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Facebook Knifes Its Own Analytics Tool to Hide Its Ben Shapiro Problem

Facebook reportedly reassigned dozens of employees at its data tool CrowdTangle after it showed right-wing content thrives on the News Feed.

Social Media Tom McKay

Twitter Verifies at Least Six Fake Accounts Including This Cat

The cat could not be reached for comment to defend himself against allegations of being fake.

Social Media Matt Novak

Twitter Will Provide More Details About Why You Don’t Deserve a Blue Checkmark

As Twitter looks to reopen its public verification process, it's adding a personal touch to its rejection emails.

Social Media Alyse Stanley

Facebook’s Subsea Cables Are The Last Thing Africa Needs

The company's proven it can't be trusted when it comes to "emerging markets."

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Facebook Is Expanding Its Cloud Gaming Efforts With Wider Coverage and More Ubisoft

Facebook says its cloud gaming service is now available to 98% of people in the mainland U.S.

Social Media Sam Rutherford

Google Glass Was Ugly, but Facebook’s AR Baseball Hat Might Actually Be Worse

This augmented reality device could be the most awkward yet.

Social Media Sam Rutherford

Verification Is Dead. It’s All About Super Followers on Twitter, Now.

If you've ever wanted to earn a buck off of your Twitter following, this could be your chance.

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Facebook’s First Oculus Ads Partner Is Already Retreating

But one way or another, Facebook will get its ads.

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Facebook Will Clarify Its ‘Satire Exception’ for Moderating Content

In response to a recommendation from its Oversight Board, Facebook said it would update its community standards to include its stance on satire in content.

Social Media Jody Serrano

Facebook Unveils AI Model That Copies Text Style From Images Using a Single Word

Researchers have developed the first self-supervised AI model that can replicate text in handwritten and real-world scenes by using just a single example word.

Social Media Jody Serrano

Here Are the Possible Criteria You’ll Have to Meet to Charge for Super Follows on Twitter

It appears that not just anyone will be able to make bank for the time they spend on Twitter. If you’re looking to get people to pay you for your “exclusive” Twitter content and become your Super Followers, you might have to meet a certain set of criteria and fill out an application. App researcher…

Social Media Jody Serrano

Nigeria Will Arrest and Prosecute Users That Try to Get Around Its Twitter Ban

One day after it banned Twitter, Nigeria announced that authorities would arrest and prosecute users who attempted to use the social network, whose app and website were still available to some in the country on Saturday despite the ban. A spokesman for Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s attorney general and minister of justice, revealed the government’s new…

Social Media Jody Serrano

Trump Suspended From Facebook for at Least 2 Years

Facebook announced on Friday that Donald Trump’s accounts on the company’s platforms—which includes the former president’s Instagram account—are going to be suspended for a full two years. At the end of that two-year gap, the company will “look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded,” before reinstating his account. This…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Facebook Wants Your Thoughts and Prayers

Facebook’s found a new way to capitalize on the thoughts, prayers (and data) from the religious side of its user base. On Thursday, the company confirmed that it’s begun expanding a new feature called “prayer posts” that will let members of particular Facebook groups literally ask for (and offer up) prayers for other folks on…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Instagram to Change Stories Algorithm After Staff Raised Concerns About Reach of Pro-Palestinian Content

Instagram is making a change to its algorithm after employees raised concerns over the reach of pro-Palestinian content in light of the recent deadly confrontation between Israel and Palestine. A Financial Times report published on Sunday states that the change will affect original and reposted content in Instagram’s Stories section, which is displayed at the…

Social Media Jody Serrano

WhatsApp Will Turn Your Account Into a Useless Zombie If You Don’t Accept Its New Privacy Policy

After facing international backlash over impending updates to its privacy policy, WhatsApp has ever-so-slightly backtracked on the harsh consequences it initially planned for users who don’t accept them—but not entirely. In an update to the company’s FAQ page, WhatsApp clarifies that no users will have their accounts deleted or instantly lose app functionality if they…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Facebook Would Also Like to Annoy the Misinformation Out of You

Following the lead of Twitter, Facebook may now also prompt users to double-check whether they have actually read the goddamn article before potentially passing on hoaxes to some of their less discerning friends. The company’s official Newsroom account tweeted on Monday that if it detects users attempting to share a news article without actually clicking…

