Social Networks

As technology accelerates, we need to stop accepting the bad consequences along with the good ones.

European users will still be able to use Meta's Instagram and Facebook for free but will continue to see ads. 

The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be over.

Facebook, YouTube and TikTok ban support for Hamas. Telegram allows it. And X struggles to enforce its own policies.

Americans finally have some privacy rights. Permission Slip makes telling companies to delete or not sell your data simple. Really.

Billionaire’s ambitions for his social-media company run up against Apple

A web version of the new text-first app is one of the features users have asked for and could help it compete with X after a decline in usage.

Threads’ failure to maintain its early momentum is indicative of both design flaws and larger network effects.

The influencer will face two counts of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly, as well as other unspecified charges over the violent chaos in NYC’s Union Square Friday.

A company in crisis went back to basics to deliver a viral hit. But can Adam Mosseri’s bare-bones Twitter clone reinvigorate an aging tech giant?

Streaming trend where people act like minor video game characters helps 27-year-old woman find fleeting fame

The fediverse allows users to connect and communicate with others seamlessly across multiple platforms

A Trump-appointed judge just blocked the White House from fighting misinformation, citing free speech concerns.

The order came in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who claim the administration is trying to silence its critics.

In another utterly bizarre turn of events, Elon Musk has thrown down the glove for a cage fight in Las Vegas against Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook has become a social media website for old people. Trying to sell Facebook to GenZ is like trying to sell an Oldsmobile to a 22-year-old. Many of you may not remember the totally useless advertising campaign “not your fathers Oldsmobile.” It did not work.

Donald Dougher, 15, calls himself “The Richest Kid in America” — and is estimated to be worth between $900,000 and $1.2 million.

Social-media company hopes a new CEO will inspire users to spend and investors to buy

YouTube has poached one of Twitch's top video-game streamers