Facebook and Twitter are restricting a disputed New York Post story about Joe Biden’s...
Facebook has reduced the reach of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, pending a fact-check review. “While I will inte...
How real-world violence led Facebook to overturn its most controversial policy
I. The biggest trend at platforms this month is changing your mind. Facebook belatedly banned QAnon. Twitter tapped the brakes on retweets. And on Monday, Facebook made one of the ...
Facebook is accidentally locking some users out of their new Oculus headsets
Facebook says a “small number” of customers have been locked out of their new Oculus Quest 2 headsets, following a string of reports that buyers were unable to use the virtual ...
Your brand new Oculus Quest 2 can’t play Oculus Go games, John Carmack confirms
If you bought a new Oculus Quest 2 with the hopes of experiencing games from the now-discontinued Oculus Go, I have bad news: the company has decided not to include support for Go ...
Facebook reportedly choked traffic for left-leaning news sites including Mother Jones
Facebook designed changes to its news feed algorithm in 2017 to reduce the visibility of left-leaning news sites like Mother Jones on its platform, the Wall Street Journal reporte...
Facebook bans Holocaust denial content
Facebook has announced it will remove all content on its platform that “denies or distorts the Holocaust.” The company says this expansion of its hate speech policies is a resp...
Facebook will test shopping from Reels later this year
Instagram only widely launched its TikTok competitor Reels in August, and it’s already looking to monetize the format. The company announced today that it’ll start testing shop...
Twitch seems to have picked up most of Mixer’s streamers
Streamers seem to have flocked to Twitch from Mixer after the Microsoft-owned live-streaming service announced plans to shut down in June. A new report shows that Twitch’s share ...
Facebook will ban US political ads indefinitely after election
Facebook will ban US-based political ads indefinitely after the presidential election, attempting to forestall confusion over its results. “While ads are an important way to expr...
Instagram made a big change to Threads and I, as the sole user of...
Instagram has rolled out an update to the Threads app, and it’s a pretty big change. While Threads previously only allowed you to message close friends (that is, accounts you’d...
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Microsoft vets, Ciara, and Macklemore team up to own Seattle Sounders...
Seattle Sounders FC is getting a lot of new owners today as part of a joint ownership group spearheaded by former...
