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The EU Kids Act would ban under-13s from social media and require age verification via a privacy-preserving open-source app across 27 countries.
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X's new "anti-bot" audit has backfired, silencing legitimate users with unlocked bootloaders or jailbroken phones. Is your device now "unauthorized" to post?
Instagram launches "Your Algorithm" for Reels, allowing users to see and tune their content preferences with keywords—a move toward TikTok-style personalization.
Meta rolls out a transparent Facebook redesign for better navigation. Meanwhile, Instagram is secretly using AI to generate "content-farm" titles in code to boost Google SEO.
X is rolling out "About this account," a new feature that publicly reveals an account's creation location and handle history to increase transparency and curb fake profiles.
X is now letting Premium+ subscribers request dormant usernames, dividing them into 'Priority' and 'Rare' categories with ambiguous rules and rumored costs up to millions.
X is testing a new iOS feature that keeps the original post visible when users tap a link, aiming to solve low engagement rates for creators.
OpenAI launched Sora, a new short-video platform built on its Sora 2 model that generates video and audio content. The AI-first service is currently invite-only on iOS.
Meta has launched Vibes, a new platform for creating and sharing AI-generated short videos. It's an all-in-one app that rivals TikTok and Instagram Reels.
Trump signs an executive order to transfer TikTok's U.S. operations to American investors like Oracle, with ByteDance keeping a minority stake and the core algorithm.
Instagram hits 3 billion monthly active users. Meta is redesigning the app to make Reels the default content feed to compete in the short-form video war.
A new consortium including Oracle, Dell, and the Murdoch family is vying to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, with the goal of securing its core algorithm.
After a call between U.S. and Chinese leaders, progress is being made on a deal for TikTok's U.S. operations. The deal still requires final approval.
Google Discover is expanding beyond news articles to include social media posts and videos from Instagram, X, and YouTube, transforming its feed.
The Trump administration is expected to grant a fourth extension to the TikTok "sell-or-ban" deadline, providing the app with more time to find a U.S. buyer.
Meta is expanding its "Community Notes" program, allowing all users to participate in rating notes as it shifts to a community-driven integrity model.
The once-familiar “poke” feature on Facebook, long thought to be a relic of the platform’s early days,...
A new study reveals X/Twitter is the most aggressive social media app for location tracking, while YouTube collects the least.
Meta has partnered with Midjourney, gaining access to their advanced AI image and video generation tech to enhance its own creative offerings and compete with rivals.
A new ChatGPT feature exposed over 100,000 private conversations to search engines. The links remain accessible on the Internet Archive and elsewhere.