Meta is killing the Facebook News tab in the US and AustraliaIt follows the tab's deprecation in the UK, France and Germany.By M. Moon, 03.01.2024
Instagram makes public Reels downloadable for everyoneThe feature was only available to US users when it launched earlier this year.By M. Moon, 11.23.2023
Threads now lets you quote posts on the webYou can now also easily follow responses on a thread on mobile.By M. Moon, 09.15.2023
Apollo and other popular third-party Reddit apps have shut downBut at least a couple are staying online and adopting a subscription model to pay for API access.By M. Moon, 07.01.2023
Facebook may let EU users download apps directly from adsMeta will reportedly start testing the feature before the Digital Markets Act takes effect next year.By M. Moon, 06.30.2023
Reddit’s average daily traffic fell during blackout, according to third-party dataThe protest appears to have had a small but noticeable effect on the platform. By I. Bonifacic, 06.17.2023
Reddit suffers a major outage after thousands of subreddits temporarily shut downThe company blamed the protest for causing issues across its website and mobile apps.By K. Holt, 06.12.2023
Facebook's new Reels controls help fine-tune what videos you seeYou can now tell Facebook what kind of videos to show more or less of. By M. Moon, 05.02.2023
Meta is building a decentralized Twitter competitorIt might be interoperable with Mastodon and other ActivityPub platforms.By M. Moon, 03.10.2023
Instagram could be working on a paid verification featureA reverse engineer found code in the Instagram app referencing paid verification.By M. Moon, 02.03.2023
US Senate approves bill to ban TikTok on government devicesThe US House will still have vote on it before it can become a law.By M. Moon, 12.15.2022
LinkedIn's Focused Inbox sifts through spammy DMs so you don't have toThe feature is starting to roll out today. By I. Bonifacic, 12.01.2022
Senator Markey demands answers from Elon Musk over Twitter impersonatorsThe changes to verified accounts are drawing flak from politicians.By J. Fingas, 11.11.2022
Facebook Groups now include Reels and more anti-misinformation toolsGroup heads can also allow language Facebook would normally flag.By J. Fingas, 10.20.2022
Twitter is testing a way for users to limit their mentionsYes, yes, don't @ me.By D. Hardawar, 10.13.2022
Snapchat+ subscribers now have a better chance of getting noticed by celebritiesThe service already has more than 1 million subscribers.By J. Fingas, 08.15.2022
Facebook faces suspension in Kenya over ethnic-based hate speechThe social network has reportedly failed to detect calls for ethnic-based violence ahead of Kenya's elections.By M. Moon, 07.30.2022
Twitter trial against Elon Musk begins October 17thThe courtroom battle could finish in a matter of days.By J. Fingas, 07.29.2022
Amazon sues operators of 10,000 Facebook groups over fake review schemesThe administrators allegedly coordinated paid reviews.By J. Fingas, 07.19.2022
Facebook and Instagram are blocking posts about mailing abortion pillsEven if they're located outside the US.By M. Moon, 06.28.2022