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Roblox will let 13+ users import contacts and add recommended friends
Roblox is adding some key social features to help users ages 13 and up connect and find friends on the social gaming platform. → Read More
The FTC is suing to block Microsoft from buying Activision
The FTC announced Thursday that it would sue to block Microsoft's acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard. → Read More
Cinder’s content moderation software is custom-built for trust and safety teams
Cinder launches software for companies grappling with some of the internet’s most complex, dangerous challenges. → Read More
Meta’s Oversight Board wants Facebook to be more transparent about VIP accounts
Meta's Oversight Board is now back with their recommendations for Facebook and Instagram's secret VIP account system. → Read More
Lensa AI, the app making ‘magic avatars,’ raises red flags for artists
Photo editing app Lensa AI went viral this week for making AI-generated stylized avatars. Its popularity raises alarm with artists. → Read More
Elon Musk vicariously publishes internal emails from Twitter’s Hunter Biden laptop drama
After teasing his plans, Elon Musk took the unusual step of leaking a conversation that took place inside of Twitter before he bought it. → Read More
Elon Musk just brought an infamous neo-Nazi back to Twitter
Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin re-appeared on the site, tweeting from a new handle associated with his account banned back in 2015. → Read More
Discord opens up paid subscriptions so servers can sell premium perks
After launching premium memberships as a pilot late last year, Discord will now allow more servers to offer paid memberships in exchange for special server-specific perks. Plenty of Discord communities were already using third-party services like Patreon to offer access to premium content, but the expanded feature will allow Discord-centric communities to manage that process […] → Read More
Twitter is going to show you more tweets from people you don’t follow
Twitter says it's going to put more algorithmic recommendations in users' timelines and the changes are already rolling out. → Read More
Elon Musk’s next trick? Picking a fight with Apple
Elon Musk declared war on Apple after complaining about App Store rules and the iPhone maker's infamous developer fees. → Read More
More key Twitter execs just quit, including the head of trust and safety
Hours after news broke that Twitter lost top cybersecurity executive Lea Kissner, another round of departures deepened the company's ongoing crisis. → Read More
Fake Twitter accounts flock to blue check mark chaos
On Twitter, paid blue check marks are live and accounts impersonating LeBron James and other athletes are already creating chaos. → Read More
Elon Musk’s Twitter faces US midterm elections, his first high-stakes test
Elon Musk's Twitter faces U.S. midterm elections with half the staff, fresh chaos and an unstable leader at the wheel. → Read More
Elon Musk just axed key Twitter teams like human rights, accessibility, AI ethics and curation
On Friday, Elon Musk decimated a number of key teams at Twitter focused on everything from ethical AI to human rights. → Read More
Twitch opens Guest Star up so anyone can run their own talk show now
Through a new tool called Guest Star, streamers can now pull other creators and fans into their streams for a talk show-like experience. → Read More
Elon Musk’s Twitter already looks grim for the LGBTQ community
Elon Musk has already undermined his credibility on some of social media's most vexing problems and promoted anti-LGBTQ views. → Read More
Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation ‘council’ before deciding on Trump
Musk says he won't make any major content moderation decisions — i.e. restoring former President Donald Trump — until he forms a council. → Read More
It happened: Elon Musk officially owns Twitter
Musk accomplished the unthinkable: he bought Twitter for $44 billion, a costly price for what social platforms are worth. → Read More
Meta is in trouble
Meta is in trouble Thursday, with shares plunging by 25%. The company is now worth almost a quarter of what it was last year. → Read More
Elon Musk’s Twitter deal has to close by Friday or the trial is back on
Musk is expected to close his deal to buy Twitter by Friday, putting him officially in charge of one of the world's biggest social networks. → Read More