Karissa Bell

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Twitter turned 20 and I feel nothing

Twitter is officially 20 years old. In another reality, that might make me kind of nostalgic. I've been lurking and scrolling and tweeting for 16 years; most of my adult life. There...

Elon Musk misled investors during his Twitter takeover, jury finds

A group of former Twitter investors have prevailed at a federal civil trial over Elon Musk's actions amid his $44 billion acquisition of the social platform in 2022. A jury in San...

Pinterest CEO says teens under 16 should be banned from social media (but not Pinterest)

Pinterest's CEO has thrown his support behind an Australia measure banning social media for younger teens and is calling for governments around the world to implement similar bans. "Social media, as it’s...

Meta will move away from human content moderators in favor of more AI

A little more than a year after ditching third-party fact checkers and rolling back much of its proactive content moderation, the company says it will further "transform" its approach by drastically reducing...

Meta isn’t shutting down its VR metaverse after all

Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon Worlds in VR for the "foreseeable future," though users shouldn't...

Meta’s latest creator push comes with $3,000 bonuses for posting on Facebook

Stop me if you've heard this before: Meta has a new program to lure top creator talent to Facebook and it comes with hefty bonus payments. The company is launching a new...

xAI is being sued by teens who say Grok created CSAM using their photos

xAI, which is already facing multiple investigations around the world over widespread reports that Grok repeatedly created sexualized images of children, is now facing a class action lawsuit. Three teenagers, who allege...

Meta is bringing more international news to its AI

Meta AI should soon be better at surfacing international news content thanks to a set of new deals with publishers. The company announced new agreements with international outlets and offered additional details...

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