Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), the chairman of the House Juduciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, on Tuesday, called for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether Facebook violated American antitrust laws.
It has been confirmed through autopsy that Colin Kroll, the co-founder of the now-defunct video sharing platform Vine, died of an accidental drug overdose in December. Kroll reportedly has a mixture of drugs in his system including cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl.
Twitter’s failure with Vine mirrors the broader struggles with Twitter itself. Despite being beloved by a loyal community of millions, Vine suffered from Twitter’s muddled product vision, inability to keep up with competitors and an unclear path to mainstream success.
Following Twitter’s announcement that it will be closing down its video sharing service Vine, Pornhub jokingly offered to buy out the service, claiming that “six seconds is more than enough for people to enjoy themselves.”
Twitter has announced that it will be closing its video sharing service Vine, as the crisis at the company deepens amid financial turmoil.
A recent story by the Washington Post covered the decline of users on Vine, and spoke to the top users who abandoned it.
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Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Emma Thompson are blaming major Hollywood studios for what they say is a damaging new trend — namely, an increase in the hiring of young actors and actresses based solely on the size of their social media following, rather than on any actual acting ability.
Popular video-based social network Vine released an update on Tuesday featuring the ability to edit posts that have already been published.
In 2013, Scottish Vine sensation Ryan McHenry became famous for creating a series of wildly popular Internet memes that saw Hollywood A-lister Gosling refusing to eat cereal. That same year, McHenry was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer.
