You’ll soon have to pay to use TweetDeck
Twitter has said that from early August, only verified users will be able to use TweetDeck. The web-based dashboard offers Twitter power users a range of features, including the ability…
Bluesky Sees “Record” Web Traffic After Elon’s Latest Dumb Twitter Decision
Elon Musk apparently took a break from training for his upcoming battle royale with Mark Zuckerberg to do a new, incredibly unpopular thing to Twitter this weekend. In a bout…
Google Says It’ll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI
Google updated its privacy policy over the weekend, explicitly saying the company reserves the right to scrape just about everything you post online to build its AI tools. If Google…
Meta Reportedly Wants to Pursue Direct App Downloads Through Facebook Ads in Europe
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Apple and Google may soon have a new app store competitor to deal with. Meta, the maker of Facebook and Instagram, is reportedly working on…
Tech Companies Sue Arkansas Over Parental Consent Law for Social Media Access
After Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law that requires teens and kids to get parental consent before signing up for social media, that law is now in the…
Apple Warns the UK’s Online Safety Bill Threatens Citizens’ Privacy and Security
Apple has joined WhatsApp, Signal, and other messaging companies, by raising concerns that end-to-end encryption would be threatened if the United Kingdom passes the “Online Safety Bill.” The bill moved…
TikTok Discontinues BeReal Clone, Adds Parental Filters
Well, that didn’t last long. Less than nine months after its initial release, TikTok is calling it quits on its BeReal competitor TikTok Now. The apparent reprioritization at TikTok comes as…
Facebook Lets Parents See Who Their Kids Are Talking to Messenger
Meta has unveiled a suite of new safety tools intended to give parents more oversight of their teen’s activity on Messenger and Instagram DMs. Starting today, parents and guardians can…
Influencers Gas Up Shein After Sketchy Factory Tour: No Slave Labor Here!
Fast fashion giant Shein paid for influencers to take a tour of part of its Chinese manufacturing operation several weeks ago, and the lucky Instagram and TikTok stars filled social…
Hacker sent to jail for huge 2020 Twitter breach
A British man who took part in a high-profile Twitter hack in 2020 was handed a five-year jail term by a New York federal court on Friday. Joseph O’Connor, 24,…