Social media
Meta's Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids
Mark Zuckerberg faces questions in a trial accusing Meta and Google of profiting from social media addiction and harming children’s mental health.
Users troll RFK's 'Real Food' website, ask Grok chatbot advice on food options for anal insertion
From nation-building to posting: How Jewish activism lost its way - opinion
X down for thousands of users in Israel, US, UK, Downdetector shows
Malaysia blocks Grok after xAI fails to stop non-consensual sexual images
On Saturday, Indonesia became the first country to temporarily deny access to the bot.
X replaces Iranian regime flag emoticon with pre-Islamic revolution lion and sun flag
Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, responded to a user’s request to update the emoticon on Friday, with “Give me a few hours” before the update went into effect early on Saturday.
Trans screenwriter Our Lady J condemns anti-Zionism in LGBTQ spaces: ‘Zionism is not a dirty word’
“Until the LGBTQ community distances itself from antisemitism, including antizionism, our allies will continue to fall away, and we will remain defenseless,” wrote actress and producer Our Lady J.
Ten convicted for online harassment of France's first lady Brigitte Macron
Brigitte and her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, have faced repeated false claims in recent years, with some saying she was born under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux.
Elon Musk's Grok AI faces scrutiny over sexualized images of women and minors
A Reuters review of content on X found more than 20 cases in which women - and some men - had images digitally stripped of clothing using xAI's flagship chatbot, Grok.
Editor's Notes: Iranian people use VPNs to fight the regime with internet connectivity
Iran’s latest wave of unrest began with the kind of trigger that regimes fear because it spreads through every class: money.
France aims to ban under-15s from social media from September 2026, Le Monde reports
France is set to bar under-15s from social media and extend mobile phone bans to high schools from 2026, as President Emmanuel Macron pushes tougher rules to curb online harms to minors.
Facebook lagging on removing posts celebrating Bondi Beach massacre, CST claims
The social media site was also accused of allowing content praising the Islamic State terror group to remain online.
Who’s who in the group? WhatsApp allows adding personal tags next to names
The new feature, now available to iPhone users and on its way to all users, allows adding a text label next to names in groups.
British Muslim woman faces backlash after posting positive experience at Ben-Gurion Airport
“They gave me a coffee, they gave me a cheese sandwich… we weren't strip-searched or anything like that, it was all good,” Sanam said.
