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TikTok users are blocking Facebook and Instagram accounts, claiming that the Meta-owned platforms are influencing their For You Pages.

In a fluid, ever-evolving situation, it is difficult to predict or even visualise the exact shape of things to come. One hopes this fascinating and challenging scenario does not lead to a world where we smugly celebrate ‘access to free information’ and forget how algorithm-tainted it may well be.

When TikTok went off the air (to use a very old-fashioned phrase), there was a scramble to find an alternative to its shortform video feed — and a similar scramble by various social networks to provide that alternative. (In fact, while I was writing this, Tumblr launched its new Tumblr TV feature.) The question is: how successful are they?

In the past, the EU has not hesitated to try to apply European law to tech companies. Over the past decade, for example, Google has faced three fines totaling more than $8 billion for breaking antitrust law (though one of these fines was overturned by the EU’s General Court in 2024).

In Trump’s first term, Meta quietly introduced a slew of Republican-friendly changes. But led by Joel Kaplan, the company is done playing both sides and is going all-in on MAGA.

The talking-dogs Reels genre takes many forms but are often some kind of poodle mixes who lip-sync to comedic bits. Some of them dance or perform slapstick. Some of them talk football. It's like that old, man-cave artwork of dogs playing poker — you know it's not real, but you can't look away.

Several bills, including those aimed at curbing addictive social media feeds and restricting usage during late-night hours, have not progressed beyond the committee stage.

Every scroll triggers an emotion. Behind those mental health posts that make you pause lies a science of connection—one that's transforming how we support each other online.

Mr Mantzarlis is also deeply critical of the decision to axe fact checkers. But like many experts, he also makes another point that has perhaps been lost in the firestorm of criticism Meta faces: that, in principle, community-notes-style systems can be part of the solution to misinformation.

The families say in the lawsuit that TikTok’s algorithm is designed to trap vulnerable users in cycles of despair for profit and seeks reparations.

Duke's Philip Napoli shares his thoughts - and concerns - about Meta's decision to replace fact-checking with a "community notes" model.