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    Spotify is working to block other users

    Spotify has introduced a new feature that allows users to easily block others on the platform. Previously, users had to contact customer support to block someone. But now this feature is easy to find on a user profile. To block a user, go to their Spotify profile. Under their username and photo, click the three-dot menu next to the Follow button above their public playlists and select “Block”, or “Block User” from your mobile phone. Now that user will not be able to access your listening activity, your page, or any public playlist. You can unblock a previously blocked user at any time. Spotify introduced a block artist feature in…

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    Netflix is working on a TikTok type feed for kids

    This week, Netflix’s iOS app has decided to show excerpts from its Children’s Content Library, and has begun testing a new feed for kids, reports say. This feature is largely an attempt to show child-friendly content. It uses an interface similar to that of TikTok and Instagram Reels, but competing services such as TikTok and Instagram Reels are primarily designed to be viewed as Portrait, while Kids Clips videos are designed to be viewed as Landscape. Kids Clips earlier this year joined a similar feature called “Fast Laughs” launched by Netflix to promote its comedy content. Both of these features have a similar purpose: to promote Netflix’s content using short…