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X's head of product is leaving the company one year after joining

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:48:54 +0000

Nikita Bier was the face of some of the platform's biggest changes.

Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The company is also planning to retire its public API.

We just got our first real look at how small X's ad business is

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:49:25 +0000

Advertisers seem to be spending a whole lot less than they used to on the platform.

Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google face wrongful death lawsuit from four US families

staff@engadget.com (Jackson Chen) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:14:29 +0000

The Social Media Victims Law Center accused the companies of creating addictive and dangerous platforms.

Snapchat is cracking down on AI slop in Spotlight

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:11:08 +0000

Videos made with AI will no longer appear in Snapchat's public recommendations.

Australia's social media ban for under-16s has had limited impact so far

staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:37:56 +0000

Nearly 22 percent of children are on Pinterest while there was "no statistically significant change" in AI chatbot use.

Reddit's CEO sure seems frustrated with Google's AI overviews

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:09:07 +0000

Amid rumors of Google breakup, Huffman says "people don't want a summary of reddit, they want reddit."

LinkedIn is testing a 'seems like AI slop' reporting tool

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:02:54 +0000

The company is also removing some of its own AI-writing features.

X and an advertising trade group settle a legal dispute over an alleged 'boycott'

staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:16:32 +0000

X and the World Federation of Advertisers say they're resetting their relationship.

EU says TikTok hasn't done enough to ensure minors' safety

staff@engadget.com (Jackson Chen) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:19:40 +0000

The latest findings could come with a fine of up to six percent of TikTok's annual revenue.

Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its staff

staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:47:15 +0000

While the company is trying to protect creators from AI, it still thinks the technology is changing how it does business.

Meta's pro-AI ad campaign is conspicuously light on AI

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:37:45 +0000

The company wants people to be anti-doomer, but doesn't say why.

You can now sign up for a WhatsApp account from an iPad

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000

France will ban social media for children under 15

staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:43:53 +0000

The country's new law also bans the use of mobile phones in schools.

There's now an API for mainlining Trump's Truth Social posts

staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:05:37 +0000

The API is supposed to deliver posts from 'the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts.'

Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, is investigating TikTok's child safety measures

staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:35:08 +0000

The regulator is assessing whether the platform is doing enough to protect children from harmful content.

The Oversight Board says leading AI models might be restricting free expression

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000

The group is trying to extend its influence beyond Meta.

Europe takes step toward social media ban for kids

staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:05:07 +0000

Following a worrying new report, Europe is taking steps toward barring children from using social media.

Elon Musk says X will DM you about posts that receive a Community Note

staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:50:36 +0000

The social platform wants its crowd-sourced corrections to be harder to ignore.

A bug in Discord's safety systems incorrectly banned accounts since May

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000

A bug may have led to around 8,200 erroneous bans on Discord.