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I found a way to remove Google Messages’ remix button, but it’s not worth it

Google introduced a "Remix" button powered by Nano Banana AI into the Google Messages photo viewer, but the new interface ...
The Atlantic

Australia’s Grand Social-Media Experiment

To celebrate the start of a nationwide ban on social media for kids under the age of 16, the Australian government lit the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the slogan Let Them Be Kids. As of December 10, ...
MediaPost

Google, TikTok Prevail In Battle Over Potentially Harmful Videos

Siding with Google and TikTok, a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit alleging that the platforms failed to take down videos promoting dangerous activity. The ruling, issued this week by U.S.
The Hill

Foreign tourists required to disclose 5 years of social media activity in US proposal

Foreign tourists to the U.S. could be required to disclose the past five years of their social media activity if a Tuesday rule proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is approved. “In order ...
The Conversation

Social media, not gaming, tied to rising attention problems in teens, new study finds

Torkel Klingberg receives funding from the Swedish Medical Research Foundation. The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment – and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD ...
Search Engine Land

Google Search Console Insights integrating social channels

Google Search Console will be gaining social channel data in the Insights report tab. This is a new “experiment” that “unified view of their Google Search performance across their websites and social ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Florida law banning kids from social media takes effect after court rules in favor

The challengers lost in court, so Florida’s law banning young teens from having their own social media accounts can now go into effect. Passed with bipartisan support, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 3 ...
Android Police

Google Messages will soon let you open shared media immediately after saving it

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
The New York Times

Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break

Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last. By Ellen Barry Dialing down the use ...
Business Insider

A new generation of media startups is built to survive 'Google Zero'

Media companies that grew up on Google search are feeling the impact of traffic declines. A new wave of startups, built on newsletters, podcasts, and video, isn't sweating it. This story is one of a ...
Deadline.com

Zuckerberg & Other Social Media CEOs Set For Witness Stand As Meta, Google, TikTok & Snap Fail To Get Mental Health Suit Dismissed

Just over a year after Mark Zuckerberg joined other tech lords at Donald Trump‘s second inauguration, the Meta CEO is going to find himself testifying in an L.A. courtroom on the dangers and ...