Following the Australian government’s social media ban for kids under 16, governments around the world are looking into the possibility of similar style bans. These governments considering these social media bans now have at least one unlikely supporter: The CEO of Pinterest. In a piece published for Time, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready has come out…
Have you ever heard that ol’ country song “Who gets the family bible when two grownups lose heart?” Well, we may need a new version for the Gen Z era, because according to a litigation strategist I met at SXSW 2026, it’s actually the family TikTok account creators should be worried about. That’s right, TIL…
UPDATE: Mar. 18, 2026, 12:28 p.m. EDT It appears that the brief outage of X has been resolved. DownDetector reports are slowing down and Mashable reporters have since been able to access feeds and search on the platform. Is X down? That’s the question thousands of social media users are asking on Wednesday morning, as…
Is the dislike button on replies coming back to Elon Musk’s social media platform X? It seems like it, according to posts from X head of product Nikita Bier. Last night on X, Bier hinted that the dislike button on replies may be making its return and even shared a screen recording of the feature…
The beauty of live television is that absolutely anything can happen, and nowhere is that more reliably, terrifyingly true than at the Oscars. The Academy Awards like to present themselves as the pinnacle of Hollywood elegance, and yet the ceremony has an almost proud history of producing moments that range from the benignly chaotic like…
Timothée Chalamet is now a four-time Best Actor loser at the Academy Awards, adding another near-miss to his growing collection after failing to take home the trophy for his role as Marty Mauser in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme. Marty Supreme, with nine nominations, did not take home any Oscars. The competition was stiff, but Michael…
The internet has spent weeks debating Timothée Chalamet’s now-viral comments about ballet and opera. The latest voice to enter the discourse: Steven Spielberg. During a live podcast conversation at SXSW on March 13, the legendary director was reflecting on the communal power of moviegoing when he suddenly shouted out two of the oldest performing arts…
At a moment when the internet feels like a constant stream of bad news alerts, many people online have found a surprisingly gentle escape: Pokémon Pokopia. Even if you’re not a gamer, it’s hard to miss. I don’t own a Nintendo Switch — let alone the new $500 Switch 2 — and yet cute clips…
Bluesky, the popular alternative social media platform that rose to prominence following Elon Musk’s acquisition of X, is looking for a new CEO to guide it through a growth phase. In a post on Bluesky’s website, Bluesky’s now-former CEO Jay Graber announced that she was stepping down from the role. Graber noted that she’s stepping…
Indonesia just announced a ban on social media for anyone under 16, following a similar ban in Australia. On Friday, Indonesia’s minister of communication and digital affairs, Meutya Hafid, said in a speech shared online that the ban will begin on March 28. The rationale, according to a translation by the New York Times, is…