Reddit is fighting a film-industry attempt to identify users who discussed piracy, telling a federal court that the studios’ request for users’ real names should be rejected and that one of the studios’ arguments is “nonsense.” From a report: “Courts h…

TikTok has announced a batch of new features intended to reduce screen time and improve the well-being of its younger users. The Verge reports: In the coming weeks, a daily screen time limit of 60 minutes will be automatically applied to every TikTok u…

Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access. Though the app is still only available as an invite-only beta, its App Store arrival signals that a public lau…

Artifact, the personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders, is now open to the public, no sign-up required. TechCrunch reports: With today’s launch, Artifact is dropping its waitlist and phone number requirements, introducing the app’s fir…

A monthslong leak investigation by Meta has uncovered the source behind renders of the company’s unannounced VR headsets that were published last year by a YouTuber named Brad Lynch. From a report: Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth shared the news earlier this …

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Last summer, 1,704 TikTok accounts made a coordinated and covert effort to influence public discourse about the war in Ukraine, the company said on Thursday. Nearly all the accounts were part…

The Verge was part of “a handful” of journalists invited to Los Angeles to tour TikTok’s new “Transparency and Accountability Center…. part of a multi-week press blitz by TikTok to push Project Texas, a novel proposal to the US government that would …

Pakistan has blocked Wikipedia services in the South Asian nation after the platform failed to remove “sacrilegious” content. From a report: The action was taken because some of the content is still available on Wikipedia after the expiry of a 48-hour …

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are back. From a report: The Instagram co-founders, who departed Facebook in 2018 amid tensions with their parent company, have formed a new venture to explore ideas for next-generation social apps. Their first product is…

Federal agencies are questioning Snapchat’s role in the spread and sale of fentanyl-laced pills in the United States as part of a broader probe into the deadly counterfeit drugs crisis. The Los Angeles Times reports: FBI agents and Justice Department a…