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Meta’s taking another step forward with its AI tools in Europe, with an expansion of its AI training to posts shared by EU users, beginning this week. Which is especially significant, given the various delays and challenges that Meta has…

In the competition between X and Threads to become the real-time social media app of choice, sports is a key battleground, which is why both platforms are now looking to make sports engagement a bigger focus in their apps. X…

X continues to work on its coming revamp of DMs in the app, with the platform looking to enhance its messaging service to be able to compete with dedicated messaging apps. Which X owner Elon Musk has repeatedly stated is…

After implementing “Parody Account” labels back in December, X is now moving to make parody profiles even more visible in the app, with updated username requirements for joke accounts. As explained by X: “We’re rolling out updates to improve transparency…

This could end up prompting a significant escalation in already tense U.S. and EU relations. As reported by The New York Times, the EU Commission is currently finalizing plans to issue Elon Musk’s X with a penalty in the range…

Okay, anybody who’s been closely watching the slow-speed financial crash of Twitter/X probably knew that Elon Musk was eventually going to find a way to funnel money from his xAI startup into the troubled app. I didn’t, however, think that…

RIP TikTok Notes. We hardly knew thee. Less than a year after the launch of its separate photo-sharing app, TikTok is discontinuing the experiment, and shutting down TikTok Notes for all users. Well, all users that could access it, that…

Meta may soon look to expand its ad-free subscription offering to the U.K., after settling with an individual user who objected to her data being used for ad targeting in the app. In the original case, brought against Meta back…

Elon Musk’s X continues to take an uneven approach to government removal requests, with the platform suspending several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey, as the Turkish government looks to quell unrest. The recent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem…

Credit where credit’s due, in the past, I’ve criticized Elon Musk’s X for its lack of willingness to push back on information requests in nations where Musk’s other businesses are also seeking government favor. But this week, it’s countered that,…