New ad asks Mark Zuckerberg if Facebook makes his kids proud
[embedded content] When Joe Biden and Donald Trump take to the stage on Thursday for the final presidential debate, someone else will be put in the hot seat: Facebook CEO…
Twitter is still letting you retweet. You don’t have to quote tweet.
There seems to be quite a lot of confusion surrounding some recent updates Twitter made to its platform. Specifically, Twitter changed what happens when you click the “retweet” button. Well,…
Mozilla tells Facebook and Twitter to ‘unfck the internet’ before the U.S. election
Mozilla, the nonprofit organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, is calling on Facebook and Twitter to take action before the U.S. presidential election on November 3. Specifically, Mozilla is…
This week in politics on Instagram: Breitbart vs. ‘Feminist’
Every Tuesday in the run up to the Nov. 3, 2020 election, Mashable will break down the most viral posts about politics on Instagram. Using data from the Facebook-owned analytics…
HOTorNOT: The forgotten website that shaped the internet
“Everything about HOTorNOT was about wanting to cultivate the idea of a two-way web, finding ways to connect people. We really saw ourselves as trying to build the ultimate people…
Twitter will ask everyone if they read an article before they retweet it
See a cool headline, retweet it. Easy, right? Sure it is, but if you haven’t actually read the article, you may be retweeting nonsense, or — even worse — completely…
Sir David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston’s Instagram record
Move aside Jennifer Aniston, there’s a new Instagram record-breaker in town. Sir David Attenborough has broken the record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram, reaching…
‘The world is in trouble,’ so Sir David Attenborough has joined Instagram
Now you can follow another one of your faves: Sir David Attenborough has joined Instagram. In his debut video on the app, the 94-year-old natural historian and broadcaster said he’s…
Facebook catches a China-based campaign targeting the U.S.
Facebook has once again removed a number of Pages and accounts from its platform for breaking its rules, but this time there was a difference. It was the first time…
WeChat ban in the U.S. temporarily halted by a court order
The imminent WeChat ban that was set to remove the app from U.S. app stores on Sunday is going to have to wait a bit longer. It’s a big positive…