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X Fines $5.8 million in Spain on Deficiencies in Advertising Regulation in Cryptocurrency  

X Fines $5.8 million in Spain on Deficiencies in Advertising Regulation in Cryptocurrency  

The Spanish regulator fined the social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, EUR 5 million (roughly USD 5.8 million)...

Tajikistan Launches ORIZ Messenger to Enhance Digital Independence

Tajikistan Launches ORIZ Messenger to Enhance Digital Independence

The state-sponsored messaging application, ORIZ, has been initiated in Tajikistan, which is a key step in the direction of becoming...

Cristiano Ronaldo Reaches 1 Billion Followers Across Social Media Platforms

Cristiano Ronaldo Reaches 1 Billion Followers Across Social Media Platforms

The Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo has again created a new historical standard no longer in the realm of an...

Threads Rolls Out Reply Approvals as Daily Users Surge Past 150 Million

Threads Rolls Out Reply Approvals as Daily Users Surge Past 150 Million

Meta's X rival Threads is expanding its moderation toolkit with new features that give users unprecedented control over conversations. The...

Embrace Yourselves For Snapchat Memory Tax

Embrace Yourselves For Snapchat Memory Tax

Snapchat now wants users to pay for extra storage of their memories. It may look like just another subscription perk,...

Canadian probe finds TikTok gathered sensitive data on children

Canadian probe finds TikTok gathered sensitive data on children

Preliminary findings revealed that children’s accounts were exposed to extensive data mining practices. Concerns centered on three main areas: excessive...

Instagram’s New Feature Lets College Students Connect on Campus

Instagram’s New Feature Lets College Students Connect on Campus

Instagram has developed a new tool to help college students engage with other people on campus. The update enables students...

TikTok Integrates YouTube Music into ‘Add to Music App’ Feature, Deepening Its Grip on Music Discovery

TikTok Integrates YouTube Music into ‘Add to Music App’ Feature, Deepening Its Grip on Music Discovery

TikTok is expanding its influence in the music industry once again, this time by partnering with YouTube Music. As of today,...

What makes Social Media eternal?

What makes Social Media eternal?

Social Media is one of relentless innovation and profound societal integration. It began quietly in the early 2000s, with platforms...

How Snapchat Is Battling to Remain Hip in a New Age of Technology

How Snapchat Is Battling to Remain Hip in a New Age of Technology

In the changing world of tech, it is not easy to simply survive, and much less prosper. In recent days,...

Reddit introduced an age verification system to comply with the OSA requirements

Reddit introduced an age verification system to comply with the OSA requirements

Reddit steps into the cycle of personal data breaches with the commencement of identity verification to comply with the Online...

New Data Shows Threads Is Closing in on X’s Daily Users

New Data Shows Threads Is Closing in on X’s Daily Users

Threads are catching up to X in the social media game, and the statistics for June 2025 are a story...

Instagram to Roll-Out Grid Rearranging & Silent Posting Features

Instagram to Roll-Out Grid Rearranging & Silent Posting Features

It's the type of update that leaves one thinking that why didn't this come sooner? In years of user requests,...

Snapchat Introduces $8.99 Lens+ Subscription With Exclusive Perks

Snapchat Introduces $8.99 Lens+ Subscription With Exclusive Perks

On Wednesday Snapchat announced that "Lens+," a new Snapchat, would be available.  As the name implies, the new tier, which...

Messaging Revolution Begins with Threads DM feature

Messaging Revolution Begins with Threads DM feature

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on June 10, 2025, that the social network “Threads," launched by Meta in July 2023,...

YouTube Now Permits More Harmful Misinformation on Its Platform

YouTube Now Permits More Harmful Misinformation on Its Platform

YouTube has been removing videos that contain insulting language, incorrect information regarding Covid vaccinations, and election-related misrepresentations for years, claiming...

TikTok Rolls Out Smart Filters to Block Unwanted Content

TikTok Rolls Out Smart Filters to Block Unwanted Content

TikTok has introduced a new way for users to control what they see on their For You page. The platform...

32,000 TikTok Users Reported Outage in the US 

32,000 TikTok Users Reported Outage in the US 

“TikTok Down! Just tried to use the app and nothing is working??” A user posted on Reddit. Another user fired...

10 Best Facebook Alternatives in 2025

10 Best Facebook Alternatives in 2025

Facebook’s supremacy as the principal social media platform has experienced a decline in recent years as trust in its privacy...

Pinterest’s shift to AI-powered advertising strategies

Pinterest’s shift to AI-powered advertising strategies

Pinterest recently announced a significant increase in its revenue forecast, indicating its growing dominance in the digital advertising sphere. The...