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Meta’s latest app Threads, a would-be rival to Twitter/X, may not want politics on its platform, but it’s coming to the app anyway — or so…

Anonymous social networking apps are in reporting mode. Yes, again. This week, University of North Carolina (UNC) System President Peter Hans announced a plan to block…

A spam attack that affected open source X competitor Mastodon, Misskey and other apps highlights how the decentralized social web, also known as the fediverse, is…

Threads, Meta’s Twitter-like service and competitor to X, may be steering clear of politics, but that doesn’t mean it won’t try to tackle misinformation spreading on…

Managing a social presence these days can be difficult. It’s even tougher for those experimenting with the new wave of Twitter-like services like Mastodon, Nostr and…

Meta is in hot water after announcing plans to remove politics from its recommendations across Instagram and Threads, its new Twitter-like app for text-based posts. That…

Meta doesn’t want its new Threads app to become another Twitter, full of heated political debate and the ensuing toxicity that comes with it. In today’s…

Twitter/X alternative Blue sky is gearing up for one of the biggest weekends in social media with the release of custom streams geared for Super Bowl…

Pinterest has announced a new ad deal with Google as the company aims to increase its ad revenue. Google is the social platform’s second third-party ad…

Snap isn’t having a good quarter. Following news this week that the company was laying off 10% of its workforce, amounting to hundreds of employees, the…