You’ve probably heard of TikTok challenges. But have you heard about the havoc they’re wreaking in U.S. schools? Over the last year, challenges like devious licks (students steal and vandalize property) have spread like wildfire throughout... Read More
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger were all down on Monday in a massive outage that lasted more than 5 hours before slowly coming back to life. Instagram and Facebook are back online, which means disinformation levels just rose... Read More
What’s happened? Instagram has announced today that the company is temporarily ceasing development on the highly polarizing ‘Kids’ version of the app, citing concerns from parents and other child advocacy groups. Why does... Read More
Big Tech has taken a beating recently. The latest punch? A series of investigative reports on Facebook and Instagram, exposing the platforms’ toxic impact on both society and young people. The Wall Street Journal conducted an... Read More
TikTok announced Tuesday a slew of features intended to help users struggling with mental health issues and thoughts of suicide. These include well-being guides, a support guide for those struggling with eating disorders and a search... Read More
Google is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened. The more highly contagious delta variant... Read More
Minors logging on to Instagram for the first time will now automatically default to a “private” account as the company aims to create a more “safe and private” platform. “Wherever we can, we want to stop young people from hearing from... Read More
Facebook is rolling out a new website called Bulletin that will allow writers to create and share paid and free newsletters. The company said it’s starting with a small group of writers and plans to add more. The release of a newsletter... Read More
Most lawmakers seem to have one thing in common— they all hate Big Tech. For different reasons, but ultimately everyone has reached a consensus… Companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple are too big and powerful. 🤷 Despite... Read More
For weeks, the media’s been buzzing about BuzzFeed’s $200M raise to purchase Complex Networks. Everyone thought the company would use debt for the acquisition, but there’s been a change of plans. Now, BuzzFeed will go public via... Read More
Happs, the community-driven live video platform for independent creators, has raised a $4.7 million post-seed funding round led by Bullpen Capital. The round included participation from Crosslink, Goodwater and Corazon, who led Happs’s seed round,... Read More
In addition to conversations about staying safe online, there are a number of specific steps you can take to make the online environment more secure. Set up filters, virus protection, parental controls and child-friendly browsers. As we... Read More
Facebook is planning to change how it handles politicians and world leaders who post content that violates the social media company’s terms of service. Currently, Facebook gives politicians leeway in what they can post because what... Read More
It seems that some video games for kids can rocket onto the scene and rise in popularity almost overnight. Games like Pokemon Go, Fortnite and, most recently, Among Us seemed to pop out of nowhere. And then every other kid is playing the... Read More
A social media company copies another social media company. Time to go post on our Instagram stories while watching Snapchat spotlight videos! Zuckerberg and Facebook are reportedly building a Clubhouse clone… just 6 days after Marc first... Read More