Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards | TechCrunch
Two senators have given TikTok a deadline to answer questions about an experiment that withheld a safety feature from 15
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Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack | TechCrunch
Social networking site Bluesky says its recent day-long disruption was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that flooded the
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X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they've been 'shadowbanned' | TechCrunch
X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app’s “For You” algorithm and its core ranking engine,
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Instagram introduces a redesigned wordmark | TechCrunch
Instagram on Thursday introduced a new wordmark, which is the text-only logo that spells out the company’s name. The social
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Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app | TechCrunch
Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from Elon Musk’s X in November 2024,
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Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals | TechCrunch
Social media companies like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation over claims that they
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Reddit aims to make 'karma' less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools | TechCrunch
Reddit on Wednesday announced a series of changes to its infrastructure and tools, designed to make it easier for people
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Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content | TechCrunch
Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop. The social network platform will no longer reward
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