Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use

An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.

Snapchat launches creator subscription in the U.S.

Snapchat will let creators set their monthly subscription price.

The TikTok Shop Sellers Behind Social Commerce’s $87 Billion Surge

Live streaming is creating a gold rush on TikTok shop with some sellers such as Luke Arnel-Cameron’s brand creating unprecedented demand in the first year of sales.

X goes quiet again
X goes quiet again

If you checked X today expecting the usual stream of hot takes, memes, and AI spats, you probably saw… nothing. A widespread outage hit the platform today, leaving feeds blank, timelines unresponsive, and users staring at the digital equivalent of an e…

So many Discord users are flocking to this alternative platform that it keeps crashing

Discord users are so keen to escape age verification plans that they’re in danger of suffocating alternative platforms.

UK Government Wants Crackdown On VPNs And Social Media For Kids

U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer has announced plans to force all AI chatbot providers to abide by the duties of the Online Safety Act when it comes to illegal content.

A powerful tool of resistance is already in your hands
A powerful tool of resistance is already in your hands

In an eyewitness video analyzed frame by frame by The New York Times, Alex Pretti raises one hand and holds a phone in the other. Federal agents tackle him, and one appears to find and remove a gun holstered on his hip. Then, an agent shoots – and a second follows. They appear to fire […]

4chan’s creator says ‘Epstein had nothing to do’ with creating infamous far-right board /pol/
4chan’s creator says ‘Epstein had nothing to do’ with creating infamous far-right board /pol/

The close timing of Jeffrey Epstein coming into contact with 4chan founder Chris ‘moot’ Poole and the launch of the “politically incorrect” message board /pol/ that became a breeding ground for QAnon and the white supremacist alt-right movement was coincidental, says Poole. In a statement given to The Verge, Pool writes, “The decision to add […]