Instagram’s New Settings Take Aim at Creepy Adults
As part of a slew of ongoing efforts to make Instagram less of a cesspool of awful content for awful people, the company announced a slew of new changes for
WhatsApp: Pegasus Project Coincides With 2019 Attack on Users
Photo: Lionel Bonaventure / AFP (Getty Images) WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart has said that findings from the new investigation into NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware coincide with what the app learned
Senators Put Section 230 in the Crosshairs in Battle Over Covid-19 Misinformation
Photo: Al Drago-Pool (Getty Images) For the past few years, we’ve seen companies like Facebook either endlessly shrug off the misinformation problems on their platforms or issue half-assed fixes meant
Facebook Just Blocked the #VaccinesKill Hashtag Two Years Too Late
Photo: MARK FELIX / Contributor (Getty Images) At least two years after it would have been politically prudent to do so, Facebook moved to block content under the #VaccinesKill hashtag
Facebook Will Now Let Groups Appoint “Experts” in an Effort To Combat Misinformation
Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Contributor (Getty Images) Sick to death of the misinformation that has been running rampant on its platform for years now, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it
WhatsApp Feature Allows You to Create Disappearing Messages
Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP (Getty Images) WhatsApp apparently wants to give users a bit more control over the photos and videos they share on the messaging app. The company
Twitter to Add More Context for Why You Don’t Deserve a Blue Checkmark
Photo: Alastair Pike (Getty Images) Now when Twitter rejects your request for that coveted blue checkmark, it’ll be personal. The social media platform announced on Friday plans to provide users
TikTok Is Expanding Into Job Recruitment — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Contributor (Getty Images) TikTok — a social media platform best known for its sober, academic exploration of the heady subject matter frequently tackled by its user
Federal Judge Puts Hold On Florida’s Anti-Deplatforming Law
Photo: Win McNamee / Staff (Getty Images) A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday against a Florida law that would fine social media companies $250,000 a day for
A Year Later, Telegram Finally Launches Group Video Calls
Photo: Lionel Bonaventure / AFP (Getty Images) The day that Telegram gets into group video calling has finally arrived. In case you forgot, that’s OK. It has been more than