September 18, 2023 TikTok received a fine of over $368 million by European regulators for its lack of protection of children's personal information. The Data Protection Commission (DPC), based in Ireland, determined that TikTok nudged users toward privacy-intrusive more...
September 15, 2023 Elon Musk's X platform is giving premium subscribers the ability to hide their likes tab from public view. The new feature was announced on September 15, 2023, and is available to all X Premium users, more...
September 14, 2023 A report published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found that X (formerly known as Twitter) failed to remove the majority of posts that were flagged to the platform for containing "extreme hate more...
September 12, 2023 Meta's Threads has added a keyword search feature that allows users to search for posts that contain specific keywords or terms. The keyword search feature is available in English and Spanish and is rolling out more...
September 8, 2023 The new content moderation policy at X (formerly Twitter), has made it difficult to convince advertisers that the platform is safe for their ads, according to the company's former head of brand safety and ad more...
September 6, 2023 TikTok has opened its first European data center in Dublin, Ireland. The move is part of the company's efforts to address concerns about data privacy and security, particularly in light of its Chinese ownership. TikTok more...
September 5, 2023 Snapchat is expected to dethrone TikTok as the fastest-growing social media platform in 2023, according to data from OnlyAccounts.io. The photo and video-sharing app is projected to grow by 13.4% this year, while TikTok is more...
September 5, 2023 X, formerly known as Twitter, is updating its privacy policy to allow the collection of biometric data from users who sign up for its premium service, X Premium, otherwise known as Twitter Blue. The policy more...
September 5, 2023 USENET, the original pre-World Wide Web social network, is making a comeback. USENET, also known as NetNews, consists of countless text-only discussion forums known as "newsgroups," hosted on servers worldwide. While the original developers shuttered more...
September 1, 2023 Twitter is making changes to its privacy policy that will allow it to collect users' biometric data and job history. The company says that the data will be used for "safety, security, and identification purposes" more...
