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TikTok Adds Voice Comments, Polls, Photo Carousels and Live Photos to Video Comments

The features aim to deepen on-platform interaction while using age limits and staged rollouts to address safety and regulatory concerns.

Families Sue Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube Over Deaths of Four Teens

Instagram’s One-Tap Instants Faces Backlash Over Accidental Posts and Privacy

Instagram Launches Instants, a Private One-View Photo App With 24-Hour Expiry

X Cuts Aggregator Payouts, Tightens Rules to Favor Original Posts

Nature Study Finds X’s Default Feed Shifts Users Toward Conservative Views

Bereaved Families Paint Names Outside Snap HQ, Pressing for Snapchat Safety Changes

New Report Finds Foreign, Anonymous Accounts Inflated Nick Fuentes’s Reach on X

X’s Location Labels Reveal Overseas Bases for Prominent U.S. Politics Accounts

Instagram Launches ‘Rings’ Awards for 25 Creators With Gold Ring and Profile Badge, No Cash Prize

Instagram Tops 3 Billion Monthly Users as Meta Tests Reels-First Redesign

Instagram Launches Linked Reels to Stitch Videos Into Ordered Series

US Denounces French Criminal Probe of X’s Algorithm as Censorship

Meta to Halt EU Political and Social-Issue Ads From October Over Transparency Rules

X Denounces French Probe as Politically Driven, Refuses to Comply

Mark Cuban Warns Bluesky’s Echo Chamber Is Driving Users Back to X

X Trials Labels Highlighting Posts Liked Across Partisan Lines

Unauthorized Avengers: Doomsday Set Footage Sparks X-Men Speculation

Twitter's Iconic Bird Logo Sold for $34,325 at Auction

Instagram Tests Private Downvote Button for Comments