Snapchat’s parent company has confirmed a restructuring of the business which will see it cut staff numbers by around 20%. Snap Inc chief executive and Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel said the changes would allow the technology company to focus on “three strategic priorities” of community growth, revenue growth and augmented reality. Alongside the reduction in […]
Twitter has begun internal testing of an Edit Tweet feature which will soon be expanded to some users of its Twitter Blue subscription service, the social media platform confirmed. The company revealed early this year that it was working on a tool to allow users to edit tweets after they are posted, which is “our […]
Instagram has updated some safety controls for teenagers so they are less likely to encounter potentially sensitive content on the site. The Meta-owned platform said that when new users aged under 16 join the site, they will have more sensitive content hidden from them by default. The change will also see existing users under 16 […]
US securities regulators are questioning Twitter about how it counts fake accounts on its platform. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in June asked the company about its methodology for calculating the false or spam accounts and “the underlying judgments and assumptions used by management”. The agency’s Division of Corporation Finance made the request in […]
Facebook has fixed an issue with the platform which saw users’ feeds flooded with unrelated messages and posts. On Wednesday morning, Facebook users around the world began reporting what some deemed “spam” messages appearing on their feeds, often posts from random users being directed at celebrities or famous accounts on the platform. In many cases, […]
YouTube has become the latest platform to permanently ban former kickboxer Andrew Tate, for breaching its rules on hate speech. The Google-owned video platform said channels associated with Mr Tate had been removed for breaching its terms of service – a decision that follows similar moves by Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Mr Tate first came […]
Twitter has substantial security problems that place personal user data and potentially national security at risk according to a former company executive turned whistleblower, it has been reported. According to a disclosure sent to the US Congress and federal agencies last month and obtained by CNN and the Washington Post, Twitter’s former head of security […]
A new wave of social media apps are becoming increasingly popular among young people who want to get back to interacting with friends over creating content for the world to see. At the centre of this shift is BeReal, a photo-sharing app designed to show a snapshot of what a user is doing at a […]
Elon Musk has clarified he was joking after announcing on Twitter he would be buying Manchester United. The billionaire tech entrepreneur flagged the purchase of the football club in a short tweet on Tuesday but later replied to a comment asking if he was serious about the move saying that it was a “long-running Twitter joke” […]
Elon Musk has sold nearly seven billion US dollars (£5.8 billion) of shares in Tesla as the billionaire gets his finances in order ahead of his court battle with Twitter. He has unloaded about eight million shares in recent days, a series of regulatory filings revealed. “In the (hopefully unlikely) event that Twitter forces this […]
