It would also be an act of charity for Facebook, which the government has utterly failed to meaningfully regulate.

Less than 0.12% of current Twitter users are paid subscribers. Elon Musk is determined to change that.

Twitter engineers have ensured that tweets by people like Elon Musk and 34 others will automatically be more visible than others, Platformer says.

Twitter will prevent posts from unverified accounts from appearing in its "For You" algorithmic feed starting Saturday, April 15, CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday. The new policy means that only posts originating from paid-for Twitter Blue accounts will be included in the platform's stream of recommended tweets.

Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences.

This is probably not what Musk had in mind when he claimed he'd be open sourcing Twitter's code.

The old blue checkmarks for notable Twitter accounts are being sunsetted next month. Here are all the new checkmarks and rules being introduced.

Despite impersonation chaos, Musk sticks to plan of un-verifying notable accounts.

Just after midnight on Sept. 13, Kristian “Murda” Murphy was watching TV at home in Boca Raton, Florida, when his phone began buzzing. “Murda u always outside we gon see you,” read a message from an account he didn’t recognize.

The French government on Friday banned the installation and use of "recreational" applications including the Chinese social network TikTok and the American streaming platform Netflix on the work phones…

Facebook and Instagram users in the United States will soon be able to pay to get a coveted blue check on their account.

When TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before Congress on Thursday, he plans to unveil new internal data that suggests the popular video-sharing app is far more enmeshed in Americans' daily lives than anyone realizes. TikTok currently says about 100 million people in the U.S. are regular users of the app. But when Chew testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, he will say that number has now reached 150 million, according to a senior Democratic strategist advising TikTok.

Facebook and Instagram users in the United States will soon be able to pay to get a coveted blue check on their account. Meta on Friday began testing a paid verification option for US users of the two social networks, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Instagram. The company plans to gradually roll out the paid option to more US users over the next few weeks.

f little gold men were awarded for the most environmentally friendly Oscars attendees, then Ed Begley Jr and Hayden Carson Begley would be the toast of Tinseltown.

Social media platform Reddit is experiencing an outage that is affecting its website and app, according to the company’s status page and to whoever has tried to load the platform. Reddit has been down since at least 12:18 p.m. PDT.

There is a new word for the degradation of the internet, but it’s been happening for years. Why do we tolerate it?

Koko, a mental health nonprofit, found at-risk teens on platforms like Facebook and Tumblr, then tested an unproven intervention on them without obtaining informed consent. “It’s nuanced,” said the founder.

Mark Zuckerberg's company has put a lot of emphasis on short-form videos, even giving creators thousands of dollars for bounties on Reels view counts. No more.

Twitter chief executive Elon Musk has apologised over an exchange he had on the platform with an employee. It came after worker Halli Thorleifsson tweeted to Mr Musk saying: "Your head of HR is not able to confirm if I am employed or not".

A morning walk through the streets of Kaesong. An idyllic drive through the North Korean countryside. An ordinary resident playing a mobile game on a modern smartphone.