UK government considering social media ban for children
ft - Ministers will also look at restricting addictive app features as part of a consultation on curbing harmful online activity
UK/France youth ban debate
US KOSMA shifts parental control
Back to Top / Monday, January 19, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 18180 / 13 stories in 6 wks
Meta-Owned Threads Overtakes X in Daily Mobile Usage
PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta-owned social media platform Threads is reportedly surpassing X in terms of mobile usage. Threads now has more daily usage on mobile devices than Elon Musk’s X, TechCrunch reported Sunday (Jan. 18), citing data from Similarweb. Meta introduced Threads…
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Exploring comprehensive mobile user metrics and trends
Regional voices highlight local impact amid global mobile shift
Back to Top / Monday, January 19, 2026, 1:20 am / permalink 18152 / 13 stories in 6 wks
X is Down: Twitter Not Working Across iPhone and Web
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - It's not just you: X is down right now for many users across the iPhone, web, and other platforms.The social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, is failing to display posts due the outage. It is unclear how long the issues will last.Not everyone is…
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 18024 / 12 stories in 7 wks
Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse
nytimes / nytimes - “If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 18011 / 2 stories in 7 wks
Parents can now set limits on YouTube Shorts for teen accounts
mashable - YouTube launches new safety features for teen accounts, including screen time controls for Shorts and age-appropriate algorithm for recommendations.
Back to Top / Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 17877 / 7 stories in 7 wks
Roblox rolls out mandatory age checks for all users
mashable - Roblox expands its platform-wide age verification plans with mandatory age checks for any user wanting to chat online.
Back to Top / Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 7:20 am / permalink 17585 / 6 stories in 1 month
Threads introduces 'ghost' posts that disappear after 24 hours
engadget - Meta's Threads is getting its own version of ephemeral posting with a new feature the company is calling "ghost posts." The temporary posts will be published within Threads' main feed like any other post, but will disappear after 24 hours. And while other…
Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15462 / 6 stories in 4 months
Facebook brings back job listings in the US
Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Facebook is reintroducing job listings to users in the U.S., focusing on entry-level, trade, and service jobs.
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15119 / 4 stories in 4 months
‘The Social Network’ sequel will focus on Haugen leaks, with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Fifteen years after "The Social Network," director Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel film about Facebook called "The Social Reckoning."
Back to Top / Friday, September 26, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14882 / 3 stories in 5 months
Google Discover will soon have posts from X and Instagram in Canada
Dean Daley / mobilesyrup - Google is bringing social media to Discover in the coming weeks. Trying to make Discover an all in one place for your information. The Discover feed will have updates from creators and publishers across the web, such as X, Instagram and YouTube Shorts wit…
Back to Top / Thursday, September 18, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 14719 / 2 stories in 5 months
Google Discover Now Pulls In Instagram, X, and YouTube Shorts
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Google is expanding its Discover feed inside the Google app to include more types of content and new personalization tools. In the coming weeks, Discover will start showing posts from social platforms like X, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts, alongside news …
Back to Top / Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 14644 / 4 stories in 5 months
Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Decentralized X alternative Mastodon adds support for quote posts, but with additional controls.
Back to Top / Friday, September 12, 2025, 11:32 am / permalink 14478 / 5 stories in 5 months
Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’
Julie Bort / techcrunch - After watching Reddit's OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame.
Back to Top / Monday, September 8, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 14092 / 2 stories in 5 months
Meta is experimenting with long-form text on Threads
Karissa Bell / engadget - Meta seems to be working on ways for Threads users to share long-form writing within a single post. Several users have reported seeing a new "attach text" feature on the service, which allows them to embed large chunks of text within a single post.The fea…
Back to Top / Thursday, August 28, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 13307 / 3 stories in 6 months
Taylor Swift Is Engaged, and Her Instagram Post Could Smash Records
Gael Cooper / cnet - Are you ready for the engagement era, Swifties, football fans and everyone else? Plus: Details on her dress, his sweater and that ring.
Back to Top / Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 3:20 pm / permalink 13133 / 3 stories in 6 months
Meta’s AI translation tool can dub your Instagram videos
Emma Roth / theverge - Meta is bringing its AI translation tool to more users on Facebook and Instagram, which automatically dubs your reels into another language. The feature also uses AI to make its dub match up with the sound of your voice and the movement of your mouth. For…
Back to Top / Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 12657 / 3 stories in 6 months
Threads is up to 400 million monthly active users
Anna Washenko / engadget - Meta's X competitor, Threads, is continuing to add users at a brisk clip, with the social network now surpassing 400 million monthly active users. The news, reported by Fast Company, follows Threads reaching the 300 million mark in December 2024 and the 2…
Back to Top / Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 12173 / 3 stories in 6 months
Reddit puts its plans for paid subreddits on hold
Karissa Bell / engadget - Reddit is reversing course on its plans to put some subreddits behind a paywall, at least for now. CEO Steve Huffman said the company is "shifting resources away" from the effort as it doubles down on search.During the company's recent earnings call, Huff…
Back to Top / Friday, August 1, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 11459 / 2 stories in 7 months
X Expands Community Notes Beyond Fact-Checking to Highlight Popular Posts Across Viewpoints
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - X is piloting a new use for its Community Notes system, leveraging its 'bridging algorithm' to identify and surface content that is well-liked across different ideological groups.The post X Expands Community Notes Beyond Fact-Checking to Highlight Popular…
Back to Top / Thursday, July 24, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 10882 / 3 stories in 7 months
Meta says it's cracking down on Facebook creators who steal content
Karissa Bell / engadget - Meta is going after creators who rip off other users' content as part of a broader effort to fix Facebook's feed. In its latest update, the company laid out new steps it's taking to penalize accounts that lift work from others.In a blog post for creators,…
Back to Top / Monday, July 14, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 10045 / 3 stories in 7 months