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Nach Drohung gegen WhatsApp: Roblox, FaceTime und Snapchat in Russland blockiert
Wenige Tage nach der jüngsten Drohung gegen WhatsApp hat Russland eine regelrechte Blockadewelle gestartet. Getroffen hat es Roblox, FaceTime und Snapchat.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fes4ever/115350527094368974
Describe your Mastodon account in a single image

Uh, just discovered that Snapchat has a github?????

Snapchat announces it will limit storage for its Memories feature to 5GB for free users and launches paid storage plans, including 100GB for $1.99 per month (Jackson Chen/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/snap

Snapchat introduces a paid storage option for all the Memories hoarders out there
Snapchat users who exceed 5GB of Memories will soon have to pay to hold onto all their favorite Snaps and Stories.

Snapchat verlangt Geld für das Bewahren von "Memories"
Snapchat verschwinden nach kurzer Zeit, sofern sie nicht als "Memories" gesichert werden. Das ist nicht mehr unbegrenzt kostenfrei.
https://ww…

Utah defends social media child protection laws against Snapchat suit | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/utah-defends-social-media-child-protection-laws-against-snapchat-suit/

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Nach Drohung gegen WhatsApp: Roblox, FaceTime und Snapchat in Russland blockiert

Snapchat launches the Winter Village, a shoppable AR experience that includes Chopard, Lancome, and Boss virtual shops, available through December 31 (Jessica Hammers/Marketing Dive)
https://www.marketingdive.com/news/boss-lancome-op…

Boss, Lancôme open virtual boutiques with Snapchat’s shoppable AR
Chopard and other luxury brands are featured in the Snapchat Winter Village, a digital activation meant to mimic the in-person shopping experience.

AWS is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down major services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and Signal; AWS is investigating (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/802486/aws-outage-alexa-fortnite-snapchat-o…

Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and more.

A Story About Bypassing Air Canada's In-flight Wifi Network Restrictions
https://ramsayleung.github.io/en/post/2025/a_story_about_bypassing_air_canadas_in-flight_network_restrictions/

This one is a good #cartoon on the #socialmediaban by #TheGuardian

Erinnert ihr euch noch, als Snapchat mit dem Konzept startete, dass Nachrichten nach dem Ansehen automatisch verschwinden? 👻 Seit 2016 bietet die App mit "Memories" die Möglichkeit, eigene Aufnahmen dauerhaft in der Cloud zu speichern – und dieser Dienst wird nun teilweise kostenpflichtig.
Zum Artikel:

Snapchat reagiert auf Social-Media-Verbot in Australien
In Australien sind ab 10. Dezember die meisten sozialen Medien für Kinder und Jugendliche unter 16 Jahren verboten. Snapchat kündigt Alterskontrolle an.
https:…

Mangelhafter Kinderschutz: EU ermittelt gegen US-Plattformen
Die EU-Kommission nimmt Apple, Google, Youtube und Snapchat wegen möglicher Verletzungen von Kinderschutzregeln ins Visier. Die Tech-Riesen müssen antworten.

Australia's ban on social media for users aged under 16 comes into effect; platforms that do not comply risk fines of up to AU$49.5M (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/australia-u…

Snapchat launches Topic Chats, which enables public conversations on subjects like F1, and plans to use AI and other safety tech to moderate the chats (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/snapchat-rolls-out-topic-chats-for-publ…

Snapchat rolls out 'Topic Chats' for public conversations | TechCrunch
The social network says the new feature will let users chat about what’s happening in the world and across various communities, from Formula 1 to the reality TV show "Below Deck."

> The underlying problem today was a malfunction at Amazon Web Services, where something called "DNS resolution" was not working
BBC putting quotes around "DNS resolution" there, like it's indecipherable Gen-Z slang.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt

Snapchat, Roblox and Lloyds bank hit by Amazon Web Services internet outage - live updates
More than 1,000 companies have had 6.5 million reports of disruption, including Snapchat, Reddit, Roblox and Lloyds bank.

