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
Twitter brings its closed caption toggle to Android and iOSBut it will only show up for videos if captions have been provided for them.By M. Moon, 06.24.2022
Niantic's Campfire app will finally let 'Pokémon Go' players chat togetherIt'll also work with Ingress and the company's other games. By D. Hardawar, 05.25.2022
Anonymous social app Yik Tak left users' precise locations exposedStalkers could easily have tracked users.By J. Fingas, 05.13.2022
Reddit is reportedly exploring the addition of TikTok-like video featuresThey could include editing features similar to TikTok's Duet and Stitch.By M. Moon, 03.25.2022
Twitter's misinformation policy doesn't cover the 2020 elections anymoreEven though some are still claiming the 2020 elections were rigged.By M. Moon, 01.29.2022
PayPal confirms it isn't trying to acquire Pinterest right nowThe company has denied rumors of a rumored $45 billion acquisition. By S. Dent, 10.25.2021
Trump's social network is built on a platform it didn't properly licenseIt has 30 days to fulfill the terms, including releasing its source code.By I. Bonifacic, 10.22.2021