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April 2, 2025 09:00:00
Nikki Blonsky is raking in Cameo cash in the wake of viral TikTok fame.
March 26, 2025 16:29:42
YouTube will now count views on YouTube Shorts based on viewers who come across the content.
March 25, 2025 16:00:00
A new initiative gives educators a way to contact Instagram directly.
March 24, 2025 16:55:15
Fitness influencer Ashton Hall's bizarre morning routine has gone viral
March 24, 2025 09:00:00
The supplement industry is booming with little regulation, fueled by influencers, lawmakers, and a failing healthcare system.
March 20, 2025 11:47:33
The days of being "extremely online" in an internet community full of niche memes are over, replaced by a quest for fame, influence, and profit.
March 19, 2025 09:00:00
Because of social media, we have our partners' entire romantic histories at our fingertips.
March 18, 2025 20:16:48
The social media platform Bluesky made a limited run of the shirt its CEO wore at SXSW, which called out Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. After selling out its first run, it's now back in stock.
March 10, 2025 21:59:27
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber spoke during a keynote session at SXSW, wearing a T-shirt that took aim at Meta's Mark Zuckerberg.
March 10, 2025 14:53:22
A new bill introduced in North Carolina calls for minors under 14 to not be allowed on social platforms, while lowering age-verification age to 16.
March 6, 2025 21:15:05
U.S. immigration agency proposes a rule change that would require a review of social media profiles during status and citizenship benefits changes.
March 2, 2025 19:44:07
John Cena turned heel and joined forces with The Rock. Social media erupted.
February 25, 2025 10:00:00
Online jokes about recession indicators reflect real economic anxieties, even if we're not officially in an economic downturn.
February 24, 2025 22:33:26
The Federal Trade Commission opened a form for online social media users who are banned or shadowbanned to submit comments.
February 19, 2025 21:40:46
Elon Musk's X wants to raise $44 billion, which is what Musk paid for the company.
February 18, 2025 21:56:17
Instagram is testing a private downrank button for comments.
February 18, 2025 17:05:38
Chase Bank is cracking down on Zelle payments to social media contacts in an effort to stop scammers.
February 17, 2025 17:36:10
In a prerecorded AMA, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman confirmed plans for paywalled subreddits and other changes to monetize the platform.
February 14, 2025 17:35:25
Twenty years ago, YouTube was born. Here are its little-known earlier beginnings.
February 13, 2025 10:00:16
Gen Z is turning to the internet — and mental health professionals — for help.
February 12, 2025 15:32:21
Parents and educators can use the curriculum for free.
February 11, 2025 19:05:05
Duolingo killed off its owl mascot in what's almost certainly an ad of some sort.
February 9, 2025 21:47:27
February 9, 2025 21:11:09
February 7, 2025 21:31:41
After DOGE staffer Marko Elez's racist social media posts were outed, Elez resigned. But Elon Musk may bring him back.
February 6, 2025 18:57:42
Trump's promise to save TikTok may still fall apart as Bytedance and China delay potential deal negotiations.
January 31, 2025 19:11:08
In a meeting with Meta employees, Mark Zuckerberg discusses the company's Trump-inspired changes for the first time.
January 30, 2025 20:46:57
Gabriela Nguyen spent years trying to quit social media. Now she has a plan to help you do it, too.
January 29, 2025 19:32:44
The chief psychologist at the American Psychological Association shares tips for reducing social media's harmful effects on children.
January 24, 2025 20:28:15
Apps that help you quit doomscrolling by limiting your access to other apps ... don't always work. What does? Using your habits.
January 24, 2025 11:00:00
Communities online and off are preparing to push back against Trump's destructive immigration plan, arming undocumented folks with constitutional knowledge.
January 16, 2025 14:11:34
How much should we overshare while dating and talking to new or prospective partners? "Trauma sharing" with new partners and oversharing our love lives on social media and TikTok.
January 13, 2025 19:01:36
TikTokkers are flocking to RedNote, what's effectively a TikTok competitor that's also Chinese. It's a petty move from folks ahead of the potential ban of TikTok in the U.S.
