Teen Social Media Ban: Why Snapchat Is Frantically Locking Down

Amid international bans, Snapchat restricts teen accounts to ‘friends-only’ in a major update.

How Social Media Virality Became A Hidden Prize For Unknown World Cup Players

The players who stand to gain the most from this World Cup over the next few weeks are often not the biggest names. Just ask Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha

Social media’s next evolution: User-controlled algorithms

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.

Mastodon adds email newsletters so people who don’t want an account can still follow creators on the open social web
Mastodon adds email newsletters so people who don’t want an account can still follow creators on the open social web

Mastodon is betting that email, the oldest surviving communication protocol on the internet, can solve its biggest problem: reaching people who will never create a fediverse account. The open-source social network released version 4.6 on Tuesday, and i…

A million Dutch adults get news solely from social media. Only 12% trust what they see.
A million Dutch adults get news solely from social media. Only 12% trust what they see.

More than one million people in the Netherlands now rely exclusively on social media for news, according to the 2026 Digital News Report published on Tuesday. They use no news websites, no television, no radio, and only 12% say they trust what they enc…

What ‘Love Island USA’ New Social Media Policy Means For The Show’s Marketing Machine

‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 is already Peacock’s biggest original launch in history. While the Islanders’ accounts are silent, the show has never been louder.

TikTok feeds show 3 times more AI slop than YouTube, study reveals

A new Kapwing report found that 59% of videos shown to new TikTok accounts are AI slop, roughly three times the rate found on YouTube.

The smartphone era created an attention crisis. Slowtech is fixing it

“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention… They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”

How YouTube Golfers Are Going For Serious Green

Popular creators like Good Good Golf and Manolo Vega believe they know how to make the sport more fun while making millions along the way—in some cases even more than tour pros.

Threads makes it easier to find your community and tune out what you don’t want to see

Threads is rolling out upgrades to its Communities feature and a new feed personalization tool called Your Algo.