Noplace, The MySpace for Gen Z, Is Soaring In Popularity
What’s old is new again, as seems to be the case for Noplace, a new social media app that feels reminiscent of MySpace and is becoming incredibly popular. Noplace soared …
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Instagram Recommends Sexual Videos to Users as Young as 13, Study Finds
In a new study conducted by The Wall Street Journal and an academic researcher, Instagram’s algorithm was found to have repeatedly recommended sexual videos to young teenage users — some …
TikTok Looks to Take on Instagram Directly with ‘Whee’ Photo Sharing App
While Instagram is known for copying competitors’ features, it’s TikTok now copying Instagram with its new “Whee” app. TikTok parent company ByteDance reportedly launched a new photo-sharing app called Whee, …
Instagram May Be Working on ‘Peek’ Feature to Rival BeReal
Meta isn’t done trying to compete with BeReal. The Instagram owner is reportedly working on a new feature similar to BeReal’s casual selling point. Meta has been testing the “Peek” …
Ontario School Boards Sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for $4.5B
Four school boards in Ontario, Canada have launched a $4.5 billion lawsuit against social media giants Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok for what they describe as negligently designed apps. The lawsuit …
App That Turns Your Phone into an ‘Old-School Camera’ Raises $30M
Lapse, a camera app that mimics the days of waiting for film to develop before showing snapshots to friends, raised an additional $30 million in funding, fueling the trend of …
Threads, Popular X Alternative Among Photographers, Launches in the EU
When Threads launched earlier this year, the app was available in the US and more than 100 other countries. But those in the European Union were left out of the …