Brands offered ‘Love Island USA’ contestant Melanie free products to leave Sincere. But she can’t collect. An entertainment litigator explains why.

X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, admitted in a post on Monday that X’s algorithm was “missing” data about surfacing posts from people who you’ve followed back. Now, he says a tweak will “boost visibility of your posts to your mutuals,” hopefully enhancing the sense of community instead of highlighting and spreading random arguments, but […]

Meta is pushing advertisers to hand their campaigns to its AI. A Business Insider investigation found the tools spitting out gibberish copy, mangled limbs and products that no longer look like the products. Meta’s reply, in effect: that’s your problem….
X is boosting posts among mutual followers after finding that relationship data was missing from its algorithm, exposing the gap between predicting engagement and creating conversations people actually want.

Australia’s online safety regulator has told the largest technology companies in the world that the tools to stop sexual extortion already exist, and that they are not using them. In a transparency report published on Tuesday, eSafety said companies in…
Luxury brands are leveraging sports as a way to build identity, aspiration and meaning. The creator ecosystem is helping them capture the mindshare around the World Cup.
A panel of experts has recommended that the European Union bar children under 13 from social media, with looser rules for teens up to 18.
Netflix’s Q2 earnings will test whether cheaper creator content can generate the viewing hours and ad inventory needed to support its $3 billion advertising target.