Bluesky's next product is an AI assistant that helps build custom social media feeds

You'll need an invite to get into Attie's closed beta, but users can sign up for a waitlist for the time being.

‘Now we have the proof’: Safety advocates hope a landmark jury ruling could lead to social media changes

Online safety advocates hope landmark trial verdicts this week can bring change to social media platforms they have warned about for years, after juries found Meta (and YouTube in one case) ...
The Conversation

Stressed out by politics? You’re not imagining it, and research shows that social media is largely to blame

Does politics stress you out? Did the last election cause you to lose sleep, lose your temper or lose a friend? If so, you weren’t alone. For the better part of two decades, the American Psychological ...
CBS News

Trump Media & Technology Group says it may spin off Truth Social

Trump Media & Technology Group on Friday said it may spin off its Truth Social app into a separate, publicly traded business as it moves forward with a $6 billion merger with fusion energy company TAE ...
The New York Times

Trump Media Explores Spinning Off Truth Social

The move would split off the money-losing social media platform as the company pursues a merger with a fusion power company. By Stacy Cowley and Matthew Goldstein President Trump’s media company is ...
Forbes

If Social Media Is So Bad For Us, Why The Need For Bans?

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: In this photo illustration, the Facebook and Instagram apps are seen on the screen of an iPhone on October 04, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Social media ...
CNBC

India discussing age-based restrictions with social media firms, top minister says

India is discussing age-based social media restrictions with social media companies, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday. Any crackdown in India, a country of 1.4 billion people, could have a ...
Fox Business

Stanford psychiatrist testifies in California trial that social media platforms are designed to be addictive

An expert witness in a case brought by a California woman against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, testified that the design features of its social media apps are addictive, ...
Gizmodo

Countries Across Europe Take Action to Ban Social Media for Minors

Under-16 social media bans are picking up steam across Europe. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis was the latest leader to praise a ban, saying that the experts he’s spoken to have said that social ...
CNBC

A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones

Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...
Engadget

Spain set to ban social media for children under 16

Spain will join the growing list of countries banning access to social media for children, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. The law will apply to users under 16 years of age amidst a ...
TweakTown

Mark Zuckerberg says AI generated content is the future of social media

TL;DR: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlights AI as the future of social media, enabling personalized text, photo, and video content across platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Advances in AI will ...