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Bluesky's Border Skirmish: ICE Verification Ignites a Digital Blockade In the ever-shifting realm of social media platforms, Bluesky has emerged as a haven for those s...

Reels’ Ad Takeover: Instagram’s Video Shift Powers Meta’s Revenue Surge

Meta Platforms Inc.'s Instagram has reached a pivotal moment in its evolution, with short-form videos now dominating both user attention and advertising dollars. According to...

Elon Musk’s X Open-Sources Recommendation Algorithm on GitHub

Decoding the Feed: Inside X's Bold Algorithm Open-Source Gambit In a move that has sent ripples through the tech world, Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly k...

X Unveils Grok-Powered Algorithm Code, Exposing Viral Mechanics

In a bold move toward transparency, Elon Musk's X has open-sourced its revamped recommendation system...

UK TikTok Moderators Sue for Union Busting Amid AI Layoffs

TikTok's Union Showdown: Fired Moderators Challenge Tech Giant's Tactics In the bustling world of social media, where algorithms dictate content and user engageme...

Meta’s Threads Surpasses X with 141.5M Daily Mobile Users

Threads' Mobile Momentum: Surpassing X in the Daily User Arena In the ever-shifting realm of social media platforms, Meta's Threads has achieved a notable milestone by...

TikTok Rolls Out AI Age Detection in EU Amid Privacy Concerns

TikTok's Digital Gatekeeper: Unveiling the New Age-Detection Arsenal Against Underage Access TikTok, the wildly popular short-form video platform owned...

X’s Promptable Algorithm: Musk’s Bid to Hand Users the Feed Controls

Elon Musk's X is racing toward a future where users dictate their feeds through natural language prompts, a development that could upend social media personalization. On Janu...

Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Deactivates 5M Accounts in Month One

Down Under Disconnect: How Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Upended an Industry Overnight Australia's groundbreaking legislation banning social media access for those...

Bluesky’s Cashtags and Live Badges Fuel Install Surge Amid X Exodus

Bluesky's Feature Frenzy: Cashtags and Live Badges Spark Install Surge in Social Media Shift In the ever-evolving realm of social platforms, Bluesky has emerged a...

X Suffers Massive Global Outage on Jan 16, 2026 Amid Server Issues

The Silent Storm: Inside X's Catastrophic Outage of January 2026 In the early hours of January 16, 2026, the social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, plunged i...

X’s Double Blackout: Musk’s Platform Buckles Under Strain

Elon Musk's X platform suffered its second major outage this week on Friday, leaving tens of thousands of users staring at blank screens or error messages just days after a s...

Digg Relaunches as Reddit Rival with Transparent Moderation

In the ever-shifting realm of social media platforms, where user loyalty can evaporate overnight, a familiar name has resurfaced with ambitious plans. Digg, the once-pioneering...

Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Hits Snags After One Month

One month after Australia enforced the world's strictest social media restrictions for minors, the policy is revealing cracks in enforcement and mixed results on teen behavio...

Grok’s Bikini Block: X’s AI Gambit Against Deepfake Fury

Elon Musk's xAI has rolled out sweeping restrictions on its Grok chatbot's image-editing capabilities, barring users from transforming photos of real people into revealing at...

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