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After years of regulatory brinkmanship, TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance has inked a binding agreement to divest its U.S. operations into a new joint venture majority-owned...

Bluesky Launches Privacy-Focused Find Friends with Opt-In Hashing

Bluesky's Privacy Fortress: Reinventing Friend Discovery in the Social Media Arena In the ever-evolving world of social networking, where user data ofte...

Meta Tests Facebook Link Limits, Sparking Creator Backlash

Meta's Hyperlink Hurdle: Testing Paid Link-Sharing on Facebook In a move that could reshape how creators and businesses interact with their audiences on social media,...

TikTok Hit with GDPR Complaints Over Cross-App User Tracking

TikTok's Shadow Surveillance: Unmasking the App's Cross-Device Tracking Empire In the ever-expanding realm of digital platforms, TikTok has long been celebrated for it...

Meta and Amazon Launch Instagram Reels on Fire TV for Big-Screen Viewing

Reels Ignite the Living Room: Meta and Amazon's Bold Push to Conquer Big-Screen Entertainment In a move that could reshape how families gather around the television du...

Elon Musk’s X Sues Startup Over Twitter Trademark Infringement

The Ghost of Twitter: Elon Musk's X Fights to Bury a Resurrection Attempt In the ever-shifting world of social media branding, a new legal skirmish has erupted that pi...

Elon Musk’s X Asserts Twitter Trademark Ownership in Countersuit

X's Desperate Grip on Twitter's Legacy: Trademark Drama Unfolds Amid Rebranding Turmoil In the ever-shifting realm of social media platforms, Elon Musk's X has found i...

US TikTok Ban Extended to 2026 Amid Security and Legal Battles

The Shadow Over Short-Form Video: Unpacking the TikTok Ban Saga As the clock ticks toward what could be the end of an era for one of the world's most po...

Startup Led by Ex-Twitter Attorney Petitions to Revive Twitter Trademarks

Reviving the Blue Bird: Elon Musk's X Battles a Startup Over Twitter's Lingering Legacy In the ever-evolving world of social media, where brands rise and fall with the...

Instagram’s Big-Screen Reels Gambit Hits Fire TV First

Meta Platforms Inc. is pushing its short-form video empire onto living-room televisions, launching a dedicated Instagram app for Amazon.com Inc.'s Fire TV devices in a U.S. t...

TikTok US Operations in Limbo as 2025 Ban Deadline Nears

As the clock ticks toward yet another potential deadline for TikTok's U.S. operations, a familiar sense of uncertainty grips investors and stakeholders. The popular short-video...

Reddit Challenges Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban in High Court

Reddit's Rebellion: Redefining Social Media in a Landmark Legal Battle Down Under In a surprising twist that could reshape how tech platforms are regulated worldwide,...

Denmark to Ban Social Media for Under-15s to Protect Mental Health

Denmark's Digital Firewall: Safeguarding Teens from Social Media's Shadow In a move echoing Australia's recent crackdown, Denmark is poised to implement stringent...

Meta Shuts Down Standalone Messenger Desktop App on December 15, 2025

In a move that underscores the evolving priorities of tech giants, Meta Platforms Inc. has officially pulled the plug on its standalone Messenger desktop application for Windows...

Elon Musk’s X Posts 17% Revenue Growth to $752M in Q3 2025

In the ever-evolving world of social media, Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has shown signs of financial recovery that could signal a pivotal shift for the platform. R...

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