August 2, 2023 In reaction to a proposed rule that would mandate the firm to pay news publishers for their material, Meta Platforms has initiated the process of censoring news on Facebook and Instagram for all Canadian users. more...
August 1, 2023 Twitter has threatened to sue a nonprofit that tracks hate speech and disinformation online. The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has published numerous reports researching hate speech and the spread of disinformation on Twitter. more...
August 1, 2023 Twitter has removed the giant X logo that was placed on top of its San Francisco headquarters. The logo had been erected without a permit and received complaints from residents living near the building. The more...
August 1, 2023 Gene X Hwang, a San Francisco photographer, has lost his Twitter handle @x after Elon Musk renamed the social media platform to X. Hwang had been using the handle @x since 2007, but Musk's company more...
July 31, 2023 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has acknowledged that the company's new social media platform, Threads, has lost more than half of its users. Threads was launched earlier this month and quickly attracted more than 100 million more...
July 28, 2023 Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as "X" led to the site being blocked in Indonesia. The Southeast Asian country has strict laws restricting pornography and gambling, and the domain "X.com" had previously been used more...
July 26, 2023 Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as X could face legal challenges, as other companies including Meta and Microsoft already have intellectual property rights to the letter. Trademark attorney Josh Gerben said that there are more...
July 26, 2023 TikTok is planning to launch an e-commerce platform in the United States in early August, according to the Wall Street Journal. The platform will sell China-made goods, and TikTok will be responsible for storing and more...
July 26, 2023 A new study by Citizen Lab Toronto has found that WeChat, China's largest social media platform, may be sharing more user data than users expect. The study, which was published on Monday, found that WeChat more...
July 25, 2023 TikTok has announced a new feature that allows users to post text-based content. The new feature, called "Text Posts," allows users to share their thoughts, stories, poems, and other written content on TikTok. Text Posts more...
