Facebook and Instagram’s news blackout in Canada starts today
As promised, Meta has begun blocking news content in Canada. Starting today, Facebook and Instagram users in the country will no longer be able to view...
YouTube is adding more creator tools to Shorts to help it take on TikTok
YouTube has released several creation tools for Shorts, such as ones that give users the ability to remix most videos and add voiceovers, ever since it...
YouTube tests AI-generated video summaries
The next internet video summary you see might not have been written by a human. YouTube is testing AI-generated video summaries that appear on search and...
Twitter puts strict cap on how many tweets users can read each day
Twitter has begun aggressively limiting how many tweets users can view per day. On Saturday afternoon, Elon Musk said the company would restrict unverified accounts to...
Elon Musk claims Twitter’s new login requirement is a ‘temporary’ response to data scrapers
On early Friday afternoon, internet users began noticing that Twitter was no longer allowing people to view tweets if they weren’t signed into the service. At...
Tech firms sue Arkansas over social media age verification law
The technology industry isn’t thrilled with Arkansas’ law requiring social media age checks. NetChoice, a tech trade group that includes Google, Meta and TikTok, has sued...
Twitter isn’t showing tweets unless you’re logged in
For some bizarre reason (OK, many widely reported reasons), Twitter is becoming less useful almost by the day. In its latest misstep, it seems the service...
Meta test will limit news posts for Facebook and Instagram users in Canada
Last year, Facebook parent Meta said it may stop Canadians from sharing news content in response to the country’s proposed Online Sharing Act. Now, the company...
Twitter’s head of safety and content moderation has left the company
Twitter has lost another head of trust and safety after Elon Musk purchased the company last year. According to Reuters, Ella Irwin, the website’s top executive...
BeReal is testing a direct messaging feature called RealChat
BeReal was Apple’s iPhone app of the year for 2022, but buzz around the social media app (that forces you to post daily selfies) has died...