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Meta Platforms is methodically expanding the feature set of Threads, its text-based social network that launched in July 2023 as a direct competitor to X (formerly Twitter)....

Meta Takes the Fight Global: Lawsuits in Brazil and China Target the Celebrity-Bait Scam Machine

Meta Platforms Inc. is escalating its legal offensive against fraudulent advertisers who exploit the likenesses of celebrities to peddle scam products, filing new lawsuits in...

Inside the Courtroom: Social Media Executives Face a Reckoning Over Youth Addiction Claims

For years, parents, pediatricians, and policymakers have warned that social media platforms are engineered to hook young users. Now, those warnings are being tested under oat...

Instagram Reels Invade Your Living Room: Google TV’s Bold Bet on Short-Form Video Changes the Streaming Calculus

Google is making a significant move to redefine what a television platform can be, and it starts with bringing one of the most addictive mobile content formats directly to th...

Meta Will Now Alert Parents When Their Teens Search for Suicide and Self-Harm Content on Instagram

Meta Platforms Inc. is rolling out a significant new safety feature that will notify parents when their teenage children attempt to search for content related to suicide and...

X’s Latest Play for Ad Dollars: Let Brands Recycle Their Campaigns From Rival Platforms

Elon Musk's X is making another aggressive push to win back advertisers who fled the platform in the years following his 2022 acquisition of the former Twitter. The social me...

Meta’s AI Safety Team Sounds the Alarm — And the Company Apparently Ignored It

When a company's own safety researchers raise red flags about the risks of a powerful artificial intelligence model, the expectation — at least among regulators, ethicists, a...

Instagram Knew Its Nudity Filter Could Protect Teens — Then Sat on It for Years

Internal communications and court filings have exposed a troubling timeline at Meta's Instagram: the company had the technical capability to deploy a nudity filter designed t...

Reddit’s £6.4 Million UK Fine Signals a New Era of Age-Verification Enforcement Across Social Media

The United Kingdom's communications regulator, Ofcom, has levied a £6.4 million fine against Reddit, marking one of the first major enforcement actions under the country's On...

Discord Hits the Brakes on Global Age Verification—And the Reasons Are More Complicated Than You Think

Discord, the popular communications platform with more than 200 million monthly active users, has quietly postponed its rollout of global age verification measures, raising q...

Meta’s Billion-Dollar Bet on AMD: How a Custom Chip Deal Could Reshape the AI Hardware Market

Meta Platforms is in advanced discussions to acquire a stake of up to 10% in Advanced Micro Devices as part of a sweeping custom chip agreement that could fundamentally alter...

Discord’s Quiet Bet on Face Scanning: How a Chat Platform Is Rewriting the Rules of Online Age Verification

Discord, the communication platform that has become a digital home for more than 200 million monthly active users, is rolling out a new age verification system that uses face...

Reddit’s Stock Freefall: How a 42% Plunge in Five Weeks Exposed the Fragility of an AI-Fueled Rally

When Reddit went public in March 2024, it was heralded as one of the most anticipated tech IPOs in years. The company behind one of the internet's most influential discussion...

Instagram’s Quiet Overhaul: Why Meta Is Betting Big on a Reels-First Future While Dangling a Hyper-Customizable Feed

For years, Instagram users have voiced a familiar complaint: the app they once loved for its simple photo-sharing roots has morphed into something unrecognizable, stuffed wit...

Pinterest Draws a Line in the Sand: How the Visual Platform Is Waging War on AI-Generated ‘Slop’

While most social media companies have spent the past two years racing to integrate generative artificial intelligence into every corner of their platforms, Pinterest has tak...

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