Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to simplify the experience and better appeal to mainstream users and organizations.
The Meta-owned messaging platform is also launching a way to free up space, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more.
There’s growing momentum behind holding tech companies to account for protecting children, as Apple adds age verification in the UK.
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Meta and YouTube just lost a landmark social media case in which a jury found them negligent. Now the question is how, if at all, these platforms change?
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Reddit is cracking down on bots with new human verification checks for suspicious accounts. It also plans clearer labels for automated profiles so you can tell if you are interacting with software.
The virtual influencer market is on track to hit $45.8 billion by 2030. Here’s what you need to know about if they’re right for your creator marketing strategy.

Reddit is taking new steps to identify bots on the platform – a process that may require some users to confirm that they’re human. In a post on Wednesday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman writes that the company will introduce a labeling system for accounts registered as bots, and ask users with “automated” or “fishy behavior” […]
Hours after announcement of the new policy Elon Musk said X is pausing the rollout.