Category: #SocialNetworks

Efforts to police speech on social media are spreading across the country, with lawmakers in 34 states pushing bills that are already setting up court…

Meta is testing out a version of Instagram where all video content is posted as a Reel, the company confirmed to Gizmodo on Thursday in…

Former President Trump late on Thursday took to his Truth Social platform to condemn the prime-time Jan. 6 committee public hearing. “So the Unselect Committee…

In Gizmodo’s third release of documents from the Facebook Papers, we learned how decisions at Facebook over whether to improve a product can depend on how…

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) The Florida law that makes it illegal for large social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to ban…

Twitter’s hashtag functions can be difficult to navigate, but there are some tips and tricks to make it easier. Source: https://www.slashgear.com/859136/how-to-follow-hashtags-on-twitter/ Proactive Computing found this…

Some Twitter power users, including journalists and politicians, are apoplectic about Elon Musk’s planned takeover of the platform. But there are plenty of optimists, in…

Some Twitter power users, including journalists and politicians, are apoplectic about Elon Musk’s planned takeover of the platform. But there are plenty of optimists, in…

Former President Trump’s social media app Truth Social remains unavailable for many, despite promises that it would be “fully operational” in the U.S. by yesterday….

Lana Del Rey has quit social media. She announced the news in a video posted to her now-removed Instagram yesterday, explaining that she’s deactivating her…

Whether you’re a small business owner, an influencer, or the face of a corporation, social media is a great tool you can use to connect…

In your Facebook account, you can change your email address at any time and for any reason. You can do this from both the Facebook…

Some anti-vaccination groups on Facebook are changing their names to euphemisms like “Dance Party” or “Dinner Party,” and using code words to fit those themes….

Social media can be a force for good, but only if you use it responsibly. Sharing too much information or the wrong things can leave…

Clubhouse finally has an Android app that you can download from the Play Store — provided you live in the U.S. The voice-based social network…

The Florida House and Senate voted this week to pass legislation that would prohibit social media companies from banning politicians.Fines for social media companies that…

YouTube has started testing a new feature that gives you a quick way to view comments “timed to the exact moment you’re watching in a…

When did we find ourselves on a musical hamster wheel? Slowly, over years, with every daily Spotify playlist, my ever-shortening menu of pellets features five…

Conservatives who were excited to be among the first to participate on Mike “MyPillow” Lindell’s social media platform, Frank, expressed their disappointment when it failed…

Here’s Cory Doctorow on the legally-backed technical interoperability barriers that social networks use to maintain and enforce their walled gardens: “we focus too much on…

Our pandemic-plagued 2020 didn’t just change our daily routines and patterns. It also accelerated new trends that have been ramping up for years. For example,…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who captivated millions this week with an Instagram Live monologue about her Capitol siege experience, shared her social media savvy Wednesday during…