Substack launches iOS app so you can ditch the emails

If you subscribe to a lot of Substack writers and are now finding your email inbox inundated with newsletters, today is your lucky day. Substack, the subscription newsletter platform, has just launched its first mobile app in the Apple App Store. Anyone can download the app for their iOS devices right now. Tweet may have…

Inside Truth Social: Hands on with Trump’s social media platform

Over Presidents’ Day weekend, I, like many others who had signed up for the Apple App Store pre-order of Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, received a notification to sign up for an account. And, like everyone but a few hundred lucky VIPs, I got put on a waitlist. However, weeks later, Truth Social decided…

Update: Telegram says it will ‘protect user data at any cost’

UPDATE: Mar. 9, 2022, 5:55 p.m. EST After this article’s publication, Telegram informed Mashable that the intention of Durov’s post was to assure readers that the company would “protect user data at any cost.” Mashable has asked for more information about how the company plans to protect user data, given concerns about its vulnerability, but…

Telegram founder stops short of promising user data is safe

On the matter of user privacy, Telegram’s founder has spoken. And we’re more confused than ever. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov posted an account in his public Telegram channel Monday about his history of protecting user data from the Russian government. He ends the post saying, “I stand for our users no matter what.…

TikTok (finally) rolls out ‘Russia state-controlled media’ labels

TikTok has officially entered the Russian information war. The social network announced several new measures Friday intended to prevent misinformation and propaganda from spreading among TikTok users. The measures are positive, but potentially overdue: Outlets including The Guardian and The New York Times have reported that TikTok is rife with misleading videos purporting to depict…

Russia moves to block Facebook across the entire country

The Russian government is tightening its grip on social media as it attempts to control the message over the war in Ukraine. Russia is now moving to block access to Facebook across the entire country, according to a March 4 official press release, translated by Google. Notably, only the Facebook platform itself appears to be…

Twitter expands ‘Birdwatch,’ its crowdsourced fact-checking program

Twitter announced on Thursday that it would be expanding “Birdwatch,” a crowdsourced project designed to combat misinformation. Introduced last year as a pilot program, Birdwatch allows contributors who are in good standing with the social media company to address tweets they find misleading and provide context in the form of a note. Previously, notes created…

This social media marketing bundle is on sale for 98% off

TL;DR: The Complete 2022 Social Media Marketing Manager Bundle is on sale for £22.38, saving you 98% on list price. Do you think you’re social media savvy enough to have a career in social media management and marketing? The truth is having it is as a job involves more than participating in trending TikTok challenges…

Instagram launches auto-generated captions for IG Feed videos

Captions are coming to your IG Feed. On Tuesday, Instagram announced that it would be adding auto-generated captions for IG Feed videos, in order to make the app “more accessible for those in the deaf/hard-of-hearing communities.” The feature is available in 17 languages, but there are plans to expand them to more languages and countries.…