A survey of US teens: ~90% say entertainment is a reason they use TikTok, Instagram, or Snapchat, 57% message daily on Snapchat, 37% say TikTok impacts sleep
The European Commission opens a DSA investigation into Snap for failing to protect kids on Snapchat, including whether it does enough to assess its users' ages
The European Commission opens a DSA investigation into Snap for failing to protect kids on Snapchat, including whether it does enough to assess its users' ages
Investigation comes amid growing scrutiny of the impact and liability of technology platforms towards kids.
Australia's ban on under-16 social media users takes effect, as Meta, YouTube, and others remove users; platforms that don't comply risk up to AU$49.5M in fines
Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban
Similarweb: TikTok had 183M US MAUs on iOS and Android in August 2025, up 16% YoY, vs. Instagram's 169M, Facebook's 157M, Pinterest's 100M, and Snapchat's 70M
Oracle's potential TikTok takeover is a big deal to US competitors like Meta and Snap. — 1H X: @ranimolla . Bluesky: @carnage4life and @sherwood.news X: Rani Molla / @ranimolla : One reason the TikT...
The US House opens a probe into whether Nvidia knowingly provided AI tech to DeepSeek in violation of US rules and asks Nvidia for details on its Asian clients
Demand Answers from Nvidia Over Chip Use Kif Leswing / CNBC : Nvidia says it follows export laws ‘to the letter’ a day after AI chip sales to China stopped Annika Masrani / TipRanks Financial : DeepSe...
Microsoft plans to use StopNCII's hash database to block revenge porn in Bing, joining Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit, Pornhub, and OnlyFans
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch :
Snap launches new safety tools and resources for US educators, and says Snapchat has 20M+ US teen users; Pew says 51% of US teens used Snapchat daily in 2023
April Rubin / Axios :
Snap announces updates to Snapchat's account blocking functionality and enhanced friending safeguards, making it difficult for strangers to contact its users
Snapchat on Tuesday announced a new suite of safety features, including updates to its account blocking functionality …
Tests show Instagram continues to recommend sexual videos to accounts with ages listed as 13; Snapchat and TikTok did not produce the same sexualized content
Findings align with undisclosed internal research at Meta, which has pledged an ‘age-appropriate’ experience for teens …