NYC Bans TikTok on City Devices
Photo: Kiichiro Sato (AP) The Big Apple is joining the TikTok ban bandwagon. New York City issued a new directive on Wednesday banning TikTok from city-owned devices and forcing local…
New Law Forces Parents to Share Cash With Their ‘Kidfluencers’
Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a first-of-its-kind bill entitling young social media influencers to a percentage of earnings for monetized videos they appear in. The law,…
Olivia Rodrigo Unveils Instagram’s New Musical Carousel Feature
Rodrigo is promoting the feature on her own page but will also highlight one user’s post with her new song as a “Creator pick.”Image: Instagram Capitalism may breed innovation, but…
Threads Update Finally Brings a Proper Following Feed to the ‘Twitter Killer’ App
Image: Ascannio (Shutterstock) Threads users are asking for new feature updates and it seems Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking their opinions into account. The app’s update will include a…
No Need for Twitter—TikTok Users Can Now Make Text Posts
Image: TikTok TikTok is bringing text posts to its Camera page in a format that’s much like Instagram’s stories. Users can choose from a photo option, video, or text. The…
The Worst Internet Bills of 2023, So Far
Photo: Samuel Corum (AP) Republican lawmakers have yelped about banning TikTok nationally over supposed national security threats for years now but the increasingly prescient policy issue finally gained bipartisan political…
Instagram’s Threads Adds Some New Features, Still Falls Short of Being a True Twitter Clone
Threads is getting some new feature updates, inching it a little closer to the Twitter clone that was promised. The updated features will include a followers list, the option to…
Threads Continues to Copy Twitter’s Worst Elements With New Rate Limits
Both Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram lead Adam Mosseri have been adamant they were not simply copying Twitter wholesale. And yet, that’s exactly what they seem to be doing…
Meta Told to Hand Over Threads Content Moderation Documents to Congress
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has issued an additional subpoena directing Meta to hand over documents surrounding content moderation on its newest app, Threads. The request was sent amid the…
Engagement on Instagram’s Threads Has Cratered
Image: rafapress (Shutterstock) Shortly after Meta’s new Twitter clone Threads hits 100 million users, analysts say that the app’s user engagement has precipitously dropped off. Nobody’s Really Watching Reels Off…