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TikTok will pay $400 million to settle Justice Department lawsuit over child privacy
The DoJ said the app has made significant strides in privacy protections since the 2024 suit.
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Senators press TikTok on 'sinister' experiment that held back an algorithm safety feature
A teen who died by suicide was reportedly part of the test.
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Study finds X algorithm prioritizes ragebait that disproportionately impacts Democrats
Study finds X algorithm prioritizes ragebait that disproportionately impacts Democrats
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Vine reboot Divine is now open to everyone, no invite code required
Divine now has more than 2 million videos from Vine's original archive.
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Reddit is experimenting with video and audio versions of posts
The company wants users to be able to watch and listen to conversations.
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Meta faces a $1.4 trillion reckoning in latest trial over social media addiction
Dozens of states accuse the company of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
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What is the Retro app for and how do you use it?
Let's look at how to use the Retro app, whether it's free and whether it can compete with other social media apps.
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X is testing a tool that will let users see if their posts have been 'shadowbanned'
The feature is rolling out as the company open-sources more of its ranking algorithm.
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Trump is being sued for charging for faster access to Truth Social posts
A new lawsuit claims the Truth API violates the First and Fifth Amendments.
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Government workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok again
The app was banned from government devices in 2022.
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Authors face backlash for participation in 2022 Google AI study
Thirteen authors joined a little-known Google AI study in 2022. Now they're facing backlash.
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X's head of product is leaving the company one year after joining
Nikita Bier was the face of some of the platform's biggest changes.
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Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping
The company is also planning to retire its public API.
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We just got our first real look at how small X's ad business is
Advertisers seem to be spending a whole lot less than they used to on the platform.
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Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google face wrongful death lawsuit from four US families
The Social Media Victims Law Center accused the companies of creating addictive and dangerous platforms.
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Snapchat is cracking down on AI slop in Spotlight
Videos made with AI will no longer appear in Snapchat's public recommendations.
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Australia's social media ban for under-16s has had limited impact so far
Nearly 22 percent of children are on Pinterest while there was "no statistically significant change" in AI chatbot use.
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Reddit's CEO sure seems frustrated with Google's AI overviews
Amid rumors of Google breakup, Huffman says "people don't want a summary of reddit, they want reddit."
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LinkedIn is testing a 'seems like AI slop' reporting tool
The company is also removing some of its own AI-writing features.
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X and an advertising trade group settle a legal dispute over an alleged 'boycott'
X and the World Federation of Advertisers say they're resetting their relationship.
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EU says TikTok hasn’t done enough to ensure minors' safety
The latest findings could come with a fine of up to six percent of TikTok’s annual revenue.
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Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its staff
While the company is trying to protect creators from AI, it still thinks the technology is changing how it does business.
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Meta's pro-AI ad campaign is conspicuously light on AI
The company wants people to be anti-doomer, but doesn't say why.
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France will ban social media for children under 15
The country's new law also bans the use of mobile phones in schools.
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There's now an API for mainlining Trump's Truth Social posts
The API is supposed to deliver posts from 'the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts.'
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