
YouTube will now automatically hold back advertisements during livestreams when its systems detect that chat engagement has peaked, a change that prioritises collective viewer experience over ad impressions in real time. The platform announced the feature on Monday alongside a suite of updates to its live-streaming tools, including personal ad-free windows for viewers who purchase […]

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the ban in a TikTok video on Wednesday. It takes effect on 1 January 2027. Enforcement will rely on a state-mandated app on every device. Around 80% of Greeks support the measure, according to a February poll. Greece has announced it will ban children under 15 from accessing social media platforms, […]

Three months after Australia became the first country in the world to ban children under 16 from holding social media accounts, its online safety regulator says the platforms are not doing enough to make the ban work. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant released her first compliance report on Tuesday, alleging that Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, […]

The standalone app, built on the AT Protocol and powered by Anthropic’s Claude, was unveiled at the ATmosphere conference by Jay Graber, who stepped back from Bluesky’s CEO role specifically to build it. It’s currently invite-only, with a waitlist open. Bluesky’s best-known differentiator from X and Threads has always been its custom feed system, the […]