Threads has lost half its users, according to Meta chief Zuckerberg
Meta’s Threads app looks set for an uphill climb if it’s ever to take the microblogging crown from Twitter, which is currently being rebranded as X. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
Facebook Users Have One Month Left to Get a Piece of That $725 Million Settlement
Facebook users are down to their last month to sign up to receive a piece of Meta’s $725 million settlement for privacy violations. The company signed the settlement in December…
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…
Meta’s Facebook just reached another major milestone
Meta is a massive company, so massive numbers will come as little surprise to those who follow its fortunes. Reporting its latest set of quarterly financial results on Wednesday, the…
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…
Linux Group Shares Its First Open Dataset for Creating Real Google Maps Alternatives
If you’re not Google (or, to a much lesser extent, Apple), map apps are damned hard to make. Last year, several major heavy hitters in tech, including the likes of…
Threads’ latest feature could be a game changer
Threads has just added a new feature that people have been crying out for ever since Meta launched its rival app to X (formerly Twitter) earlier this month. The new…
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…
Mastodon Has a Child Abuse Material Problem, Like Every Other Major Web Platform
A new report suggests that the lax content moderation policies of Mastodon and other decentralized social media platforms have led to a proliferation of child sexual abuse material. Stanford’s Internet…
Zuckerberg Prepares for Elon Showdown With Jiu-Jitsu Promotion to Blue Belt
Photo: AP News (AP) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has moved on to receive his blue belt in jiu-jitsu ahead of his alleged cage match with Twitter, renamed X, owner Elon…