Meta Quietly Launches Forum: A Reddit-Style App Built on Facebook Groups Meta is making a bold move into the long-form discussion space with the stealth launch of Forum , a new standalone mobile app that blends the familiar structure of Facebook Groups with the thread-base... AI Apps Enterprise Tech Meta Social Media May 23, 2026 News
Snap and Perplexity Amicably End $400M AI Search Integration Deal Snap and Perplexity have ended their planned partnership, the social media company disclosed in its latest quarterly earnings report. The deal, first announced last November and valued at roughly $400... AI Partnership Perplexity Snap Social Media May 6, 2026 News
Meta’s New Mexico Warning Highlights the Collision Between Safety Rules and Platform Scale Meta is warning that a state-level online safety fight could have a drastic outcome for users in New Mexico. According to The Verge, the company says it may have to pull Facebook, Instagram and WhatsA... Meta Online Safety Policy Social Media May 1, 2026 News
Mastodon DDoS Incident Highlights Availability Risk Across Decentralized Social Platforms Published: April 20, 2026 02:36 PM CDT (America/Chicago) Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, adding fresh urgency to resilience planning across ... Cybersecurity DDoS Infrastructure Platform Reliability Social Media Apr 20, 2026 News
Snap Cuts 16% of Workforce as It Doubles Down on AI and Profitability Snap is executing one of its largest restructurings in recent quarters, announcing plans to reduce roughly 16% of its workforce as leadership shifts spending toward AI products and a clearer path to p... AI Strategy Layoffs Snap Social Media Apr 15, 2026 News
X Tightens Creator Payout Rules to Discourage Clickbait Farming Published: April 12, 2026 09:20 PM CDT (America/Chicago) A fresh report from TechCrunch says: X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts . While details are still developing, the update lande... Content Moderation Creator Economy Social Media X Platform Apr 12, 2026 News
X Reduces Payouts to Clickbait Accounts in a Major Creator-Monetization Reset | SysBrix News X changes the economics of engagement farming X says it is reducing payments to accounts associated with clickbait and rapid-fire engagement tactics. On the surface, this sounds like another moderatio... Creator Economy Monetization Social Media X Platform Apr 12, 2026 News