Meta ‘knowingly designed its platforms to hook children’, court document claims
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook minors and knew – but never disclosed – it had received millions of complaints about under-age users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of
X (aka Twitter) sues media watchdog over report on ads next to posts from hate groups
Elon Musk’s social media company X has filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to
Apple to adopt system to improve texting between iPhones and Android devices
Apple is to adopt a messaging standard that will make texting between an iPhone and an Android device a better experience. The US technology giant has confirmed it will adopt the rich communication services (RCS) “later
TikTok launches feature to save songs to music apps like Spotify
TikTok has launched a feature to make it easier for users to save viral songs to music apps like Spotify and Apple Music. The “add to music app” feature will be rolled out in the UK
YouTube creators will have to disclose use of generative AI in videos
YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they have used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic-looking videos. In a blog post outlining a number of AI-related policy
Meta to allow users to delete Threads accounts without losing Instagram
Meta said it will start allowing users to delete or deactivate their Threads accounts without also closing down their Instagram accounts. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said in a Threads post that the change is rolling out
