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Instagram is cracking down on DM spam
Instagram hopes to curb DM spam by limiting what people can send in requests.
Meta's Oversight Board recommends stronger rules on gender-based violence
The Oversight Board wants Meta to take a tougher stance against gender-based violence.
Twitter threatens to sue anti-hate group over its research
Twitter (now X) has threatened to sue an anti-hate research group over its findings.
Kanye West's Twitter/X account has been unbanned again
X, formerly known as Twitter, has reinstated Kanye West after he was banned for posting he would go "def con 3 on Jewish people" among other things.
Hitting the Books: The dangerous real-world consequences of our online attention economy
If reality television has taught us anything, it's there's not much people won't do if offered enough money and attention. Sometimes, even just the latter.
WhatsApp adds Telegram-style video messages
You can now send instant WhatsApp video messages to show your friends what's happening.
Threads adds a chronological feed as Twitter burns to the ground
Threads is about to get vastly more useful as Meta has started rolling out the option to see a chronological feed of posts from the people you follow. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted that the app now includes translations as well.
TikTok adds text posts to compete with Instagram Stories
TikTok absolutely dominates the short-form video space, but now it’s looking into short-form text posts. The social media giant just announced the ability to compose text posts to allow users to “share their stories, poems, lyrics and other written content, giving them another way to express themselves.”
First big Threads update for iOS helps you see new followers
Threads has received a big update on iOS that helps you see new followers and follow them back.
Why are non-diabetics suddenly wearing continuous glucose monitors?
Continuous glucose monitors, which have historically been an important health tool for diabetes patients, have been emerging online as a trending device to measure blood glucose levels among healthy adults. This begs the question: is knowing how your body reacts to food through your blood glucose levels beneficial?
Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue has dropped by 50 percent
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Musk tweeted Twitter was suffering from an ongoing negative cash flow issue due to an approximately 50 percent drop in advertising revenue and heavy debt burden.
Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames
Before this week, Bluesky did not have an automated system in place to prevent people from including the n-word in their handle.
Appeals court pauses order that restricts Biden officials from contacting social networks
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has put a pause on Judge Terry A. Doughty's order that prohibits most federal officials from talking to companies like Meta about content.
Reddit is removing years of chats and messages
Reddit has removed years of chat and message logs, but there may be a way to recover some of that data.
Meta blocks EU users from accessing Threads through a VPN
Meta now stops people in the EU from accessing Threads through a VPN.
People who don't use TikTok think it's a national security threat
A study indicates that most Americans think TikTok is a national security threat — but they're also the ones who are least likely to use it.
Meta's Threads races to 100 million users in under a week
Meta made it super easy for people to sign up to its new app Threads through Instagram. That helped the Twitter competitor reach more than 100 million sign ups in just a couple of days.
Axget Podcast: Diving into Threads and Twitter's latest mess
While Twitter encountered many self-inflicted wounds this week, users jumped to Blue Sky and Mastodon. Then Meta decided it was a fine time to drop its Twitter copycat, Threads.
Meta's Twitter rival Threads won't initially launch in the EU
Meta's rival to Twitter called Threads, an Instagram app is set to launch tomorrow in the US and UK, but it may not come to the rest of Europe anytime soon.
Judge blocks federal officials from contacting tech companies
A judge has blocked the Biden administration and other federal officials from communicating with social media companies in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for the country.