Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. The feature will "no longer be supported after May 8, 2026," the company wrote in an update on its support page. Unlike WhatsApp, Meta [...]

Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday. Users who searched for these hashtags [...]

Dozens of subreddits are banning X links from their communities

Dozens of subreddits have opted to block links to X in their communities over the last 24 hours in a movement that appears to be gaining momentum across Reddit. Hundreds more appear to be actively dis [...]

'Slop' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" for the dictionary company's 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define slop as "digital content of low quality that is produced u [...]

TikTok advises Android users in the US to sideload the app

If you need to download and install TikTok in the US, you can do so on Android even though the app isn't back on the Play Store yet. In a tweet, the TikTok Policy account has announced that the s [...]

A court just ruled Meta and YouTube ‘negligent’ — social media may never be the same

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? [...]

Bluesky is having some issues in one of its 'reginos'

Bluesky is once again having a wobble. The platform says some of its systems are down and that it’s “investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos” (that’s Bluesky’s typo, not [...]

Instagram tests new layout that puts the spotlight on Reels and DMs

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has announced that as part of a test, some Instagram users will be able to try a new menu bar in the app with a different arrangement of tabs. Notably, the new menu bar has [...]

New US border checks could involve scanning your last five years of social media history– here's what you need to know

The US government plans to check visitors’ social media posts and potentially bar them from entry under new proposed rules. [...]