The CEO likened social media companies to Big Tobacco.
Ten days after founder Jay Graber stepped aside as CEO, the decentralised social platform has disclosed a $100 million Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto, a round that closed last April but was never announced. The timing tells its own story. There is a quiet irony in the fact that the person who built […]
We are not divided by accident; we are distracted on purpose. The antidote to that manipulation is to reconnect with what makes us human, often through something as simple as play. Spend five minutes scrolling, and you can feel the machinery of social media outrage at work: the pulse of outrage, the invitation to pick […]
We are not divided by accident; we are distracted on purpose. The antidote to that manipulation is to reconnect with what makes us human, often through something as simple as play. Spend five minutes scrolling, and you can feel the machinery of social media outrage at work: the pulse of outrage, the invitation to pick […]
Graber is shifting to a chief innovation officer role.
Elon Musk’s legal team filed a motion for a mistrial in the case, a move that often hints the defense thinks the trial isn’t going its way.
The global cost of cybercrime surpasses billions of dollars annually, with phishing/spoofing, personal data breaches, and extortion accounting for a significant share of losses. According to Cordell Robinson, CEO of Brownstone Consulting Firm, the scale of financial damage urges the need for a reality check. “Personal protection is no longer optional, and it cannot be […]
U.S. TikTok users were experiencing service disruptions Tuesday related to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure issue. Something similar happened almost exactly a month ago.
The new safety feature comes as social media platforms face growing legal pressure over how they affect minors.
The is pushing back the global rollout of age checks until later this year.