Free Our Feeds Aims to Decentralize Social Media With—or Instead of—Bluesky
The new organization wants to build on the open-source, user-defined model of the increasingly popular platform Bluesky, in case it, too, comes under the control of a billionaire owner.
How to Hide Yourself on Instagram, Facebook, X, and Other Social Media Platforms
If you don't want other people to find you on social media, here's how to go about it: Including instructions for Instagram, Facebook, and X.
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Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media?
Meta owned social media platforms ends third-party fact-checking, adopting community notes as its replacement.
Social Media Personality Racks up Snapchat Views With Palisades Fire Coverage
Alex Choi, who loves documenting situations for social media and says millions of people have viewed his video of the Palisades Fire on Snap Chat and Instagram, walks along an empty beach near the Palisades Fire, in Los Angeles California, U.S. January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
A $30 million campaign to free social media from billionaire control is now underway
The campaign aims to raise $30 million to build an open-source social platform free from "billionaire control."
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Kenya Issues New Directive to Social Media Companies X and Facebook
The Ministry of Interior has issued new directives to popular social media companies X (formerly Twitter) owned by Elon Musk and Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram. In a statement on Thursday,
Meta Says It Will End Its Fact-Checking Program on Social Media Posts
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his allies.
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Panel advances 15-and-under social media ban
Despite their reservations, Republican and Democrat committee members largely united Wednesday to advance legislation banning social media use by Hoosiers who haven’t yet turned 16, unless they get parental permission.
Indonesia to push social media protections ahead of age-limit law
Indonesia will impose interim child protection guidelines on social media companies while the government carves out a law to set a minimum age for users of the platforms, a senior communications ministry official said on Wednesday.
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Can Donald Trump save TikTok ahead of ban?
TikTok is set to go dark in the U.S. on Sunday, Jan. 19, the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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TikTok Isn’t the Enemy
After today’s Supreme Court ruling, TikTok is set to be banned in the United States on Sunday following the refusal of its parent Chinese company, ByteDance, to sell the social media app to a US company.
Dua Lipa Pokes Fun at Ongoing Joke That She's Always on Vacation
It's no secret that Dua Lipa is constantly traveling.