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WhatsApp for iOS planning to revamp chat list design in future update
There are more changes coming to WhatsApp for iOS in the following updates as the app is testing a revamped chat list design for a clearer UI.
Opinion | One Year After the Jan. 6 Attack, Parler’s C.E.O. Grapples with Big Tech and Trump
George Farmer doubles down on his efforts to revive a right-leaning social media company that was taken offline a year ago.
Signal's Cryptocurrency Feature Has Gone Worldwide
A beta “payments” feature now lets users of the popular encrypted messaging app send MobileCoin around the globe.
How Signal is playing with fire
Signal employees are worried about anonymous crypto payments.
Twitter testing new option to retweet with a video reaction on iOS
It's now possible to retweet someone's post and add your own video reaction using the camera with the new feature on Twitter for iOS.
Opinion | Why Facebook Whistle-Blower Frances Haugen Thinks She’ll Outlast Mark Zuckerberg
The former employee also says the company hides behind flat offices and metrics to shirk its responsibility.
‘Spilling the Tea,’ the Cyberbullying Tactic Plaguing Schools, Parents and Students
A new form of cyberbullying is taking hold at middle schools—anonymous Instagram accounts that students create to post gossip and rumors, and in some cases to instigate fights.
How panic over rumored school shooting threats went viral
Some schools closed in response to viral TikTok rumors.
Facebook Isn’t Telling You How Popular Right-Wing Content Is on the Platform – The Markup
Facebook insists that mainstream news sites perform the best on its platform. But by other measures, sensationalist, partisan content reigns
A Twitter tightrope without a net: Journalists’ reactions to newsroom social media policies
pResponses to this report written by journalists and media scholars. Each focusing on a specific issue raised, including legal considerations (Victoria Baranetsky), online harassment (Michelle Ferrier), representation (Leonor Ayala Polley), audience trust (Benjamin Toff), and objectivity (Laura Wagner), can be read here. Executive Summary Journalists increasingly rely on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter […]/p
Five perspectives on newsroom social media policies
Yesterday, we published a report that explores journalists’ experiences with and views of newsroom social media policies. Below are five responses to the report written by journalists and media scholars. Each of these focuses on a specific issue raised in the report, including legal considerations (Victoria Baranetsky), online harassment (Michelle Ferrier), representation (Leonor Ayala Polley), audience trust (Benjamin Toff), and objectivity […]
Instagram's chronological feed is returning, but not because users asked | Input
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Twitter now lets all iOS, Android and web users listen to recorded Spaces – TechCrunch
Twitter has rolled out to all users on iOS, Android and the web the option to listen to a recording of a Space. This latest move brings the social media giant’s Spaces feature more in line with traditional podcasts, as users can now listen to a conversation after the live broadcast has ended.…
Twitter is the latest platform to test a TikTok copycat feature – TechCrunch
Twitter posted today that its testing a feature that would turn its in-app explore page into a TikTok-like video feed, complete with even a “For You” tab. This feature is testing on both Android and iOS for users in certain countries who use Twitter in English. Twitter is the latest soc…
Twitter’s Highest-Profile Users Get VIP Treatment When Trolls Strike
‘Project Guardian’ aims to protect prominent tweeters from abuse, harassment
Discord’s new premium memberships give content creators VIP features
A new way to monetize a Discord server
Twitter is testing a new way to let you add content warnings to posts
It’s currently testing the feature among "some" users.
Twitter expands safety policy, bans posting images of people without their consent – TechCrunch
Twitter updated its private information safety policy this morning to ban sharing images or videos of private individuals without their consent. The platform already banned users from sharing others’ personal information without permission, like their address or location, identity documents, …
Twitter will use new data from reported tweets to identify platform problems earlier – TechCrunch
Twitter is trying out some changes to the way that users report tweets that they believe might break Twitter’s rules. Like most social media companies, Twitter has long relied on user reporting to flag potentially policy-violating tweets. But in its new imagining of that system those reports …
Discord is launching a premium membership feature | Input
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How Snap is sidestepping the metaverse
Forget your interoperable, NFT-based future — Snap is betting directly on hardware and developers
Facebook routinely allows ads comparing vaccines to the Holocaust - Input
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All Social Networks Look The Same Now
Our latest chart shows how many features social media networks have in common, ranging from livestreaming to TikTok competitors and shopping.It’s a sign of the social media market maturing, similar to how smartphones and laptops now share similar interfaces and functions. The pandemic has also ...
Jack steps back
What it means that Twitter’s Jack Dorsey is out
We’re Making the Facebook Papers Public. Here’s Why and How
Independent experts from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU are partnering with Gizmodo to responsibly publish this historic leak.
Build what’s next with the new Twitter Developer Platform
We’re making some major updates to the Twitter Developer Platform.
Twitter is building a more open developer platform
Twitter announced the release of a new API on Monday that will make it easier for developers to build on the platform's infrastructure.
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Twitter’s new beta TweetDeck is so bad I’m ready to ragequit
They can take my TweetDeck from my cold dead hands