Confessions of the ICE Agent Whisperer
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Tumblr updated reblogs to function more like tweets and users hate it
Tumblr has overhauled its reblogging feature to add new options for interacting with chained posts, and it hasn't gone down …
Reading videos go viral
Advisers say to ‘assume the cameras are always rolling’ as exchanges can be decoded in seconds and posted onlineRoyals and …
Nigeria’s online content creator market has boomed. Can the skit
As platforms make less from advertising, creators are struggling to monetise work – leading to calls for more government investment …
Spotify’s new Taste Profile feature lets users fine
You're responsible for your own Spotify algorithm now. On stage at SXSW, Spotify's co-CEO, Gustav Söderström, announced the Taste Profile …
Digg shuts down for a 'hard reset' because it was flooded with bots
Digg has shut down, for now, just a few months after its open beta launched. Justin Mezzell, the company’s CEO, …
‘Cannot wait until December’: Dennis Richardson calls for urgency over Bondi attack failures after quitting inquiry
Former spy chief says recommendations regarding intelligence agencies shouldn’t wait for royal commission’s final reportGet our breaking news email, free …
Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools
Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it's not giving up on …
Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam
It's only been a year since Digg founder Kevin Rose, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, and a few others announced the …
Facebook makes it easier for creators to report impersonators
Facebook is making it easier for creators to report impersonators while tightening rules around reposts and other unoriginal content.
A window into how China and the US see each other
In China, one social media trend hangs on the idea that a life in the US is always one step …
This Is the Next Wave of Political Fundraising
In Discord servers and Instagram DMs, content creators are organizing, turning followings in the millions into millions of dollars in …
Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming
Meta removed 10.9 million Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to “criminal scam centers” last year, the company announced on Wednesday.
Fueled ‘Slander Pages’ to Mock Their Teachers
Viral student-run TikTok and Instagram accounts are using AI to make memes of school faculty comparing them to figures like …
Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X
X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images …
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
Feeld Was a Dating App for the Freaks. Now Some People Call It ‘Normie Hell’
The app that catered to unconventional kinks is gaining steam among daters with vanilla preferences—and some aren’t happy about it.
These 2 Apps Help Me Make Sense of My 100K Screenshots
The shameful pile of screenshots on my phone was as useless as it was disorganized. Rodeo and Swipewipe are helping …
Why Fandom Discourse Feels Extra Cringe Right Now
Infighting and backlash among Heated Rivalry fans is most pronounced on X—fueled in part by censorship-driven migration from platforms like …
Apple Blocks US Users From Downloading ByteDance’s Chinese Apps
In January, after TikTok announced a deal to transfer its US operations, Apple began blocking people in the US from …