Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media
The app is designed for people who want to create social content, but find traditional video editing tools too complex or time-consuming.
Social Media
X admits its broken algorithm made the site feel like a ‘battleground’
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 […]
Social media limits are coming for teens across Europe
The European Union is weighing sweeping new restrictions on children’s and teenagers’ access to social media, including age limits, an outright ban, and phased access. Social media platforms could also be forced to prove their services are not harmful before young people are allowed to use them. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said […]
Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
Meta told Dylan Byers, of Puck News, that it had nixed the feature after backlash from its user base.
Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’
Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is “all in” on the unconventional social media platform.
Filing: College app Fizz accuses VC of sharing confidential startup information with rival Sidechat
Fizz has expanded its lawsuit against rival Sidechat, alleging that a Maveron VC shared its confidential information obtained during a fundraising meeting with the competing startup.
Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’
Meta is in breach of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a preliminary investigation has found, over the “addictive” design of Instagram and Facebook. It’s likely to be forced to redesign both apps and could face a fine of up to $12 billion. The European Commission said Meta “did not adequately assess the risks of […]
Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected
X plans to send users direct messages when posts they’ve liked, replied to, or reposted receive Community Notes, an update aimed at addressing criticism that the platform’s crowdsourced fact-checking system often arrives too late to curb misinformation.
Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos
Meta is launching the first AI image generation model made by its Superintelligence Labs division. The Muse Image model now powers the image-making tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and it’s coming soon to Facebook and Messenger, according to an announcement on Tuesday. It’s part of the growing Muse family of AI […]
X says top accounts steal videos from other users as it announces new video tools
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, said in a post on Monday that “[m]any videos from top accounts are simply stolen from other users, sometimes 5 years after they originally went viral,” while noting that videos on the platform “make up close to half the impressions on X.” According to Bier, X is launching a […]