#Social Media
Latest news articles tagged with "Social Media". Follow the timeline of events, related topics, and entities.
Articles (30)
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🇺🇸 X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran
[USA]
WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
Related: #Disinformation, #International Conflict, #Misinformation -
🇺🇸 Trump Media considers spinning off Truth Social into public company, reports wider annual loss
[USA]
Related: #Business Strategy, #Public Markets, #Financial Performance, #Mergers and Acquisitions
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🇺🇸 Platner deletes social media post promoting far-right figure Stew Peters
[USA]
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing backlash after amplifying a post made by far-right figure Stew Peters. “War with Iran is the only thing republicans and democrats have both given a sta...
Related: #Politics, #Extremism, #Elections -
🇺🇸 Trump posts about Olympics on closing day of games
[USA]
President Trump praised Team USA as the Winter Olympics concluded Sunday. Just over 30 minutes after the U.S. men’s hockey team knocked off Canada in the gold medal game, the president wrote on his Tr...
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🇬🇧 Chelsea’s Fofana and Burnley’s Hannibal abused by online racists
[United Kingdom]
<ul><li><p>Fofana’s first of two bookings was for fouling Hannibal</p></li><li><p>Burnley: ‘There is no place for this in our society’</p></li></ul><p>Hannibal Mejbri and Wesley Fofana have both been ...
Related: #Racism, #Football, #Discrimination -
🇬🇧 Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media
[United Kingdom]
Deepfakes showing grim taxpayer-funded waterparks have gone viral and drawn some racist responses.
Related: #Misinformation, #Urban Perception, #Technology Ethics -
🇺🇸 Nextdoor Holdings earnings beat, revenue topped estimates
[USA]
Related: #Business Performance, #Tech Sector
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🇺🇸 Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features
[USA]
Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators.
Related: #Decentralization, #Creator Economy, #Technology Innovation -
🇺🇸 Mark Zuckerberg testifies in landmark social media addiction trial
[USA]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying in a landmark social media addiction trial on Wednesday. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has more.
Related: #Addiction, #Legal Proceedings, #Corporate Accountability, #Media Coverage -
🇺🇸 X continues to bet on vertical video with its latest update
[USA]
X's new immersive video player is designed to offer a more mobile-friendly experience, optimized especially for portrait-oriented videos.
Related: #Mobile Technology, #Digital Content -
🇺🇸 Mark Zuckerberg taking the stand at social media addiction trial
[USA]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking the stand at a landmark trial on the effects of social media. CBS News' Jo Ling Kent reports.
Related: #Legal, #Technology -
🇺🇸 Obama slams social media "clown show" after Trump's racist post
[USA]
In an appearance on a podcast hosted by Brian Tyler Cohen published on Saturday, former President Barack Obama criticized the tone of political discourse. "There's this sort of clown show that's happe...
Related: #Political Discourse, #Racism in Politics -
🇺🇸 Obama derides social media 'clown show' in first comments since Trump's racist video post
[USA]
Former President Barack Obama called the kind of rhetoric coming from President Donald Trump and his administration “a clown show” in a podcast interview that aired Saturday
Related: #US Politics, #Political Rhetoric, #Trump Administration -
🇺🇸 2/6: The Takeout with Major Garrett
[USA]
President Trump posts, then deletes racist video of Obamas as apes; 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games begin
Related: #Racism, #Politics, #Olympics -
🇺🇸 Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed
[USA]
The platform's new feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed.
Related: #AI Technology, #User Privacy/Control, #Personalization -
🇺🇸 UpScrolled’s social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth
[USA]
Upscrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including user names and hashtags that contain racial slurs.
Related: #Technology, #Content Moderation -
🇺🇸 TikTok to launch local feed that taps users' geolocation data
[USA]
The social media platform changed its privacy policy last month, inviting users to allow it to track their specific location.
Related: #Technology, #Digital Privacy -
🇺🇸 TikTok launches an opt-in Local Feed in the U.S. leveraging users’ precise location
[USA]
TikTok's new Local Feed will show you nearby shopping, dining, events, news, and more.
Related: #Technology, #Hyperlocal Marketing -
🇺🇸 Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms
[USA]
A young aide behind social posts that echoed white supremacist messaging will help run social media for the much larger Homeland Security Department.
Related: #Government Hiring, #National Security, #Domestic Extremism -
🇬🇧 Sunbed ads spreading harmful misinformation to young people
[United Kingdom]
Hundreds of TikTok, Instagram and Facebook ads made misleading claims about health benefits, BBC finds.
Related: #Public Health, #Digital Regulation -
🇺🇸 Facebook adds new AI features, animated profile photos, and backgrounds for text posts
[USA]
Facebook's new AI features let users animate their profile pics, restyle their Stories and Memories, and add backgrounds to text posts.
Related: #Technology, #Artificial Intelligence -
🇺🇸 Photos of subject in Nancy Guthrie search released
[USA]
Savannah Guthrie has asked people across the country for help with the search for her mom, Nancy Guthrie.
Related: #Public Safety, #Missing Persons -
🇬🇧 What is fibremaxxing – and how much is too much? | Kitchen aide
[United Kingdom]
<p>Most of us aren’t getting enough fibre in our diet, but, as our panel of experts explain, upping your intake is a case of taking baby steps …</p><p><strong>Why is everyone talking about fibremaxxin...
Related: #Health, #Nutrition -
🇺🇸 Broadway’s Great Imitators, Now on TikTok
[USA]
TikTok is the new home for musical theater fans who want to put themselves in the action. Viral re-enactments of four big numbers show why.
Related: #Digital Culture, #Performing Arts -
🇺🇸 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's low approval ratings
[USA]
NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including a new poll showing what Americans think of President T...
Related: #Politics, #Elections -
🇺🇸 Bluesky finally adds Drafts
[USA]
The move comes as Bluesky’s competitors, X and Threads, have long supported drafts.
Related: #Technology, #Software Updates -
🇺🇸 So, what’s going on with Musicboard?
[USA]
Is Musicboard shutting down? Company says no, but users are worried.
Related: #Technology, #Music Industry -
🇺🇸 Snapchat now lets you inform others when you have arrived at your destination
[USA]
With its new "Arrival Notifications," users can now set one-time or recurring alerts for locations beyond their home, providing an automatic way to share when they’ve arrived at their destination.
Related: #Technology, #Safety -
🇺🇸 How backlash from Trump's repost of racist video could impact midterms
[USA]
President Trump told reporters he didn't watch the entire racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes before it was reposted on his Truth Social. "I didn't do it, by the way, this was don...
Related: #Politics, #Race Relations -
🇺🇸 GB's Kenworthy receives death threats for anti-ICE post
[USA]
Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy says he has received death threats after posting a graphic message about ICE - the United States' Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Related: #Politics, #Sports