A new battle is brewing for the future of social media . Over the past few years, the social media ecosystem has shifted dramatically. From the launch of Truth Social by the Trump

The campaign aims to raise $30 million to build an open-source social platform free from "billionaire control."

If you don't want other people to find you on social media, here's how to go about it: Including instructions for Instagram, Facebook, and X.

The Ministry of Interior has issued new directives to popular social media companies X (formerly Twitter) owned by Elon Musk and Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram. In a statement on Thursday,

Heat waves, flooding and fire conditions are becoming more common and catastrophic as the world warms. Extreme weather events often lead to a spike in social media attention to climate change. Social media posting peaks during a crisis but drops off quickly.

With the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned in the US drawing ever-closer, there's been a lot of buzz around why the ban is happening. TikTok's collection of user data has been the core of most the arguments for banning the app.

The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his allies.

Indonesia will impose interim child protection guidelines on social media companies while the government carves out a law to set a minimum age for users of the platforms, a senior communications ministry official said on Wednesday.

The new organization wants to build on the open-source, user-defined model of the increasingly popular platform Bluesky, in case it, too, comes under the control of a billionaire owner.

Despite their reservations, Republican and Democrat committee members largely united Wednesday to advance legislation banning social media use by Hoosiers who haven’t yet turned 16, unless they get parental permission.