Instagram recently blocked teen users from viewing the results for numerous LGBTQ+ terms by accident, according to a spokesperson for Meta, the platform’s parent company. The restrictions were reported by User Mag, which found that teen users searching for content related to dozens of hashtags including #lesbian, #bisexual, #gay, #trans, #queer, #nonbinary, #Tgirlsarebeautiful, and #lesbianpride…
TikTok, the popular viral video platform, is still slated to be banned in the U.S. next year. And with 2024 coming to an end, the January 19, 2025 ban date for TikTok is fast approaching. Just weeks before Christmas, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear an appeal filed by TikTok and…
Here’s a holiday gift from Elon Musk to X’s most loyal customers: The cost of your subscription is going up by nearly 40 percent. According to a new page on X’s Help Center titled Premium+ Price Adjustment, the X Premium+ subscription will now cost $22 per month in the U.S., up from the previous $16…
The United Kingdom may soon force social media firms to seek out and remove underage users from their platforms. The UK’s Office of Communications, more commonly known as Ofcom, has set out a plan to force tech companies to use facial recognition to ban social media users who are underage. “The sort of thing that…
“Seven hours of RedZone football starts here.” That’s how Scott Hanson opened Sunday’s broadcast, with his usual upbeat energy — but this time, with a twinge of irony. Why? Because last week (and again this week), the NFL’s RedZone channel — long celebrated for its uninterrupted, ad-free blitz of touchdowns and drama — broke its…
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…