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Twitter makes it easier to avoid the annoying 'For You' tab
The app will default to the timeline tab you last used.
Meta takes Ukraine’s controversial Azov Regiment off its dangerous organizations list
The change will allow members of the unit to create Facebook and Instagram accounts.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Twitter is working on an ad-free subscription tier
Musk announced the offering on Saturday.
Tapbots shuts down Tweetbot as it pivots to Mastodon
Twitterrific and other third-party Twitter apps are also going away.
UK bill would ban videos portraying Channel immigrant crossings in a 'positive light'
Amendments would also punish companies that ignore warnings on child safety.
Instagram adds a new 'Quiet Mode' and recommendation controls
The features start rolling out today in the US and a few other countries.
Trump has reportedly asked Meta to reinstate his Facebook account
In 2021, the company said it would revisit his suspension in 2023.
TikTok is expanding its labels for state-run media accounts to more countries, including China
The labels were previously only applied to accounts from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Twitter may have deliberately cut off third-party clients like Tweetbot
“Third-party app suspensions are intentional,” one engineer reportedly said on the company's Slack.
Twitter's For You tabbed interface starts rolling out on desktop web browsers
The design tweak arrived on iOS earlier this week.Twitter begins forcing its TikTok-like 'For You' timeline on iOS
If you follow tweets in order, you'll have to switch every time you open the app.
Parler has reportedly cut ‘majority’ of staff in recent weeks
The layoffs seem to have begun just after Ye's acquisition was called off.
Facebook and Instagram will limit ads targeting teens based on gender (updated)
Gender is also off-limits.
Instagram's redesigned home screen ditches the shopping tab
The 'create' button is back where it once was.
Meta rolls out AI ad-targeting tech in an effort to reduce discrimination
The company promised the system as part of a settlement.
Seattle schools sue TikTok, Meta and other platforms over youth 'mental health crisis'
They've hooked students into 'excessive use and abuse,' the complaint states.
Twitter has reportedly laid off more of its global content moderation team
The cuts impacted "at least a dozen" workers at two global offices.
TikTok users can now tag movies and TV shows, so you can quit asking 'what is this from'
Each tag links to a page with related videos and details about the title provided by IMDb.
Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent
Twitter's landlord says the company is $136,250 behind on payments.
