A new Bluesky update aims to tamp down on the cybersquatting and fake account problem that has plagued the app. In an update rolled out on Thursday evening, users who have verified their account by using a domain name automatically reserve their default username to prevent impersonators from taking it. SEE ALSO: I’ve barely used…
Hari Ravichadran, founder and CEO of the online safety product Aura, recently got a front-row seat to a sophisticated scam designed to turn him into a victim of fraud. He and his team are regularly targeted by scammers, but this scheme was so well-conducted that it gave the normally skeptical Ravichadran pause. The play went…
By now, you’ve likely heard all about the post-election exodus from Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter. Users on X, which Musk has branded the “everything app,” have been fleeing the platform. The ripple effects of the election season and Musk’s support of Donald Trump have given a rise to a deluge of misinformation…
Teens’ social media use — and its effect on their mental health — is often in the news, and new research from the Pew Research Center states that nearly half of American teens are “almost constantly” online. SEE ALSO: World’s strictest social media law targets users under 16 in Australia In its Teens, Social Media,…
You’re heartbroken, and you’re on Instagram. You type in your ex’s name through tears in the search bar. It was a messy breakup; you squint so you can’t see whether they archived photos of you two, and with shaky fingers, you tap their profile and unfollow them. The next day, you see a tagged photo…
Breakups suck — but they arguably suck more than ever thanks to social media. Before our modern era, people floated in and out of our lives. You might’ve forgotten someone you’ve previously dated. If not, at least you couldn’t see their daily moves at your fingertips. “Social media has changed the way that people naturally…
On Monday, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione was named the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. And, almost immediately, the internet was brazen about its thirst for him. When news broke out about the shooting last Wednesday, the internet also wasn’t shy about its lack of sympathy about the killing. Jokes and memes popped…
Following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, the internet erupted with jokes, memes, and, later, thirst posts for the insurance magnate’s shooter. The assassination was an event that could, for many, signal the start of a more critical look at corporations, how the people leading them treat the public, and how the…
Cameo is making room for more than celebrity greetings, expanding its personalised messaging service to let anyone sign up to make custom videos for money. Announced in a blog post on Tuesday, the platform has officially launched its CameoX initiative, which began a pilot program last May as a “strategic decision to allow just about…
Bluesky Social is having a moment, but that new influx of users is creating an impersonation problem. Thus, the decentralized platform is rolling out a “more aggressive” policy on parody accounts that aren’t clearly labeled. SEE ALSO: Bluesky has growing pains. Here’s what it can learn from X/Twitter In a thread on the platform’s safety…