Far-right personality Laura Loomer really wants back on Twitter. So much so, she just inadvertently cost herself $125,000 in a failed lawsuit over her Twitter ban. If that wasn’t enough of a self-own, it appears Loomer’s lawsuit was sparked by a prank. The Islamophobic Congressional candidate, who is also banned from platforms such as Clubhouse,…
In the internet is eating itself news, TikTok is apparently launching a new feature: Stories. Yep, the app that has caused every other social media company to scramble and create short-form video TikTok clones is now copying the last thing those other apps really had going for them. As spotted by social media consultant Matt…
TikTokkers rejoice. American Airlines wants you to enjoy your favorite app at 30,000 feet. The airline announced Tuesday that TikTok is now a part of its free inflight entertainment. Passengers now get 30 minutes of free TikTok access on all American Airlines single-aisle planes equipped with Viasat WiFi. While the airline’s library of movies, shows,…
If you want to get in on the hype of using Strava to track your workouts, but you have concerns about posting your running and biking routes for the whole world to see, fear not because you can make your activities private. Strava is an exercise tracker that doubles as a social media platform. It…
Twitter just issued a new challenge that will pays people to actually do some good. As part of the hacker conference DEF CON beginning Aug. 5, Twitter has announced a challenge to the hacking/coding community to help the company make the algorithm that crops the platform’s photos less (apparently) racist. Tweet may have been deleted…
It’s a tale as old as the internet. Social platforms like Facebook and YouTube continue rolling out content moderation tools meant to keep harmful content like hate speech, misinformation, and incitements to violence off their platforms. Reports show that users keep successfully posting terrible stuff anyway. The latest example concerns anti-semitic content. There is a…
Our Instagram pages should be safe spaces where we are free to express ourselves without fearing abuse and harassment. But as recent events in the football world have shown us, there is still more to be done when it comes to stemming the flow of online abuse. If you’d like to keep your Instagram as…
Sunset lamp companies could soon have a less chaotic way to promote their products on Twitter. Twitter announced Wednesday that it is — surprise, surprise — launching a pilot version of a shopping tool. The “Shop Module” is a dedicated carousel of products that brands can enable on their profiles. Then, users can click on…
It’s been nine months since President Joe Biden won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, but the acrid stench of the Trump administration’s corpse continues to linger. Now Twitter has finally thrown open some windows, permanently suspending eight accounts which baselessly pushed for the election results to be audited. The bans are for reasons unrelated to…
No one should be made to feel unsafe, harassed, targeted, abused, or harmed online or off. When it’s happening on social media apps, it’s up to the platform itself to effectively tackle this. But are they really getting there fast enough? Like most social platforms, hate speech and abusive comments plague some Instagram users —…