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To make IRL hangouts easier, you can now share your location in a direct message with a friend or a group for up to one hour.

By Jibin Joseph
A screenshot of Instagram's newly released stickers, nicknames, and location-sharing features for direct messages (DMs).

Elon doesn't like lazy linking. Instead, he prefers long-form posts that keep users on his social network.

By Jibin Joseph
An illustration photo of Elon Musk sitting next to the X logo.

Social media can hurt your productivity and mental health, but quitting cold turkey isn't right for everyone. Use these strategies to limit your time on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more.

By Jill Duffy
Image composite representing social media use reduction

A climate diversification worker, who had not had any previous interactions with Musk, takes down her social media pages in the immediate aftermath of online attacks. 

By Will McCurdy
Musk's Twitter Page

LinkedIn users can still create audio-only streaming events via LinkedIn Live, but they will need to use third-party services to do so.

By Will McCurdy
LinkedIn Mobile App

Users will now be able to search for posts within specific date ranges or search for posts from a single account, among other updates.

By Will McCurdy
Image of Threads on smartphone

The accounts were linked to overseas 'scam centers' targeting users across the globe with fake cryptocurrency investments that serve only to steal your money.

By Michael Kan
Meta Facebook logos

With custom feeds, you can create lists that surface posts about specific topics of people.

By Jibin Joseph
A photo of the Threads app logo displayed on a smartphone.

Australia officially introduces a bill that would ban social media for minors under 16. The bill requires social media firms to take ‘reasonable steps’ to comply with the ban.

By Jibin Joseph
A photo of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Alongside other major companies, Twitch largely stopped advertising on X in 2022 amid concerns about offensive content. X and Elon Musk say that's a violation US antitrust laws.

By Joe Hindy
A Twitch display at Tokyo Game Show 2023

Bluesky is riding a wave of popularity as people defect from X, but it's more than just a Twitter dupe. Here's how to follow custom algorithms, create a starter pack, and more.

By Tyler Hayes
bluesky logo on a phone

Bluesky also tops Threads in website visits, according to new data from Similarweb.

By Michael Kan
Bluesky app

That number increases to 37% among those ages 18 to 29. The influencers themselves are mostly men who favor X over Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube, Pew Research finds.

By Joe Hindy
Teenage boy filming videos at home and talking to camera set on ring light - stock photo

Brendan Carr, currently a senior GOP commissioner, is a longtime opponent of net neutrality regulation and wants to curb content moderation by social platforms.

By Rob Pegoraro
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr speaks at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md,

X’s billionaire owner says the new law will make ‘parody illegal’ on social media. 

By Will McCurdy
Gavin Newsom

Mastodon and its fellow X rivals Bluesky and Threads are all making big gains following Elon Musk’s recent foray into politics. 

By Will McCurdy
Mastodon/X Logo Mash-up

With X and Meta using public posts to train its AI, Bluesky—which has seen a surge in sign-ups—says it has no intention of doing the same.

By Michael Kan
Bluesky logo

The social network updates its terms of service to officially say it uses public tweets to train its AI. Here's how to block it from scraping your data (for now) or delete your account for good.

By Rob Pegoraro
The X logo on a phone's screen, with city lights in the background

Threads is seeing explosive growth, adding as many users in half a month as Bluesky has seen since its inception.

By Jibin Joseph
A photo of the Threads app details page on Apple's App Store.

Bluesky goes down for some on its 'highest traffic day ever.' It blames one of its internet providers for the outage.

By Kate Irwin
Bluesky app loading screen on an iPhone.