Facebook is down for many users on the web
Logging onto Facebook on Thursday meant looking at an empty screen. Facebook’s News Feed wouldn’t load for many users, while others reported full outages. The app appeared to be working…
Twitter flagged another Trump tweet, to ‘protect’ you. But that’s not who it’s really protecting.
Twitter’s wrath, mild though it may be, at least came down quickly on Saturday to flag yet another Donald Trump tweet for lying. Just 94 minutes after the U.S. president…
Citing risk of ‘civil unrest,’ Facebook won’t accept new political ads in week before election
Facebook said it won’t accept new political or issue ads in the week before Election Day in November. In a Facebook post on Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was…
Facebook Messenger introduces forwarding limits to combat fake news
Similar to what Facebook did earlier with WhatsApp, the company said it’s putting new limits on Messenger. On Thursday, the company introduced a message forwarding limit in Messenger, meaning that…
Forgotten Twitter feature shows off the embarrassing topics you follow
Twitter tends to reveal a lot about people. The tweets they like, the accounts they follow, and their inane 280-character musings depict a sometimes not-so-complex picture of the platform’s users.…
Twitter to start explaining why its trending section is such a nightmare
Twitter knows its trending section is a confusing mess. In an effort to rectify that, the company that brought us trending gems like “demon sperm” plans to revamp the section…
TikTok’s new commerce integration lets creators start milkin’ content for cash
TikTok is making it easier for creators to turn looped video streams into pure American profit. The embattled social media company announced Monday that it had entered into a new…
Twitter flags GOP rep’s tweet for altering comments from activist with ALS
U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, the third-most powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, posted a video to Twitter on Sunday featuring commentary from politicians and activists. The minute-long…
*That* Chadwick Boseman tweet is now Twitter’s ‘most Liked’ of all time
On Friday evening, Aug. 29, 2020, the people of Twitter received the devastating news of Chadwick Boseman’s death at the too-young age of 43. The news came in the form…
And now Triller is trying to buy U.S. TikTok, report claims
If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em. That appears to the thinking of Triller, a U.S.-based “social streaming” app, which according to Bloomberg teamed up with an asset management firm…