Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards
Two senators have given TikTok a deadline to answer questions about an experiment that…
UNM offers dual-sport star Evan Nañez in football
One of the state's most intriguing prospects has his first football offer. Cleveland wide…
Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads
"Yope is a fresh, empowering and safe take on social media where the users…
Forget the feed: Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into interactive entertainment
Consumer investor Natalie Dillon of Maveron has argued the winners of the new era…
X sends cease-and-desist to open-source project Nitter over alleged scraping
Nitter, an open source project that allowed people to read X posts without logging…
Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it's reimagining its Creator Studio tool as a standalone…
Social media addiction lawsuit against Meta is dropped
Meta had been prepared to argue that the plaintiff in this case had allegedly…
Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral
It feels like short video clips from podcasts, songs, and movies are suddenly everywhere…
Bluesky adds an ‘algorithmic opt-out’ feature for those who don’t want to go viral
After adding support for longer videos just yesterday, open social network Bluesky on Thursday…
Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access
Meta's Threads is adding new capabilities to its recently launched Live Chats feature while…
Meta says AI is making it easier to build new apps — and more are coming
"We are finding that LLMs are increasingly capable of delivering ranking and recommendations gains,"…
Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans
The new "Plus" plans are tailored to each individual app, with Facebook Plus and…
Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data
In addition to paying out up to $18 billion and adding child safety measures,…
From Old Friends to New Crushes: How to Find People on Social Media in 2026
Learning about Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's honeymoon phase is a lot different now…
Reddit aims to make ‘karma’ less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools
Reddit on Wednesday announced a series of changes to its infrastructure and tools, designed…
Obi-Chukwu Urges Youths To Pursue Skills, Jobs Beyond Social Media Distractions
According to him, many users naturally gravitate toward entertainment, gossip, and other forms of…
