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FTC Starts Enforcing 48-Hour Takedown Rule Under the Take It Down Act

Platforms risk fines unless they quickly remove reported intimate images.

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Reddit Outage Hobbles Images and Video as Fix Rolls Out

Instagram Ends End-to-End Encrypted DMs

Digg Relaunches as AI News Aggregator Using X Signals

Reddit Tests Blocking Mobile Web on iPhones to Drive App Downloads

TikTok Launches £3.99 Ad-Free Subscription in the UK

Instagram Ends Encrypted DMs, Giving Meta Access to Messages

Warren Demands Meta Reveal Stablecoin Plans After Quiet USDC Payout Pilot

Discord Outage Disrupts Logins and Messaging as Company Works to Restore Service

Instagram Ends End-to-End Encryption for Direct Messages and Calls

Meta Expands AI Age Checks to Flag Underage Users and Auto-Place Teens

UK Kids Are Evading Online Age Checks With Simple Tricks, Report Finds

EU Charges Meta With DSA Breach Over Under‑13s on Facebook and Instagram

Social Media Scams Cost Americans $2.1 Billion in 2025, FTC Says

Instagram Tests Instants, a Standalone App for One-Tap Disappearing Photos

Sponsored Roundups Now Favor Bulkoid for Buying TikTok Followers

Germany Unveils Draft Law to Criminalize Sexualized Deepfakes and Strengthen Victims’ Rights

Mexico City Bill Seeks to Bar Social Media for Under-16s

X Hit by Fresh Outage as Reports Top 25,000

Bluesky Outage Persists as Company Mitigates DDoS Attack