The TikTok ban just got closer – here’s what the new US law means and what happens next
TikTok now faces the very real threat of being banned in the US unless the app is sold by its owner ByteDance, after President Biden signed a new bill into…
How to view Instagram without an account
Instagram is one of the largest social media platforms on the planet. Whether you want to share a family photo, what you had for lunch at your favorite cafe, or…
Image site Abload going offline reminds me of how much online content we’ve permanently lost
In a devastating blog post, image-uploading site Abload announced that it would be permanently shutting down its website by June 30, 2024. Abload, which has been around as a free…
Airchat Is Basically Twitter With Voice Notes, and That’s Not a Bad Thing
If you’ve been catching up on what’s hip in the social media space, you might have heard of Airchat. It’s the new, big, exclusive, invite-only thing that’s gotten internet residents…
Discord’s updated Terms of Service are exactly the wrong response to its recent data breaches
It seems that Discord has been in the news for one reason or another lately, ranging from layoffs to massive privacy breaches and information theft by third parties. And now…
Apple Blocks WhatsApp, Signal, and Threads in China
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during a parallel session of the China Development Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on Sunday, March 24, 2024.Photo: Tatan Syuflana (AP)…
Airchat wants to make talk-only social media a thing, and I don’t even hate it
I’m scrolling and my social media feed is talking to me, not in one singular, AI-generated voice, but in the voices of people I know and follow on the platform.…
Elon Musk Forces Users to Show Their Shameful Blue Checks to The World
Elon Musk is removing the ability for X Premium users to hide their blue checkmarks, once a Twitter status symbol turned into a shameful receipt of payment for boosted posts,…
Instagram Will Blur Out Nudes in DMs to Fight ‘Financial Sextortion’
This story originally appeared on Quartz. Meta on Thursday announced a new tool for Instagram direct messages to protect kids and teens from predators trying to elicit nudes and “sextort”…
I miss the old Instagram – but the last thing I need is a clone from TikTok
I remember when Instagram first launched back in 2010, and all my mates at school were crowded around my friend’s iPhone 4 making our Instagram accounts and brainstorming cool handle…