2+ week, 3+ day ago   (320+ words) A $17 billion settlement between the owner of Facebook and 48 states, including Virginia, is a “down payment on reforms” to make social media more accountable to the needs of children, Virginia’s attorney general said. In a media call with Virginia journalists…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (906+ words) Have you ever opened TikTok or Instagram for “just five minutes” and somehow ended up scrolling for an hour? Maybe you see videos about a topic you searched for yesterday. Then another one appears. And another. Soon, your entire feed…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (475+ words) September 12, 2026 — 5:00am “Hey Dad, I’ve broken my phone, this is my friend’s number. Can you message me?” And there I was: hook, line and would have been sinker until my “daughter” asked for an urgent cash transfer and I came to....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (286+ words) URGENT: Info leak suspected following unauthorized access to Japan gov't network SEOUL - Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said Thursday it is in talks with the South Korean government on measures to limit children's use of social…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1651+ words) Guys, let me be completely frank: the internet is getting more and more underwhelming these days. Celebrity gossip stays trending for only three days before vanishing into thin air; Until that day, I accidentally stumbled into the entrance of cyber…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (270+ words) Snapchat is betting that better event-planning tools can turn its chat conversations into face-to-face gatherings. The company on Thursday introduced Snapchat Plans, a feature suite that lets users organize get-togethers, dispatch invitations, and track responses without leaving the app. All…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (348+ words) The new features are designed to help users easily move from chats to real-life meetups, and aligns with the app’s larger focus on creating connections. Snapchat has added another feature to facilitate IRL meet-ups, with a new Plans element that…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (243+ words) Instagram's Adam Mosseri has told TDA he doesn't believe the platform is addictive, as Meta faces growing regulatory and legal pressure over its algorithm. This morning, TDA spoke to the Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri about how the platform’s algorithm…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (340+ words) LISBON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Portuguese digital rights group D3 has filed lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, accusing them of designing features in their platforms that keep users ​hooked, it said on Thursday. The four collective actions, which allow ‌associations to…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (285+ words) Snapchat wants to become a hub for creating, sharing, and managing plans, blending digital and real-life functionality while challenging popular apps like Partiful. Internal findings from Snap show that 35% of U.S.-based users between the ages of 13 and 24 report using group…...