These 9 States Are Trying to Block Kids From Social Media
Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) States from every part of the country are racing to pass new legislation barring young users from accessing social media and other online services without…
Meta Tells Canada: No News for You!
Meta is sticking to its guns—the social networking giant says it will follow through with its threat to cut off Canadians’ access to news on Facebook and Instagram following the…
Facebook vows to restrict news access in Canada
Meta says it will remove access to news content on Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada after the nation’s lawmakers passed legislation designed to force internet giants that also…
Australia threatens Twitter with huge fines over hate speech
Twitter could be hit with huge fines in Australia after the antipodean nation’s cyber watchdog asked the social media company to explain what it’s doing to prevent online hate. The…
Reddit hacker demands $4.5M and a change to new API rule
Ransomware group BlackCat has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Reddit in February and is now demanding a $4.5 million payment to prevent it from publishing 80GB of data that…
Website Owners Say Traffic Is Plummeting After a Facebook Algorithm Change
Making matters worse, Chappell, Madison 365’s editor, told Gizmodo that the performance of content is varying noticeably based on the subject matter. He said Meta isn’t just deciding whether or…
Twitter Runs Ads for Disney, Microsoft, and the NBA Next to Neo-Nazi Propaganda
Advertisement Advertisement Twitter has shifted its definition of restricted hate speech many times; its enforcement of those rules has likewise varied. Musk’s multiple rounds of layoffs gutting Twitter’s trust and…
Most Social Sites Suck at Protecting LGBTQ Users, But Twitter Is the Worst
The report links to a spreadsheet documenting more than two dozen news stories that linked far-right online rhetoric to real-world threats, harassment, and violence in the first few months of…
YouTube makes it easier for new creators to earn money
The top YouTubers make eye-watering sums of money, with a Forbes list released last year revealing that the top 10 highest earners on the video streaming platform raked in a…
Why everyone is freaking out about the Reddit API right now
Reddit is in trouble right now. After announcing changes in April, news has surfaced that several of the most popular third-party Reddit apps would shut down by the end of…