Snapchat is introducing a new in-app tool to enable parents to get more insights on how their teenagers use Snapchat without compromising their children’s privacy. Family Centre will show parents their children’s friend list and who is communicating with them – but it will not show the content of conversations. The opt-in tool will require […]
WhatsApp is to allow users to leave group chats without notifying others and control who can see when they are online as part of a privacy update to the messaging app. As part of the update, which is rolling out this month, users will also be given the ability to block people from taking screenshots […]
Twitter has accused Elon Musk of “looking for an excuse” to get out of a deal to buy the company because the stock market decline meant it was no longer favourable for him. The social media platform has sued Mr Musk to force the completion of the 44 billion dollar (£36.2 billion) takeover after the […]
Facebook has unveiled a new look to the home page within its mobile app, as the platform moves towards becoming more of a “discovery engine” than just a social network. A major update to the app on Android and iOS sees a new Feeds tab being introduced, which will show the most recent posts from […]
The parents of Nora Quoirin, a French-Irish schoolgirl from London whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort during a family holiday, have settled a case against Facebook. Lawyers for the social media giant, trading as Meta, read out an agreed statement in the High Court in Dublin on Wednesday. Sebastien and Maebh Quoirin, […]
Snapchat is to bringing its calling and messaging features to the web for the first time, allowing users to communicate outside of the app. Snapchat for Web is first being made available to users of the firm’s Snapchat+ subscription service in the UK and some other countries, but will be rolled out to all users […]
Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk to force the billionaire to buy the company could be the “world’s most expensive case of ‘if you break it, you pay for it’”, a social media expert said. On Tuesday, Twitter confirmed it has filed a lawsuit in the US state of Delaware to force Musk to complete his […]
Twitter said it has sued Elon Musk to force him to complete the 44 billion US dollars (£37 billion) acquisition of the social media company. Mr Musk and Twitter have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said on Friday he was backing away from his April agreement to buy the company. Twitter […]
Twitter users will “benefit” from Elon Musk’s move to pull out of the deal to buy the company, some experts say. The Tesla and SpaceX boss’s 44 billion dollar (£36.5 billion) bid to buy the social media platform appeared to be on the verge of collapse on Friday, after he sent a letter saying he […]
Elon Musk’s 44 billion dollars (£36.5 billion) bid to buy Twitter is on the verge of collapse — after the Tesla CEO sent a letter to the social media company’s board saying he is terminating the acquisition. The main issue seems to be that Musk does not believe Twitter’s claims about SPAM and bot accounts. […]
