Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.
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Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more
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Bluesky wants to give you your own domain on the open web
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Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account
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TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.
Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.
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TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement
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X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts
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ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok
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Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans
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Friend-focused photo sharing app Retro snags $21M
Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Series A funding.
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Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web
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Meta settles for $18 billion in lawsuit brought by 29 states over social media harms to children
The lawsuit alleged that Meta knowingly designed platforms like Instagram and Facebook to addict children, despite knowing about the harms the platf…
X sends cease-and-desist to open-source project Nitter over alleged scraping
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Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 mill…
Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards
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Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users
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Patreon launches 30 new creator features, including short-form Clips and revamped discovery
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Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future
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X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’
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Instagram introduces a redesigned wordmark
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Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
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Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals
Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation.
YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money
Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts…