The trailer for The Social Reckoning has now been released — and it’s at almost exactly the same time as another Facebook whistleblower controversy is being ‘silenced’.
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Canada has tabled a bill that will stop under-16s from accessing social media, though it’s not law yet.
Three years ago, when the women’s World Cup kicked off in Australia and New Zealand, my social feeds were in a strange place. Twitter had just transformed into X, newcomer Threads was seemingly ascendant, and places like Bluesky had yet to garner much momentum. It left me with an odd, and admittedly silly, dilemma: I […]
TikTok is testing voice calling in DMs, according to screenshots shared by a user on X. The feature will reportedly require both participants to be friends and offer a “Mute calls” option in DM settings.
New research from Northeastern University found that TikTok’s “Not Interested” button loses effectiveness quickly, with flagged content resurfacing on user feeds within minutes after they stop pressing it.
Bluesky will be getting “communities,” which will function as smaller spaces where you can “go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff” sometime this year, according to head of product Alex Benzer. They will be built on the decentralized AT Protocol that underpins Bluesky, with Benzer saying that “it’s a […]
Instagram is giving users real control over their feeds with Your Algorithm, a feature that lets you add and remove topics across the whole app.
YouTube has become an incubator for filmmakers by giving creators a chance to improve by vetting their movies with audiences. Curry Baker and Kane Parsons are recent examples.
Trump Media & Technology Group, TAE Technologies, and Texas Ventures Acquisition III have decided not to proceed with a planned spinoff of Truth Social and other media assets. The three companies said in a statement on Wednesday that Trump Media an…
Snapchat is restricting how its youngest users share video. From this week, Snapchatters aged 13 to 15 will get a dedicated profile where their Stories and short-form Spotlight clips are visible only to mutually accepted friends, and will no longer be …