Newsletter platform Substack will require users in the UK to verify their age to comply with the Online Safety Act. The Online Safety Act, which went into effect late July this year, requires websites containing explicit content to install one of several possible ways to assure a visitor’s age, such as one’s banking information or…
Your suspicions about the user you’re arguing with on Elon Musk‘s X being a fake might just be true. That’s an experience that many users on X, formerly Twitter, are sharing since the platform’s new “About this account” page went live with its “Account based in” feature. Basically, each X profile now discloses the country…
If you were perusing Elon Musk’s X late Friday night, you might have seen a brand new, highly anticipated feature roll out. X visitors were able to go to any users’ profile page, click on their join date to view a new “About this account” page which revealed exactly which nation an account was based.…
Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Elon Musk‘s X – all these sites allow users to privately chat with other users right inside the platform. Almost every major social media platform has a direct message feature. Well, almost every major social media platform except for YouTube. That looks like it may soon change though. According to a post…
Social media users seem to be getting sick and tired of AI-generated content on their favorite platforms. And the backlash against AI-created content, or “AI slop” as it’s often referred to, is growing. The big social media platforms appear to have noticed this anti-AI sentiment. Last month, for example, Pinterest launched a new feature that…
There’s a new trend on TikTok and everyone hates it. It’s one of those trends you might have found out not because you saw people using it, but because you saw people hating on it — at least that’s how it was served up to me, on a plate of disgust. The trend goes like…
It’s the end of a major Web 2.0 era. Meta announced on Monday that it would be sunsetting two once-major features on Facebook: The external “Like” and Comment” social plugins. In a post on its developer site, Meta shared that the FB Like and FB Comment buttons will officially be discontinued on February 10, 2026.…
Denmark is the latest country to take aim at Big Tech, announcing plans Friday to ban social media access for users under 15. As reported by the Associated Press, the measure won’t take effect immediately, but the details of how the ban will be enforced remain unclear. Denmark reportedly plans to roll out an official…
Grow a Garden. 99 Nights in the Forest. Steal a Brainrot. If you’re a parent, you’ve likely heard your kids talk about one of these Roblox games at some point. They’re playing Roblox. They’re friends are playing Roblox. Half of all kids under the age of 16 in the U.S. are playing Roblox. Unfortunately, with…
There’s hardly ever such a thing as truly free money. We pay for everything, in some way: with labor, with time, with suffering. So getting a payment from a tech or social media settlement isn’t exactly free — it’s likely the company messed up in some way and it legitimately owes you that cash —…