursday, July 6 in the App Store (United States). According to information circulating at the moment, ‘Threads’ is going to be a standalone app. […]

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Twitter users report trouble accessing the app

The said issue began Saturday evening, Manila time. (JULY 2, 2023) Twitter users reported late Saturday evening that they are having trouble accessing the social network’s app. A ‘rate limit exceeded’ notification also pops up when scrolling through the app. Upon checking, however, Twitter’s website is operating as usual, but with the same limits applied. […]

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Facebook ‘automatically’ sends out friend requests

Hold that click! Looks like ‘stalking’ your happy crush or your worst enemy on Facebook is not particularly a good idea right now. Apparently, the social media site is sending out ‘automatically’ to non-friends when you check out their walls, users reported on Friday. It is not clear yet at the moment whether this is […]

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Gcash goes down for several hours on Tuesday

The disruption affected millions of users, who were all unable to process payments through the app. On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, many users of the online payment app Gcash took to social media to share their frustrations over the app’s apparent inaccessibility. Some have even reported that their money transferred to an account to a […]

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Whatever happened to News5’s YouTube channel?

Their channel has been unusually inactive for nearly a week now. Since Monday, April 10, live streaming of TV5 newscasts like ‘Frontline Pilipinas’, ‘News5 Alerts’, as well as the uploading of clips from radio program ‘Ted Failon at DJ Chacha sa Radyo5’ were unavailable to YouTube subscribers of the News5Everywhere channel. Normally, these would be […]

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ABS-CBN News YouTube channels ‘terminated’

Both ABS-CBN News’ namesake and ANC 24/7 channels are affected by this development. On November 3, a notice on the Kapamilya network’s news channel surprised many of its loyal following. A line displaying “this channel has been terminated” greeted viewers. Over at ANC (ABS-CBN News Channel), its own YT channel has since become totally undetected […]