January 10, 2025 22:42:36
DEI at Meta will no longer exist as company says it will still build diverse teams.
January 7, 2025 21:36:22
The error restricted certain terms for teen users.
December 28, 2024 15:54:20
With TikTok's ban looming, Trump tells the Supreme Court to let him work things out with ByteDance when he takes office.
December 23, 2024 16:43:27
The price of a Premium+ subscription is going up on Elon Musk's X.
December 23, 2024 15:17:21
The UK may soon use facial recognition to keep underage kids off social media. Tech companies would be forced to comply.
December 22, 2024 19:32:49
Fans aren't happy that NFL Redzone isn't ad-free anymore
December 20, 2024 16:27:17
In a new update, Bluesky aims to curtail impersonator and scam accounts by automatically reserving users' default usernames.
December 18, 2024 10:00:00
Scammers are using some of the same old tricks, plus new technology, to steal your money and data.
December 16, 2024 11:11:30
Users are poised to continuing dropping Elon Musk's X into 2025.
December 14, 2024 17:21:27
46 percent of teens told the Pew Research Center that they're online 'almost constantly,' according to a new report.
December 13, 2024 17:14:18
Social media algorithms control what users see online, which can make it difficult to be online after a relationship ends.
December 11, 2024 14:05:43
Tips from relationship experts on what to do with your social media profiles are the end of a relationship.
December 10, 2024 17:20:48
Social media users aren't shy about their attraction to the prime suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brain Thompson.
December 6, 2024 19:07:09
Social media users are testing content policy rules as they turn the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson into memes.
December 4, 2024 11:50:51
Cameo is making room for more than celebrities, expanding its personalised messaging service to let anyone sign up with CameoX.
November 30, 2024 21:48:03
November 29, 2024 12:33:13
Bluesky replies will now default to appear by "hotness" in a contentious update to the social media platform.
November 28, 2024 16:15:36
Australia has enacted the world's strictest law banning children under 16 from using social media.
November 27, 2024 20:08:05
Bluesky, the Twitter/X alternative, is growing fast but also running into the same content moderation problems of its predecessor.
November 27, 2024 17:25:33
A machine learning librarian scraped public posts and created a searchable AI training dataset, without consent of users.
November 26, 2024 15:47:40
Bluesky announces new moderation efforts as it spots a growth of child sexual abuse material among users.
November 26, 2024 10:00:00
Millions of social media users are moving to Bluesky as a Musk alternative. Here are the ins and outs of the minds and policies behind the open platform.
November 23, 2024 21:34:51
Bluesky is gaining major ground on Meta's Threads
November 23, 2024 15:07:38
LinkedIn is killing off its audio-only streaming feature Audio Events.
November 20, 2024 21:46:52
As Bluesky grows, bad actors take notice. Here's what you should watch out for so you don't get fooled by fake accounts.
November 20, 2024 20:46:50
Using X has gotten worse and worse and, meanwhile, Bluesky has added millions of people. It might be the better place to actually engage.
November 19, 2024 21:50:24
Livestreaming platform Twitch is now being sued by Elon Musk's X over one of the company's earliest advertiser boycotts.
November 19, 2024 12:00:00
Teens might particularly benefit from this new Instagram feature.
November 15, 2024 10:30:49
Interested in joining Bluesky? Here's what you need to know.
November 14, 2024 17:02:08
The Onion, the famous satirical publication, has bought Alex Jones' Infowars. The plan is to lampoon those sorts of people on its own site.
November 13, 2024 23:09:25
Bluesky is having a very good week as some users abandon Elon Musk's X after the U.S. presidential election.
November 13, 2024 22:29:37
How I stopped worrying and learned to leave social media: Why focusing on self-care is what we need to move forward after 2024.
November 12, 2024 21:53:08
Bluesky has gained more than 700,000 new users after the U.S. presidential election.
November 9, 2024 19:36:33
It turns out that Instagram was annoying its users on purpose with its "rug pull" behavior.
November 7, 2024 14:08:15
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government will ban social media for kids under 16. But how will it work?
