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Content Consumption Privacy Concerns Algorithm Influence Public Discourse Meta Content Creation Addiction Influencer Economy Content Sharing Content Moderation

X Hit by Repeated Short Outages, Disrupting Feeds, Logins and Posts

Lack of an explanation from X has revived doubts about the platform's reliability.

Berlin Court Bars Meta From Using Non-User Contacts, Limits Ad Profiling Without Consent

EU Finds TikTok in Breach of DSA for 'Addictive' Design, Orders App Changes

Instagram Outage Triggers More Than 10,000 Reports, Hitting Website Hardest

WhatsApp Code Points to Optional Ad‑Free Subscription

X Open-Sources 'For You' Algorithm Matching Live Grok-Based System

X Open-Sources Grok-Powered Recommendation Code for 'For You' Feed and Ads

Meta Introduces Instagram 'Your Algorithm' in U.S. as Facebook Adopts Instagram-Style Redesign

X Sets Nov. 10 Deadline to Re-Enroll Security Keys as Twitter.com Is Retired

OpenAI’s Sora App Debuts With Sora 2 as Legal and Safety Questions Mount

U.S. Sets TikTok Overhaul: Oracle to Safeguard U.S.-Hosted Copy of Algorithm as ByteDance Stake Falls Below 20%

Trump Says He’ll Keep Extending TikTok Deadline Until a U.S. Buyer Emerges

Meta Users Face Final Day to Opt Out of AI Data Use

X Reports 11 Million EU User Losses in Six Months Under Musk's Leadership

Meta Tightens Facebook Content Policies to Combat Spam and Fake Engagement

Swara Bhasker’s X Account Suspended and Allegedly Hacked Following Controversial Posts

Chrissy Teigen Suggests Social Media Curfew Following TikTok Shutdown

Instagram to Introduce Algorithm Reset Feature for Personalized Feeds

Instagram Eliminates Annoying 'Rug Pull' Video Refresh

Instagram Lowers Video Quality for Less Popular Content