It’s a big year for Reddit. After its IPO, the platform is planning a slew of product features for the year ahead, and — spoiler alert — most […]
ByteDance gets 24 hours to show EU a DSA risk assessment for TikTok Lite
TikTok owner ByteDance is facing fresh questions about its compliance with the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), an online governance and content moderation framework that puts a […]
Meta’s Oversight Board probes explicit AI-generated images posted on Instagram and Facebook
The Oversight Board, Meta’s semi-independent policy council, it turning its attention to how the company’s social platforms are handling explicit, AI-generated images. Tuesday, it announced investigations into two […]
Open-source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse
Ghost, the open-source alternative to Substack’s newsletter platform, is considering joining the fediverse, the social network of interconnected servers that includes apps like Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and, more […]
Bluesky now allows heads of states to sign up for the social network
Social networking platform Bluesky lifted its ban on sign-ups for heads of state over the weekend. This means various office holders can join the platform. Bluesky’s move comes […]
Elon Musk’s Grok AI can now ‘understand’ images
X’s new Grok-1.5V can now understand user-uploaded visual information.
Lyrak to take on X by combining the best of Twitter with fediverse integration
Threads. Mastodon. Bluesky. Substack Notes. Post. Nostr. Spoutible. There’s no shortage of X competitors in the months following the acquisition of the text-based social network formerly known as […]
Anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim accounts have grown on Elon Musk’s X, new study finds
Since the war in Gaza, accounts spreading conspiracy theories and targeted hate speech have grown on Twitter/X.
Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war
A few weeks after defeating Elon Musk’s attempt to silence it in court, anti-hate research nonprofit, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), is back with a new […]