Social Media
Articles involving social media businesses and their products, including Meta (Facebook, Instagram), X Corp (Twitter), Mastodon, LinkedIn and others.
Parler parent company lays off nearly everyone
Parlement Technologies has laid off most of its employees, including the majority of its executive staff, leaving the company with around 20 workers
More cuts come to Twitter’s trust and safety team
Twitter has laid off more workers on its trust and safety team, according to a report.
Twitter users reporting serious technical glitches
Technical issues are hammering Twitter, with users around the world reporting several problems as of Wednesday evening.
Meta to pull WhatsApp support on older phones
Meta Platforms will stop supporting its WhatsApp messaging service on several models of Apple iPhone and Android-powered devices by the end of the year.
Group wants Twitter owner probed over reporter suspensions
A whistleblower group wants the government to probe Twitter and CEO Elon Musk for suspending several journalists.
Reporters targeted by rogue TikTok employees, now fired
Four employees of TikTok parent ByteDance were fired after an internal audit showed they spied on journalists.
Twitter backtracks on policy banning links to competitors
Twitter has walked back and policy that prohibited users from linking to their accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon.
Mastodon links blocked on Twitter after account suspended
Twitter users are no longer allowed to link to content and profiles on competing social media platform Mastodon.
Glitch prevents Twitter accounts from receiving verification codes
A bug involving the delivery of two-factor authentication codes has left some Twitter users unable to access their accounts for days.
LGBT server on Mastodon blocks group for journalists
More than 170 Mastodon servers, including one for LGBT individuals, have blocked a server popular with journalists.
Journalism bill won’t be included in defense spending measure
A controversial proposal that claims to increase competition and protection for journalism will not be included in a national defense bill.
Facebook may pull news over proposed law
Facebook parent company Meta said the social media platform may pull news content if a proposed federal law is passed.