Facebook and Instagram Begin Their Canadian News Blackout
Well, they actually did it. After months of tense bickering with Canadian lawmakers over a law forcing tech companies to pay publishers for news, Meta is following through on its…
Zuck Says He’s ‘Not Sure’ if the Elon Cage Match Will Happen
For the last month, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk danced around the idea that they might finally contribute something of value to the world in the form of a head-to-head…
Facebook’s Influence on Political Views May Be Greatly Exaggerated, Researchers Find
Social media algorithms have been a point of contention for lawmakers and regulators for several years over concerns that users were being brainwashed by the flood of misinformation promoted on…
Russia Is Censoring Its Biggest Social Network 30 Times More Since Invading Ukraine
VKontakte (VK), Russia’s homegrown Facebook clone and its biggest social network, saw a whopping 30-fold increase in censorship requests from government officials during the eight-month period following the Russian military’s…
Threads Update Finally Brings a Proper Following Feed to the ‘Twitter Killer’ App
Image: Ascannio (Shutterstock) Threads users are asking for new feature updates and it seems Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking their opinions into account. The app’s update will include a…
No Need for Twitter—TikTok Users Can Now Make Text Posts
Image: TikTok TikTok is bringing text posts to its Camera page in a format that’s much like Instagram’s stories. Users can choose from a photo option, video, or text. The…
Instagram’s Threads Adds Some New Features, Still Falls Short of Being a True Twitter Clone
Threads is getting some new feature updates, inching it a little closer to the Twitter clone that was promised. The updated features will include a followers list, the option to…
Threads Continues to Copy Twitter’s Worst Elements With New Rate Limits
Both Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram lead Adam Mosseri have been adamant they were not simply copying Twitter wholesale. And yet, that’s exactly what they seem to be doing…
Meta Told to Hand Over Threads Content Moderation Documents to Congress
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has issued an additional subpoena directing Meta to hand over documents surrounding content moderation on its newest app, Threads. The request was sent amid the…
Engagement on Instagram’s Threads Has Cratered
Image: rafapress (Shutterstock) Shortly after Meta’s new Twitter clone Threads hits 100 million users, analysts say that the app’s user engagement has precipitously dropped off. Nobody’s Really Watching Reels Off…