Many people, including myself, find it strange that Kevin Durant likes to engage with people on social media, specifically people who make negative comments. Read more…
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Facebook wanted to hook 6-year-olds with new apps, documents show
Enlarge / Facebook’s Messenger for Kids app is available to children as young as six. (credit: Hakan Nural / Anadolu Agency) Facebook has a demographic problem. Even before investigations revealed that the company’s products were destroying teens’ mental health, interest in its flagship product was dropping off a cliff . Since 2019, teen usage of […]
Influencer Says She Did ‘Nothing Wrong’ After Backlash Over Photoshoot In Front Of Dead Father’s Casket
Social media influencer Jayne Rivera crossed over into mainstream pop culture notoriety this week… for all the wrong reasons. The TikTok and Instagram media personality has created a HUGE backlash online after posting photos to her IG account showing herself posing… in front of her dad’s casket. Yes, really… Related: Holy F**k These Popular TikTok Influencers AREN’T EVEN […]
Facebook wants to be The Matrix
The metaverse may be a giant folly, or the future of the internet — and life Read More
Why we’re so afraid of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg shows us that our inner lives aren’t under our control. Read More
Four revelations from the Facebook Papers
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Facebook is battling its gravest crisis since the Cambridge Analytica scandal after a whistleblower accusing the company of placing “profit over safety” shed light on the inner workings through thousands of pages of leaked memos. The documents were disclosed to US regulators and provided in order to Congress […]
Trump takes on all of Silicon Valley — by copying it
The ex-President is going after every major tech company. Does he have a shot? Read More
Trump to launch social media platform to compete with Twitter and Facebook
Enlarge (credit: Chris Delmas | Getty Images) Donald Trump is launching a social media platform called TRUTH Social, which will go public via a merger with a blank-check company, as the former US president seeks to capitalize on his popularity among a large chunk of Republicans. The move comes after months of speculation about whether […]
Roy Jones Jr. doesn’t care for Twitter trolls
Watching sports in the social media era we dwell in, I often think about how some of the biggest names from past generations would handle themselves today. At least one former superstar athlete from the ‘90s and ‘00s has confirmed how he would have dealt with social media trolls had Twitter and others existed in […]
Algorithms shouldn’t be protected by Section 230, Facebook whistleblower tells Senate
Enlarge / Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on October 5, 2021. Haugen left Facebook in May and provided internal company documents about Facebook to journalists and others, alleging that Facebook consistently chooses profit over safety. (credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified […]