A new bill filed in the North Carolina House of Representatives aims to ban children under 14 from social media and age-verify some sites — but not like other age-verification laws. HB 301, called the Social Media Protections for Minors Act, was introduced last Wednesday and passed its first reading, according to North Carolina station…
A new immigration policy could mandate prospective citizens give up their social media profiles for review, adding to President Donald Trump’s push for stronger border policy and a bottleneck on legal migrant entry. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has opened a 60-day comment period on the proposed change, which would add a request for…
It finally happened. After over two decades of being a “good guy,” or “babyface” in wrestling lingo, WWE Superstar and Hollywood actor John Cena turned “heel,” or became the “bad guy.” Tweet may have been deleted Cena is currently on his pro wrestling retirement tour. The 13-time WWE champion and former face of the company…
It seems like everything you see online these days is a recession indicator. A new White Chicks movie? An addition to the Scary Movie franchise? Blondes going brunette? Screenshots with “fail” stamped on top? According to the internet, these are all recession indicators. But are we actually in a recession? And can an increase in…
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a request for information from members of the public whose ability to post or be seen on tech platforms has been limited by said platforms — aka, those who are shadowbanned. Shadowbanning may refer to different things, but usually, it refers to a user’s posts or account…
Elon Musk may be the biggest beneficiary of Donald Trump’s re-election, surpassing even Trump himself. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Musk’s social media platform X is currently looking to raise money from investors at a valuation of $44 billion. If that number sounds familiar, it’s because that’s precisely what Musk paid for the…
Did you notice what looks like a dislike button next to comments on your Instagram account? You’re not the only one, but you are one of a select few. Instagram is testing a new feature that would allow users to downrank comments that they don’t like, be it because they’re negative, harmful, or maybe just…
Scams on Zelle, the digital payments app, have apparently gotten so widespread that Chase Bank is moving to block users from sending payments to social media contacts. Chase updated its user policy, indicating it may block these sorts of payments. It read, in part: “To help protect you from fraud and scams, the Zelle Service…
Paywalled subreddits are coming this year, confirmed by Reddit CEO Steve Huffman. In a prerecorded video AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Friday answering redditors’ questions about the company’s Q4 2024 earnings, Reddit executives shared some more information about its plans to monetize the social media forum. Reddit Back in August 2024, Huffman hinted that paywalled…
It’s February 14, 2025. You know what that means? Yes, Happy Valentine’s Day, but there’s also something else worth remembering today. YouTube has officially turned 20 years old. That’s right, the internet’s biggest video platform as well as one of the most trafficked websites in the world, was founded on Feb. 14, 2005. At least,…