Federal judge blocks Louisiana’s social media age verification law – here's why

Another state-level attempt to enforce age verification on social media has been blocked. A federal judge ruled Louisiana's Act 456 unconstitutional, citing major privacy and First Amendment conc [...]

Why Weibo’s tiny VibeThinker-3B has the AI world arguing over benchmarks again

On Sunday, a team of nine researchers at Sina Weibo — the Chinese social media giant better known for its microblogging platform than for cutting-edge artificial intelligence — quietly posted a 14 [...]

France's top court strikes down social media ban for children under 15

President Macron has asked the government to rewrite France's proposed social media ban for children. [...]

Meta is bringing usernames to Facebook Groups

Meta has long required Facebook users to post under their real names (with some exceptions), but at least for Facebook Groups, the company is now offering new options. Members of Facebook Groups will [...]

Threads reaches 150 million daily users and is ramping up ads

Threads has grown to 150 million daily active users. Mark Zuckerberg shared the latest milestone for the company's text-based app during Meta's third-quarter earnings call. The company previ [...]

Meta has introduced revised guardrails for its AI chatbots to prevent inappropriate conversations with children

Business Insider has obtained the guidelines that Meta contractors are reportedly now using to train its AI chatbots, showing how it's attempting to more effectively address potential child sexua [...]

Meta says it's cracking down on Facebook creators who steal content

Meta is going after creators who rip off other users' content as part of a broader effort to fix Facebook's feed. In its latest update, the company laid out new steps it's taking to pen [...]

Meta is testing clickable links in Instagram captions for verified subscribers

Instagram has long limited users' ability to share links, restricting link-sharing to Stories, Reels and user profiles. But that might now be changing. The company has started to test clickable l [...]

Indonesia to Ban YouTube, TikTok, Other Social Media Apps for Children Under 16

Indonesia is the latest country to block social media, saying the apps pose "increasingly real threats" to young people. [...]