An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country. Meta start…

New York City is banning TikTok from city-owned devices and requiring agencies to remove the app within the next 30 days. From a report: The directive issued Wednesday comes after a review by the NYC Cyber Command, which a city official said found that…

Despite a record-breaking start in its first weeks of launch, engagement with Meta’s Threads app continues to plummet. According to Similarweb, engagement is down 79% from a high of 2.3 million active users in early July to 576,000 as of August 7th. Th…

When Spin ceased operations of its scooter rental service in Seattle, abandoned scooters were found throughout the city, each housing a Raspberry Pi 4B. Tom’s Hardware reports: This discovery was recently shared to social media where Pi enthusiasts are…

“Three of Reddit’s biggest communities are no longer focused entirely on John Oliver in a form of protest against Reddit,” reports the Verge.

Gizmodo argues that this means “the Reddit protest is finally over. Reddit won.”
Despite the infinite blacko…

An anonymous reader shared this report from CNN:

The New York Police Department took social media influencer Kai Cenat into custody Friday and is considering charges such as “inciting a riot” after thousands-strong crowds gathered in Union Square for …

TikTok users in Europe will be able to switch off the personalized algorithm behind its For You and Live feeds as the company makes changes to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The Verge reports: According to TikTok, disabling this funct…

“Over the past week, a Reddit employee has posted to subreddits with ousted mods, asking for new volunteers,” reports Ars Technica.

But it’s not always going smoothly…

A Reddit employee going by ModCodeofConduct (Reddit has refused to disclose the…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Meta’s new Twitter competitor, Threads, is looking for ways to keep users interested after more than half of the people who signed up for the text-based platform stopped actively using the app, Met…

Telegram is introducing a new Stories feature that is currently only available for Premium subscribers but will be available to all users eventually. 9to5Mac reports: With Telegram Stories, users are able to share photos and videos that disappear after…