November 6, 2024 18:48:51
An influencer’s disqualification from the NYC Marathon for running with a filming crew stirred debate on social media.
November 4, 2024 19:28:37
Blocking will officially work differently on Elon Musk's X now.
October 31, 2024 17:11:06
As people go all-out on their best referential Halloween costumes, questions about racism and misogyny once again surface.
October 28, 2024 17:14:43
Loops is a new federated TikTok alternative. It just started accepting signups.
October 25, 2024 18:54:29
Bluesky is developing a paid subscription service but is assuring users it won't be anything like Elon Musk's X.
October 24, 2024 19:32:23
After charging $42,000 per month for API access, Elon Musk's X is looking to squeeze even more money out of indie developers and social media companies.
October 23, 2024 19:23:22
Meta Oversight Board criticizes company's handling of political content after the removal, and eventual reversal, of a satirical image.
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October 23, 2024 13:44:04
Erin Lee Carr's latest documentary 'Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara' investigates the mystery of 'Fake Tegan', a hacker who has been terrorizing the legendary band for over 15 years.
October 22, 2024 16:56:48
Meta is taking a page out of Elon Musk's book and banning celebrity jet trackers on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
October 17, 2024 21:41:59
Just 24 hours after Elon Musk's X announced changes to how the block function works, Bluesky gained 500,000 users.
October 17, 2024 15:47:05
New Instagram features include screenshot disabling, nudity blocking, and a location mismatch warning.
October 15, 2024 22:31:43
"Social Studies" executive producer Lauren Greenfield discusses her groundbreaking documentary series on high schoolers and social media.
October 14, 2024 09:00:00
A new ad campaign is asks the public to refer to climate events as "unnatural disasters," part of a linguistic shift to garner attention on extreme weather.
October 11, 2024 14:50:51
BlueSky is angling to replace Threads for folks tired of Meta.
October 11, 2024 10:07:36
CDC data shows U.S. high school students' frequent social media use linked to increased bullying, hopelessness, and suicide risk.
October 10, 2024 17:24:13
Walmart has a skeleton named Steve on sale to rival Home Depot's sold-out Skelly.
October 10, 2024 09:00:00
Social media can amplify the pressure teens feel.
October 9, 2024 10:01:05
Stop creating content for an imagined audience — delete your drafts, free yourself from perfectionism, and embrace creative risks.
October 7, 2024 17:58:44
As Hurricane Milton strengthens as it approaches landfall in Florida, the internet is filled with bad information about "weather weapons" and FEMA's disaster response.
October 1, 2024 19:58:28
Reddit is requiring that mods ask permission from the company to make subreddits private going forward.
October 1, 2024 17:55:58
Snapchat allegedly failed to warn its users effectively about sextortion risks, citing possible profit hits and concern it would scare away users.
September 30, 2024 15:01:50
An investigation into the alt-right great replacement conspiracy and their love for interracial cuck porn.
September 29, 2024 04:00:00
Travel influencers to follow on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and visual escapism for planning your next trip.
September 26, 2024 21:58:38
Users trust financial advice from social media, but a new report shows much of it is false or misleading.
September 25, 2024 15:31:10
Why do we watch our own Instagram Stories? Why do we stalk ourselves on social media? The psychology behind our need to know how we're perceived.
September 25, 2024 09:00:00
X is experiencing a decline in users in some of its biggest markets.
September 18, 2024 19:15:05
LinkedIn is using users' data to train generative AI with a setting requiring an opt-out, rather than an opt-in. Here's how to stop it.
September 18, 2024 16:31:31
A WhatsApp exploit is allowing users access to View Once messages when they are supposed to be inaccessible.
September 17, 2024 17:48:05
Instagram will automatically place users under 16 into a limited, parent-supervised 'Teen Account' as the social media behemoth addresses ongoing child safety concerns.
September 16, 2024 15:48:32
X owner Elon Musk deleted a post on Monday morning "joking" about assassinations of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
September 13, 2024 20:30:13
X is still banned after Brazil withdraws $3.3 million fine from X and Starlink bank accounts.
September 11, 2024 20:34:50
Video has finally come to X competitor Bluesky.