People who don't use TikTok think it's a national security threatA study indicates that younger Americans are more accepting of the social network.By J. Fingas, 07.10.2023
Reddit communities are 'going dark' to protest changes that would hurt third-party appsThe subreddits object to pricing that could hurt apps like Apollo.By J. Fingas, 06.05.2023
Meta fixed a Facebook bug that sent automatic friend requests to usersThe company also apologized for the technical error. By I. Bonifacic, 05.13.2023
Elon Musk says a new Twitter CEO is starting in six weeksMusk will be CTO and executive chair.By J. Fingas, 05.11.2023
Twitter pulls 'government-funded' label from media accountsAdvertisers now have to pay and verify, too.By J. Fingas, 04.21.2023
Twitter starts pulling legacy blue verification checkmarksYou won't always know who's authentic.By J. Fingas, 04.20.2023
Twitter will label tweets limited due to hate policy violationsThe posts themselves will remain.By J. Fingas, 04.17.2023
Parler's new owner immediately took the social network offline'No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business.'By J. Fingas, 04.14.2023
Twitter bug makes some private Circle tweets publicYour secret tweets may be visible to strangers.By J. Fingas, 04.10.2023
Twitter may let you hide the fact you pay to use TwitterThe option would let you pay for Blue without flaunting your status.By J. Fingas, 03.24.2023
Facebook and Instagram will help prevent the spread of teens' intimate photosTake It Down flags images to prevent unwanted photos from spreading.By J. Fingas, 02.27.2023
Snapchat now suggests soundtracks for your videosYou can even create montages in sync with the beat.By J. Fingas, 02.23.2023
WhatsApp is reportedly experimenting with private newslettersYou wouldn't have to update friends in chat.By J. Fingas, 02.22.2023
Bipartisan bill would require that social networks have 'clear' content policiesThe Internet PACT Act would also modify Section 230 to require takedowns of illegal content.By J. Fingas, 02.16.2023
Instagram shuts down live shopping on March 16thMeta isn't as eager to push shopping as it once was.By J. Fingas, 02.14.2023
TikTok creators might soon put some videos behind a paywallA revamped Creator Fund could also boost pay for influencers.By J. Fingas, 02.13.2023
Twitter Blue users can now post tweets with up to 4,000 charactersYou can avoid epic Twitter threads if you're willing to pay.By J. Fingas, 02.08.2023
Documents show Meta paid for data scraping despite years of denouncing itThe Facebook owner parted ways after learning of data misuse.By J. Fingas, 02.02.2023
Twitter makes it easier to avoid the annoying 'For You' tabThe app will default to the timeline tab you last used.By J. Fingas, 01.24.2023
Tapbots shuts down Tweetbot as it pivots to MastodonTwitterrific and other third-party Twitter apps are also going away.By J. Fingas, 01.20.2023