
Are these pages authentic? Only the Dalai Lama himself knows. If that isn’t enough spiritual juice for disappointed Dalai Lama followers, they can turn to his Facebook page, a fans of the Dalai Lama Facebook page or his MySpace page, which lists him as being single, Buddhist and of an average body type. STORY: The Dalai Lama apologized on Monday (April 10) after footage showed him asking a young boy to, quote, 'suck my tongue' at a public event.Reuters has not been able to obtain access to that moment, but this footage shows their exchange before the incident. No confirmation on whether he is the real deal. He suggests shaving your chest hair in a cool design for Valentine’s Day, talks about movies and posts pictures of priests with lizard heads.
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Using Twitter to impersonate others in a manner that does or is intended to mislead, confuse, or deceive others is also cited in the Twitter Rules.’ He added that it is sometimes possible to tell if a Twitter account is official because it contains a link from an authentic website, but that Twitter is interested in adding account verification in the future (to avoid pages like Burger King posers Whopper Virgins and the BKlounge).ĭespite the rules, at least one other religious leader has a Twitter account: god (5,802 followers). Albeit limited to only a few minutes at a time, he does truely delight in new mediums,’ read another.īiz Stone, Twitter’s co-founder, said in an e-mail that ‘the account was suspended because it violated our Terms of Use regarding impersonation. ‘I’m sure HH will be just as inquisitive about technology as he has been over the past 14 reincarnations,’ one said. You must be one of the 1.2 billion Instagram users to use Threads, which gives the user more hoops to jump through before being able to use the app.Some updates might have drawn suspicion from the nonbelievers amongst the Twitter population, however. This could include other websites the user visits, apps they use or online games they play.Ĭoncerns about this policy are not new and have landed Meta founder, Mark Zuckerburg in front of the US Congress, following the data harvesting of up to 87 million people via Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy firm. Information from partners about things you do both on and off of the platforms can also be collected by Meta. Meta also can record information from the phone, computer, or tablet the consumer is using. This includes what a user clicks on or likes, their posts and photos and messages they send, who their friends are and what they do on the platforms. It can also monitor and retain what you do on its products. In this policy, Meta can collect all the information you provide when signing up and creating a profile, including email address or phone number.

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The app follows the Meta privacy policy, as it is part of the 'Metaverse', a series of interconnected social media platforms. However, due to Threads' close links with Instagram, I can see how this feature may be left to the photo-sharing platform.Īlso, there are some concerns over the apps' data privacy policy. Meta may fix this in the coming weeks, as with any new social media platform the beginning is always about adapting to your audience and bug-fixing.

Private messaging is a basic need for social media audiences. It is infinitely preferable to be attacked by strangers on Twitter, than indulge in the false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram- Elon Musk July 6, 2023

I like its simplistic nature and the lack of trends and segments as it is interesting to see what the general public are talking about.Īn intriguing aspect was the lack of hashtags, which allows users to start conversations of their own on trending topics instead of sifting through thousands of other people's opinions. Threads looks sleek and is easy to navigate with many users reporting positive experiences and a good range of content on offer. When I signed up to Threads, it allowed me to log in with my Instagram login details and offered to migrate the accounts I follow. Meta's new app Threads has more than five million join in first few hours Twitter rival Threads is launched, but not in Ireland I joined Threads after the recent addition of 'rate limits' to the Twitter experience.Īs a journalist, and someone who has grown up with social media, I cannot stick to 800 tweets a day. I feel like 800 new tweets appear on my timeline every time I refresh the timeline. It is freely available in 100 countries but not the Republic of Ireland and the European Union, reportedly due to GDPR and EU privacy rules. The app is a 'text-based conversation app' that resembles Twitter and, according to Meta Boss Mark Zuckerberg, 10 million people downloaded the app in the first seven hours of it going live. Threads, created by Facebook and Instagram owners Meta, went live in the UK at midnight (Thibault Camus, AP)
