Meta Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie
Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. The company has made one thing clear: you can’t…
Keep Scrolling: Social Media Detox May Not Improve Mental Health
Social media might be addictive, but it turns out quitting is complicated. A study out Wednesday from the UK’s Durham University asked 51 moderate to heavy social media users to…
YouTube Wants to Stop Sending Kids Down the Rabbit Hole of Eating Disorder Videos
YouTube announced a new effort to curb its own recommendation algorithms to protect teenagers from the rabbit hole of videos that could inspire eating disorders, body image problems, violence, and…
Instagram Might Be Building a Customizable AI ‘Friend’ to Fill the Empty Feed in Your Life
Nothing gives best friend energy quite like silicon and some 1’s and 0’s. Fresh off the heels of Meta’s dystopian AI influencers modeled after real celebrities, the social networking platform…
How to find your Threads ticket to show when you joined
You know a social media network is really starting to take not by when executives say it’s hit about 100 million users, but when inane memes and “challenges” start to…
X now offers audio and video calls, but it’s easy to turn off
A couple of months after landing the CEO job at X (formerly Twitter) in May, Linda Yaccarino said: “X will be the platform that can deliver, well … everything.” Part…
33 States Sue Meta, Say It Knowingly Addicted Kids to Social Media
Photo: Zach Gibson (Getty Images) A bipartisan coalition of 33 state attorneys general sued Meta for allegedly designing and deploying harmful features on Instagram and Facebook that addicted a generation…
Your friends can dunk on your dating choices a lot easier with this new Tinder feature
Tinder’s new Matchmaker feature is perfect for users who enjoy involving their friends (or other dating approval committees) in their love life choices. Now, Tinder users can invite friends and…
Discord Launches Teen Safety Assist To Create Safer Places to Hang
Photo: Diego Thomazini (Shutterstock) Discord revealed Teen Safety Assist, a new safety initiative to promote a safer environment for younger users to hang out in. The initiative includes default enabled…
Instagram Apologizes for Putting ‘Terrorist’ In Palestinian Users’ Bios
Photo: Alexander Koerner (Getty Images) Instagram users reported last week that their bios including the word “Palestinian” and the Arabic phrase “Alhamdulillah”, which means “praise be to God”, were auto-translated…