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Facebook Bans Researchers Investigating It

Matt Milano - August 4, 2021

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Facebook Trying to Pervert Homomorphic Encryption

Matt Milano - August 3, 2021

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Twitter Announces Shop Module, Its Foray Into E-Commerce

Matt Milano - July 30, 2021

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Instagram Accounts Will Default to Private for Teens Under 16

Matt Milano - July 28, 2021

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WeChat Halts New Subscriptions

Matt Milano - July 27, 2021

Clubhouse Leaves Beta and Is Open to Everyone

Clubhouse, the popular audio-only social media platform, announced it is out of beta and no longer invitation-only....

Twitter Testing a Way to Downvote Replies

Twitter is testing a way to downvote replies, as the company looks for ways to improve engagement. Twi...

YouTube Unveils Super Thanks So Fans Can Support Favorite Channels

YouTube has unveiled a new feature, Super Thanks, as a way for fans to support their favorite channels and content creators....

WhatsApp Beta Brings Multi-Device Support

WhatsApp is bringing an oft-requested feature in a new beta: Multi-device support. While WhatsApp has...

Facebook Spending $1 Billion on Content Creators Through 2022

Facebook plans to pay content creators some $1 billion through 2022 in an effort to ward off rivals. F...

Twitter Kills Fleets, Disappearing Tweets

Twitter has announced it is shutting down Fleets, the company’s disappearing tweets feature. Twitter r...

TikTok Enters Job Market with TikTok Resumes

TikTok is looking to expand beyond just social media, introducing TikTok Resumes as a way to apply for jobs....

Russia Passes Law Forcing Social Media Companies to Have Local Office

Vladimir Putin has signed a law that forces social media companies to have an office in the country. Russia has a long history of trying to con...

Twitter Adds Support for Security Keys for 2FA

Twitter has added support for security keys to support two-factor authentication (2FA). 2FA is widely...

Facebook Joins $1 Trillion Club Following Antitrust Win

Facebook scored a major win in its antitrust case, with a federal judge dismissing attempts to roll back some of its biggest acquisitions....

Facebook Poised for Slowest US Growth Ever in 2021

Facebook is poised to experience its slowest US growth ever in 2021, dropping to a mere 1%. Facebook is the 800-pound gorilla among social medi...

Supreme Court Gives LinkedIn Another Chance to Shield Data

The U.S. Supreme is giving LinkedIn another chance to prevent its user data from being harvested, in a case with far-reaching implications. A c...

Twitter Officially Launches Twitter Blue

Twitter has finally taken the wraps off of Twitter Blue, its subscription service aimed at power users. Twitter Blue has been rumored to be in...

TikTok and WeChat In the Clear as Biden Reverses Trump’s Ban Attempts

TikTok and WeChat’s battle to avoid being sold is finally over, as President Biden has signed an executive order undoing the previous administrati...

Peter Thiel Invests In Free Speech Video Platform Rumble

Rumble received a big boost today in its effort to capitalize on the censorship of the political right by YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Well-known Paypal...

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