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People who don't use TikTok think it's a national security threat
A study indicates that most Americans think TikTok is a national security threat — but they're also the ones who are least likely to use it.
Reddit communities are 'going dark' to protest changes that would hurt third-party apps
Some of the biggest Reddit communities are going private to protest API pricing that could threaten third-party apps.
Meta fixed a Facebook bug that sent automatic friend requests to users
Meta apologized for a bug that saw Facebook send an automatic friend request anytime
Elon Musk says a new Twitter CEO is starting in six weeks
Elon Musk says a new Twitter CEO is starting in about six weeks, but he'll still play a role.
Twitter pulls 'government-funded' label from media accounts
Twitter has removed the 'government-funded media' label from accounts, including those in China and Russia.
Twitter starts pulling legacy blue verification checkmarks
Twitter has acted on its plan to remove legacy verified checkmarks.
Twitter will label tweets limited due to hate policy violations
Twitter will soon label tweets that violate its hate speech rules.
Parler's new owner immediately took the social network offline
Parler has a new owner, and it's shutting down the social network temporarily for a revamp.
Twitter bug makes some private Circle tweets public
A Twitter Circle flaw is exposing private tweets to total strangers.
Twitter may let you hide the fact you pay to use Twitter
Twitter appears to be testing a feature that lets Blue users hide their checkmarks.
Facebook and Instagram will help prevent the spread of teens' intimate photos
Meta is clamping down on sextortion by letting people flag intimate photos.
Snapchat now suggests soundtracks for your videos
Snapchat now suggests songs to use in your videos — it'll even create synced montages.
WhatsApp is reportedly experimenting with private newsletters
WhatsApp code hints that you may soon get to create private newsletters for your friends.
Bipartisan bill would require that social networks have 'clear' content policies
Senators have introduced a bill that would make social networks provide clearer content moderation policies.
Instagram shuts down live shopping on March 16th
Instagram is cutting a feature that let you shop during livestreams.
TikTok creators might soon put some videos behind a paywall
TikTok will reportedly let creators put videos behind a paywall.
Twitter Blue users can now post tweets with up to 4,000 characters
If you subscribe to Twitter Blue, you can now make posts up to 4,000 characters long.
Documents show Meta paid for data scraping despite years of denouncing it
Meta was paying a company to scrape data from sites for years despite its own attempts to fight the practice.
Twitter makes it easier to avoid the annoying 'For You' tab
Twitter now defaults to the timeline tab you last used — you won't have to put up with 'For You' if you don't want it.
Tapbots shuts down Tweetbot as it pivots to Mastodon
Tweetbot has shut down due to Twitter's ban on third-party apps, but a Mastodon client is taking its place.