As scrutiny intensifies, Instagram introduces a slew of new anti-hate and abuse safety features including Limits and Hidden Words.
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We hardly knew you: Twitter’s disappearing tweets feature Fleets is gone for good
R.I.P., Fleets. Twitter has ended the feature that users can share text, photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours, similar to rival Snapchat.
Citizen crime app releases Protect, an on-demand subscription security feature
Citizen, the crime and neighborhood watch app, launches Protect, a subscription-based feature where users can contact live virtual agents for help.
Should you be able to sue companies over violating online privacy? This bill aims to give ‘young consumers’ more rights
A Florida congresswoman is again attempting to update a national kids’ online privacy law, but will her bill fall flat again among her peers?
Instagram’s privacy changes: Will they actually keep creepy adults away from young users?
Facebook introduces a slew of privacy changes for Instagram’s teen users. While praised by some experts, others wonder whether the changes will actually work.
Twitter wants everybody on the platform to potentially make more money with – and for – them
Downvoting, Tip Jar and Spaces — what’s new on Twitter. Its stock surges after the social media platform posted beat analyst expectations.
UK man arrested for role in major 2020 Twitter hack of Apple, Biden, Obama, and Musk accounts
A UK man faces criminal charges in connection with the major 2020 Twitter hack of several high-profile accounts including Apple, Biden, and Obama.
Twitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for ‘misleading’ COVID-19 information
Twitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 12 hours after she posted ‘misleading’ information about COVID-19.
Will virtual happy hours go offline as COVID-19 restrictions ease and in-person social events return?
As COVID-19 restrictions ease and “Zoom fatigue” sets in over online socializing, are we seeing the beginning of the end of virtual happy hours?
Zuckerberg: Facebook to pay creators $1 billion for content through 2022
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social network plans to pay up to $1 billion to users who create content on Facebook and Instagram through 2022.