Pinterest CEO calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16
Pinterest’s chief compares social media to tobacco and alcohol, saying children need similar protections.
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Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools
Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it’s not giving up on the startup.
Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam
It’s only been a year since Digg founder Kevin Rose, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, and a few others announced the link-sharing site would relaunch, promising a “social discovery built by communities, not by algorithms.” Now, two months after opening its Reddit-like platform to the public, Digg is announcing a “hard reset” that’s shutting down operations […]
Facebook makes it easier for creators to report impersonators
Facebook is making it easier for creators to report impersonators while tightening rules around reposts and other unoriginal content.
Alternative app store AltStore PAL joins the fediverse
AltStore PAL now supports the fediverse, using its own Mastodon server to let iOS developers share app updates and alerts across platforms like Mastodon and Threads.
The mysterious case of the DHS white supremacist memelord
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber steps down
Bluesky’s board will search for a replacement while Graber becomes Chief Innovation Officer.
Periwinkle is making self-hosted social media on Bluesky’s AT Protocol even easier
Periwinkle offers managed hosting for AT Protocol users who want social media accounts on their own domains, with backups, storage, and migration tools.
X says you can block Grok from editing your photos
X has introduced a new feature that makes it slightly harder for other users to manipulate your uploaded images with the Grok chatbot. As reported by Social Media Today and verified by The Verge, a new toggle within the image upload settings on the X iOS appsays it can “block modifications by Grok” when enabled. […]
X is testing a new ad format that connects posts with products
An ad test on X promotes Musk’s Starlink beneath original content.