Factbox-From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children’s social media access
Factbox-From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children’s social media access
What Is Farcaster? The Decentralized Social Media Protocol
In brief
Farcaster is a decentralized protocol that lets many apps share one social graph.
Its hybrid design anchors identity on-chain ...
News Wrap: Trump’s racist social media post about the Obamas draws backlash
In our news wrap Friday, the White House defended and then removed a racist depiction of the Obamas from Trump’s social media, the U.S....
Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data
An analysis by WIRED this week found that ICE and CBP’s face recognition app Mobile Fortify, which is being used to identify people acr...
France Considers Restricting VPNs to Support Under-15 Social Media Ban
In brief
France’s minister of digital affairs has revealed that the French government may consider restrictions on VPNs, in order to en...
AI Agents Launched a Social Network and Spawned a Digital Religion Overnight
In brief
Moltbook, a social network where AI agents interact while humans observe, hosted the overnight emergence of Crustafarianism, a...
Brave Bets on Social Heist Puzzles to Pull Players Into Its Gaming Push
In brief
Brave is launching a multi-week “vault heist” game across its browser, X, and Discord starting February 3.
More than 4,000 pla...