A new battle is brewing for the future of social media . Over the past few years, the social media ecosystem has shifted dramatically. From the launch of Truth Social by the Trump

The new organization wants to build on the open-source, user-defined model of the increasingly popular platform Bluesky, in case it, too, comes under the control of a billionaire owner.

The campaign aims to raise $30 million to build an open-source social platform free from "billionaire control."

Meanwhile, Snap is poised to capitalize, while other popular Chinese apps like RedNote may be newly scrutinized.

If you don't want other people to find you on social media, here's how to go about it: Including instructions for Instagram, Facebook, and X.

The Ministry of Interior has issued new directives to popular social media companies X (formerly Twitter) owned by Elon Musk and Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram. In a statement on Thursday,

Heat waves, flooding and fire conditions are becoming more common and catastrophic as the world warms. Extreme weather events often lead to a spike in social media attention to climate change. Social media posting peaks during a crisis but drops off quickly.

With the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned in the US drawing ever-closer, there's been a lot of buzz around why the ban is happening. TikTok's collection of user data has been the core of most the arguments for banning the app.

Indonesia will impose interim child protection guidelines on social media companies while the government carves out a law to set a minimum age for users of the platforms, a senior communications ministry official said on Wednesday.