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Instagram explains why it made you so mad with the algorithmic feed

Instagram users weren’t too happy when the platform announced it was implementing a new algorithm in July 2016. It gave higher priority to posts the photo-sharing app believed people cared about most, rather than displaying the most recent posts at the top of its feed. Instagram says the changes have been effective. Users had been missing half of what their …

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Uganda imposes tax on Facebook and Twitter to cut down on ‘gossip’

Uganda’s parliament has passed a law to tax people’s social media use. The Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill imposes a 200 shilling (5 cent) daily charge for messaging services such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter in the African country, BBC reported Thursday. Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has been pushing for the tax since March, when he wrote a letter to Finance …

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