Social Media Tom McKay

Conservatives Demand Supreme Court Overrule Fake Facebook Court, Others Weigh In

On Wednesday, Facebook’s Oversight Board, the pseudo-legalistic, questionably independent body that the company claims has the power to review and potentially overrule official moderation decisions, issued its not-so-final proclamations regarding the status of Donald Trump’s account. The now-former president has been suspended from Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram after inciting deadly riots at the Capitol…

Social Media Tom McKay

Twitter’s Upcoming Subscription Service Looms Following Latest Acquisition

While Twitter has yet to officially outline plans for its upcoming subscription service, the social media giant continues to prep for its release with the acquisition of Scroll. In a blog post announcing the buyout, Twitter says it’s planning to enlist Scroll’s tech to create a better way to read news stories and articles “without…

Social Media Sam Rutherford

Future of American Democracy Hangs in Balance and/or Doesn’t

Facebook’s Oversight Board, the supposedly independent watchdog tasked with determining whether Donald Trump’s ban from Facebook after he incited a deadly neo-fascist riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 will be as permanent as his Twitter ban, has reached a decision. On Monday, it stated that it will be announcing its findings at Wednesday at…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook Knifes Its Own Analytics Tool to Hide Its Ben Shapiro Problem

Twitter Verifies at Least Six Fake Accounts Including This Cat

Twitter Will Provide More Details About Why You Don’t Deserve a Blue Checkmark

Facebook’s Subsea Cables Are The Last Thing Africa Needs

Facebook Is Expanding Its Cloud Gaming Efforts With Wider Coverage and More Ubisoft

Google Glass Was Ugly, but Facebook’s AR Baseball Hat Might Actually Be Worse

Verification Is Dead. It’s All About Super Followers on Twitter, Now.

Facebook’s First Oculus Ads Partner Is Already Retreating

Facebook Will Clarify Its ‘Satire Exception’ for Moderating Content

Facebook Unveils AI Model That Copies Text Style From Images Using a Single Word

Here Are the Possible Criteria You’ll Have to Meet to Charge for Super Follows on Twitter

Nigeria Will Arrest and Prosecute Users That Try to Get Around Its Twitter Ban

Trump Suspended From Facebook for at Least 2 Years

Facebook Wants Your Thoughts and Prayers

Instagram to Change Stories Algorithm After Staff Raised Concerns About Reach of Pro-Palestinian Content

WhatsApp Will Turn Your Account Into a Useless Zombie If You Don’t Accept Its New Privacy Policy

Facebook Would Also Like to Annoy the Misinformation Out of You

Conservatives Demand Supreme Court Overrule Fake Facebook Court, Others Weigh In

Twitter’s Upcoming Subscription Service Looms Following Latest Acquisition

Future of American Democracy Hangs in Balance and/or Doesn’t

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Facebook Knifes Its Own Analytics Tool to Hide Its Ben Shapiro Problem

Twitter Verifies at Least Six Fake Accounts Including This Cat

Twitter Will Provide More Details About Why You Don’t Deserve a Blue Checkmark

Facebook’s Subsea Cables Are The Last Thing Africa Needs

Facebook Is Expanding Its Cloud Gaming Efforts With Wider Coverage and More Ubisoft

Google Glass Was Ugly, but Facebook’s AR Baseball Hat Might Actually Be Worse

Verification Is Dead. It’s All About Super Followers on Twitter, Now.

Facebook’s First Oculus Ads Partner Is Already Retreating

Facebook Will Clarify Its ‘Satire Exception’ for Moderating Content

Facebook Unveils AI Model That Copies Text Style From Images Using a Single Word

Here Are the Possible Criteria You’ll Have to Meet to Charge for Super Follows on Twitter

Nigeria Will Arrest and Prosecute Users That Try to Get Around Its Twitter Ban

Trump Suspended From Facebook for at Least 2 Years

Facebook Wants Your Thoughts and Prayers

Instagram to Change Stories Algorithm After Staff Raised Concerns About Reach of Pro-Palestinian Content

WhatsApp Will Turn Your Account Into a Useless Zombie If You Don’t Accept Its New Privacy Policy

Facebook Would Also Like to Annoy the Misinformation Out of You

Conservatives Demand Supreme Court Overrule Fake Facebook Court, Others Weigh In

Twitter’s Upcoming Subscription Service Looms Following Latest Acquisition

Future of American Democracy Hangs in Balance and/or Doesn’t

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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