Social media giants slapped with over 3 billion in fines over GDPR violations, Meta tops the list
Nov 21, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Data breaches and similar violations have sent social media giants to court several times so far. But how much did they actually have to pay…
X/Twitter glitch erases most photos posted to the platform before Dec 2014
Aug 21, 2023
John Aldred
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at this, really. The transition from Twitter to X hasn’t exactly gone smoothly since Elon Musk took the reins…
Musk bumps @x username from the photographer who owned it
Jul 26, 2023
John Aldred
In the latest episode of How to Kill a Social Network¹ with Elon Musk, he’s rebranded Twitter to “X”. There are many aspects to this…
Twitter to sue Meta over “copycat” app Threads
Jul 7, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Elon Musk’s company, X Corp., which now owns Twitter, has threatened to sue Meta over intellectual property violations. You’d probably guess even if it weren’t…
Warning: Deleting Threads profile kills your Instagram account, too
Jul 6, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you’re rushing to switch from Twitter to Meta’s version of it, Threads – hold your horses. In case you don’t like it, you won’t…
Meta takes on Twitter with its new app “Threads”
Jul 6, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
With questionable decisions and changes since Elon Musk took over, it looks like Twitter’s been on the way out for a while now. And with…
Photo agency sues Twitter for $228.9 million over copyright infringement
Jan 13, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Celebrity photo agency Backgrid has sued Twitter over copyright infringement after users uploaded thousands of its photos on the social media platform. Twitter reportedly received…
Twitter vs. Flickr: A View Count Comparison for Photographers
Dec 30, 2022
Thomas Hawk
Yesterday Twitter announced that they were adding view counts to tweets on Twitter. I thought I’d use this announcement to very unscientifically compare the number of…
Instagram releases its Twitter-like feature Notes
Dec 14, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It was only a few days ago when we reported that Instagram might be evolving into Twitter with its new Notes feature. Well, the launch…
Instagram wants to become Twitter; considers adding textual posts
Dec 12, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
After Snapchat, TikTok, and even the “anti-Instagram” app BeReal, Instagram now reportedly wants to become Twitter. According to several reports, what used to be photo…