AWS says "the underlying DNS issue" is mitigated and most "operations are succeeding normally" after a huge US-EAST-1 outage; some services are still "impacted" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/802486/aws-o

Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and more.

Die kämpfen nicht. Die warten bis die „ausfallsichere“ Cloud wieder läuft. https://mstdn.social/@watson_news/115405582028214979

»Amazon Web #Service's — DNS-Problem legte zahlreiche #Online-Dienste lahm:
Wenn es einmal bei einem der großen #Cloud Service #Provider

Amazon Web Services: DNS-Problem legte zahlreiche Online-Dienste lahm
Aufgrund eines Problems bei der DNS-Auflösung bei AWS fielen einige Dienste temporär aus. Davon betroffen waren auch Snapchat und Fortnite.

Australia's ban on social media for users aged under 16 comes into effect; platforms that do not comply risk fines of up to AU$49.5M (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/australia-u…

Sites using #aws reported as down.
Snapchat
Ring
Roblox
Substack
My Fitness Pal
Life360
Amazon
Xero
Clash Royale
Canva
Fortnite
Clash of Clans
Wordle
Blink
HMRC
Xbox
PlayStation Network
Duolingo
Halifax
Lloyds Bank
S…

Snap announces a deal to distribute Perplexity's search engine to Snapchat users; Perplexity will pay Snap $400M through a combination of cash and equity (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-05/snap-…

just saw a podcast with a thumbnail using snapchat bitmoji faces instead of ai generated slop and i thought to myself in a hushed tone "we can go back"

Australia broadens its social media ban for under-16s to include Reddit and Kick, which join Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and YouTube (Clare Armstrong/ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/reddit-and-kick-added-to-c…

Reddit and Kick added to child social media ban
Reddit and Kick will be included in the world-first social media ban for children under 16, which begins next month.

Snap announces a deal to distribute Perplexity's search engine to Snapchat users; Perplexity will pay Snap $400M through a combination of cash and equity (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-05/snap-…

Snap reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $1.51B vs. $1.49B est., DAUs up 8% to 477M vs. 476M est., and announces a $500M share buyback; SNAP jumps 23% after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/snap-q3-earnings-report-2025.html

Snap shares rocket 25% on strong forecast, $400 million Perplexity deal
Perplexity AI will pay the social media company $400 million over 1 year to integrate the AI startup's search features into Snapchat in 2026, Snap said.

Australia broadens its social media ban for under-16s to include Reddit and Kick, which join Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and YouTube (Clare Armstrong/ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/reddit-and-kick-added-to-c…

Reddit and Kick added to child social media ban
Reddit and Kick will be included in the world-first social media ban for children under 16, which begins next month.

A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% Facebook, 50% Instagram, 37% TikTok, 32% WhatsApp, 26% Reddit, 25% Snapchat, 21% X, and 8% Threads (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-202…

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025
YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.

#PrivacyCheck study:
User control & GDPR compliance in #SocialMedia #privacy policies: #Facebook #YouTube #Snapchat #WeChat #TikTok & #BeReal
> [A]ll platforms score High Risk on the “law enforcement” dimension, indicating they may share #UserData with government agencies without warrants. Regarding #GDPR Compliance, all platforms rank High Risk except WeChat, (Medium Risk) — suggesting widespread vulnerabilities.
9 Oct 2025: #DSGVO #DataProtection #Datenschutz

Similarweb: TikTok had 183M US MAUs on iOS and Android in August 2025, up 16% YoY, vs. Instagram's 169M, Facebook's 157M, Pinterest's 100M, and Snapchat's 70M (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/by-some-mea

By some measures, TikTok has grown bigger than Facebook or Instagram in the US
Oracle’s potential TikTok takeover is a big deal to US competitors like Meta and Snap.

AWS says services have "returned to normal operations" after an outage in its US-EAST-1 region, first reported at 3:11am ET, that took down major websites (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/20/amazon-web-services-outage-takes-down-major-we…

AWS services recover after daylong outage hits major sites
Downdetector previously showed user reports of problems at sites including Amazon, Snapchat, Disney+, Reddit and Canva.