On February 7th, 2026 with 73 comments
Has the rise of hyper-addictive digital technologies really shattered our attention spans and driven books out of our culture? Maybe not, argues social...
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On January 20th, 2026 with 25 comments
The UK government has launched a public consultation on whether to ban social media use for children under 16, drawing inspiration from Australia's recently...
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On December 29th, 2025 with 49 comments
AI-generated video tools like OpenAI's Sora will make individual content creators "far, far, far less valuable" as social media platforms shift toward...
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On December 26th, 2025 with 37 comments
Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young...
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On October 22nd, 2025 with 63 comments
YouTube has added a new Shorts feature that makes it easier to manage how much time you're spending watching videos. From a report: Mobile users can now set a...
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On October 19th, 2025 with 77 comments
Readers in 2025 "may struggle to remember the optimism of the aughts, when the internet seemed to offer endless possibilities for virtual art and writing that...
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On October 14th, 2025 with 48 comments
Preteens who use increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared to those who use...
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On September 26th, 2025 with 58 comments
Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear writes: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in...
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On September 22nd, 2025 with 37 comments
The Trump administration has struck a deal requiring TikTok's algorithm to be copied, retrained, and operated in the U.S. using only U.S. user data, with...
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On August 22nd, 2025 with 95 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: A lawyer representing the online message board 4chan says it won't pay a proposed fine by the UK's media...
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On July 20th, 2025 with 20 comments
Twitter co-founder/Block CEO Jack Dorsey isn't just vibe coding new apps like Bitchat and Sun Day. He's also "invested $10 million in an effort to fund...
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On July 15th, 2025 with 59 comments
Reddit has begun verifying users' ages in the UK to restrict access to "certain mature content" for minors, complying with the UK's Online Safety Act. The BBC...
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On June 25th, 2025 with 26 comments
Australia's eSafety Commissioner has urged the government to deny YouTube an exemption from upcoming child safety regulations, citing research showing it...
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On June 19th, 2025 with 173 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles to allow US diplomats to review...
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On May 9th, 2025 with 81 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Schools across the US are warning parents about an Internet trend that has students purposefully trying...
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On April 26th, 2025 with 193 comments
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:
The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia sent a letter to the nonprofit that...
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On April 21st, 2025 with 45 comments
In February tech journalist Nicholas Carr published Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart.
A University of Virginia academic journal says...
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On April 17th, 2025 with 80 comments
databasecowgirl writes: [Liz Truss will launch an "uncensorable" social media platform this summer.] The shortest-serving prime minister, who was quickly shown...
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On April 14th, 2025 with 48 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: British laws restricting what the police can say about criminal cases are "not fit for the social...
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On April 2nd, 2025 with 33 comments
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of TikTok, the popular video app, as it approaches an April deadline to...
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On March 2nd, 2025 with 156 comments
Despite a January announcement that America would explore the idea of a national digital asset stockpile, the exact cryptocurrecies weren't specified. Today...
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On January 15th, 2025 with 46 comments
Independent developer Sebastian Vogelsang is building a photo-sharing app for the decentralized social network Bluesky, leveraging its AT Protocol and his...
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On January 11th, 2025 with 49 comments
WordPress co-creator (and Automattic CEO) Matt Mullenweg "has deactivated the accounts of several WordPress.org community members," reports TechCrunch, "some...
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On November 6th, 2024 with 86 comments
The federal government of Canada has ordered TikTok to shut down its operations in the country, citing national security concerns. However, Canadians will...
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On September 18th, 2024 with 14 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: At its Made On YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced a new dedicated space for creators to...
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On September 11th, 2024 with 5 comments
Bluesky, the decentralized social networking startup, has introduced support for videos up to 60 seconds long in its latest update, version 1.91. The Verge...
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On September 10th, 2024 with 46 comments
It's hard to get 42 states to agree on much. But a bipartisan group of attorneys general on Tuesday demanded that Congress require Surgeon General warning...
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On July 29th, 2024 with 84 comments
The Justice Department has ramped up the case to ban TikTok, saying in a court filing Friday that allowing the app to continue operating in its current state...
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On July 10th, 2024 with 211 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: US officials say they have taken action against an AI-powered information operation run from Russia,...
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On July 8th, 2024 with 135 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A bunch of eighth graders in a "wealthy Philadelphia suburb" recently targeted teachers with an extreme...
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Tomorrow's computers some time next month. -- DEC
