Technology ❯ Social Media

User Experience

Addictive Design Addiction Account Management Feature Updates Outages Design Ethics Customization Content Management Feature Rollout Design Features

Instagram Rolls Out Comment Editing With a 15-Minute Window

A short time limit balances easy typo fixes with guardrails on changing a thread’s meaning.

Meta Pulls Plaintiff-Recruitment Ads as Massachusetts Court Lets Youth-Addiction Suit Proceed

Juries Fault Meta and YouTube Over Addictive Design That Harmed a Teen

Jury Verdicts Put Social Media Design on Trial for Meta and Google

Jury Finds Meta and YouTube Liable Over Addictive Design, Awards $3 Million

Jury Finds Meta and YouTube Liable in Teen Social‑Media Addiction Case

Meta Brings Native Affiliate Shopping and AI Tools to Instagram and Facebook

Instagram Rolls Out Post-Publish Carousel Reordering

Jury Deliberates in Bellwether Trial Over Instagram and YouTube Design Harms

Meta Launches Global AI Support and Begins Multi‑Year Shift to Automated Content Enforcement

X Suffers Brief Global Outage, Disrupting Timelines and Logins

X Tests Dislike Button on Replies With Private Feedback

X Submits EU Verification Fixes as Brussels Weighs DSA Compliance

WhatsApp Introduces Parent-Managed Accounts for Preadolescents

X Adds iOS Control to Block Grok Image Edits as Full Responses Move Behind Paywall

Plaintiff Testifies She Was Hooked on Instagram and YouTube as a Child in Bellwether Trial

WhatsApp Rolls Out Status Ads and Promoted Channels Worldwide

Plaintiff Set to Testify in Los Angeles Trial Probing Whether Instagram, YouTube Harmed Teen Mental Health

Meta to Retire Messenger.com in April, Redirecting Web Chats to Facebook

TeamSpeak Reaches Capacity in Multiple Regions After Discord Age‑Verification Backlash