Getting on social media too young may cost children in the classroom. A large new study has found that pupils who joined the platforms early went on to earn worse grades than those who waited. The research is unusually robust. Published in Nature Human…
Reddit is increasing its use of moderation tools and getting rid of Automod, and many moderators aren’t happy at all.
X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writing that “it’s time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster.” He shared the update just over a month after celebrating his one-year anniversary on the job, and just […]
The gossip blogger was on TikTok covered in what appeared to be blood and wielding a knifelike object before the platform cut his stream. He’s since been hospitalized.
Reddit is expanding its moderation tools and building stronger abuse prevention systems that it says could eventually reduce communities’ reliance on karma and account-age requirements, making it easier for legitimate newcomers to participate.
Reddit announced a new suite of moderation tools that will eventually replace Automod’s enforcement capabilities, not Automod itself. The centrepiece is Rules Hub, which uses large language models to evaluate whether posts and comments match the intent…
Reddit announced plans to replace core moderation infrastructure that has run the platform for years. The most significant change: Rules Hub, a new moderation system that uses large language models to evaluate whether posts and comments match the inten…
At the 2026 World Cup, TikTok and FIFA gave 30 creators access to everything but live match play, revealing how sports coverage is moving to the second screen for fans.
In 2021, TikTok changed its algorithm to stop users being flooded with harmful content. But it did not give the safer version to everyone. It held 10% of US users on the old version, about 15 million people at the time. It wanted to test whether the sa…
Snap had a good quarter, and the market treated it like a rescue. The shares jumped after hours, up as much as 13%, once the company beat estimates. The catch is where that rally begins: a stock near its all-time lows, down about 37% this year. The hea…