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Trump signs exec order, delaying TikTok enforcement action for 75 days
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring TikTok service in the U.S.…
Flipboard’s new app Surf adds its own video feed, too
After the TikTok ban went into effect on Sunday, social network Bluesky launched a custom feed…
TikTok goes dark in the US
TikTok has gone dark in the U.S., the result of a federal law that bans the…
TikTok goes dark in the US
TikTok has gone dark in the U.S., the result of a federal law that bans the…
Bluesky saw 17x increase in moderation reports in 2024 after rapid growth
Bluesky on Friday published its moderation report for the past year, noting the sizable growth the…
Instagram Reels adds new features as TikTok is banned in the U.S.
Instagram announced a timely update to its video feature Reels this morning, alongside the news that…
Instagram Threads won’t share a timeline for account portability
Will Instagram Threads truly integrate with the fediverse, also known as the open social web, to…
Duolingo sees 216% spike in U.S. users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote
TikTok U.S. users have been learning Chinese on Duolingo in increasing numbers amid their adoption of…
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a…
TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well
American TikTok users have been thumbing their collective noses at the U.S. government’s decision to ban…
Xiaohongshu, China’s answer to Instagram, hits no. 1 on the App Store as TikTok faces US shutdown
On the heels of TikTok’s looming shut down on January 19 over its ownership in the…
TikTok ban: How both sides made their case to the Supreme Court and what the justices asked
On Friday, the nation’s highest court heard arguments on whether to uphold or block a law…
TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can’t work from home
Wildfires are currently devastating the greater Los Angeles area, burning over 45 square miles, torching over…
Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking
Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive…
Grok may soon get an ‘Unhinged Mode’
Last April, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, teased a mysterious “Unhinged Mode” for X’s…
Telegram rolls out third-party account verification, filters
Telegram has rolled out its first update of the year, adding a new account verification method…
Tapestry, a new app for tracking social media, news, blogs, and more, will launch in ‘early 2025’
A new app called Tapestry promising to unify social media, news, and RSS in one place,…
Instagram Threads adds ‘Use Media’ feature for resharing photos and videos
Threads is introducing a new way to reshare photos and videos on its social network. Instead…
Kalshi CEO admits enlisting influencers to dis Polymarket in a now-deleted podcast segment
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour confirmed on a podcast interview that his employees asked social media influencers…
AI helps Telegram remove 15 million suspect groups and channels in 2024
Telegram has been under unprecedented pressure to clean up its platform this year, after its founder…
Doomscrolling has reportedly made TikTok’s annual carbon footprint almost the same as the entire country of Greece
TikTok emits the second-highest amount of carbon dioxide equivalent, following only YouTube, according to a recent…