Sunday , 19 January 2025

Social Media

YouTuber MrBeast gets Engaged

YouTuber MrBeast gets Engaged

YouTuber MrBeast gets Engaged and announces his engagement to girlfriend Thea Booysen. The 26-year-old revealed that he’d proposed on Christmas Day, sharing photos of the moment he went down on one knee. Mr Beast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, is the world’s most popular YouTuber with 340m subscribers. Fiancée Thea, originally from South Africa, also has her channel, TheaBeasty, with almost …

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The Threads app adds 35M new sign-ups

Threads app from Instagram

The Threads app adds 35 million new sign-ups after being launched by Meta as a rival to the X platform to tap microblogging users across the globe. According to the latest news, Threads, and rival Bluesky are competing to attract disenchanted X users following the 2024 election. Bluesky said last week it now has more than 20 million users. The app’s usage …

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Australian Senate approves social media ban on under-16s

Australian Senate

The latest social media news coming out of the Australian Senate is that they will ban children under 16 from using social media after its Senate approved the world’s strictest laws. The ban, which will not take effect for at least 12 months, could see tech companies fined up to A$50m ($32.5m; £25.7m) if they don’t comply. Prime Minister Anthony …

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