Australia seeks to curb social media algorithms with new feed choice law
Australia’s proposed “My Feed, My Way” reforms would let users opt out of algorithmic recommendations and see only content from accounts they follow.
A deleted IDF video exposed a deeper problem with draft enforcement - editorial
Meta reaches $18 billion of settlements over children's social media addiction
Instagram head Mosseri, at children's addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety feature
Instagram launches a competitor to CapCut: A new video editing app called Edits
Instagram unveils Edits – an advanced editing app designed to compete with CapCut, just as ByteDance's video app faces bans in the US. So, when can you download it?
‘Hate can be an addiction’: Ex-neo-Nazi, Montana Tucker take to the streets
Former neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis and social media activist Montana Tucker took to the Santa Monica Pier on Holocaust Remembrance Day to talk to people about antisemitism and the Holocaust.
'We hold on to hope,' Bibas family says ahead of hostage releases
The family requested that people "respect Shiri, Yarden, Ariel, and Kfir, as well as the entire family, and refrain from spreading rumors or speculations that unsettle us."
Emily Damari: 'The happiest girl in the world' after release from Hamas captivity, mother says
Emily is "doing much better than any of us could ever have anticipated," her mother Mandy said.
Meta drops restrictions which protected LGBTQ community
Meta's global policy chief stated, "It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress but not on our platforms."
'Israel must go': Israeli attacked in Berlin over Israeli-Palestinian peace pin - report
“Israel must go,” one of the attackers reportedly shouted.
WhatsApp goes down, users report
The messaging had previously appeared to be down for worldwide users in April.
Gen Z and the intifada: social media’s role in shaping anti-Israel narratives – opinion
How TikTok and Instagram are shaping Gen Z’s sympathy for Palestine and igniting campus protests.
Oxford University Press announces Word of the Year 2024
‘Brain rot’ is a noun defined as, “Supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material."
Instagram unveils three new direct message features
The messaging app adds three new tools to upgrade direct messages (DMs). Features include adding nicknames and using new stickers.
