Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over Threads app: report

Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new, text-based app called Threads, according to a letter obtained by Semafor.

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Meta challenges Twitter with launch of rival app Threads

Threads is a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram. It went live Wednesday in Apple and Google Android app stores in more than 100 countries.

What is Threads? Meta's new app that's taking on Twitter

Threads is billed as a “text-based conversation app" that is linked to Instagram, with the listing teasing a Twitter-like microblogging experience.

Over half of Americans have faced online hate or harassment, survey finds

Although hate and harassment rose across the board, the Anti-Defamation League noted that these increases were most pronounced among Black/African American and Muslim respondents.

Elon Musk hands down Twitter restrictions amid global outages

The new Twitter restrictions came at the same time as widespread outages for users left them unable to access the platform.

Social media influencer who faked Petaluma kidnapping gets 90 days in jail

A social media influencer has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for concocting a fake story about a Petaluma couple attempting to kidnap her children, prosecutors said.

Meta adds new parental supervision tools for Instagram, but is it enough?

The changes come as social media companies face scrutiny over how they impact teens' mental health. But the new features require teens — and parents — to opt-in, raising questions about its effectiveness.

YouTube star MrBeast claims he declined invite to join Titantic-bound submersible trip

MrBeast posted a screenshot on Twitter of a brief message he claims to have had with another person about an invite to ride on the Titan submersible that has caused controversy.

Costco's sleeper sofa goes viral, igniting debate among shoppers: 'Such a bummer'

A Costco Wholesale sleeper couch has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram as shoppers share their opinions on the new sleeper sofa — both positive and negative.

Stepson of billionaire killed on Titanic sub defends attending Blink-182 concert to 'cope'

Hamish Harding's stepson said he was using Blink-182 to "cope" when the British billionaire and four others were missing on the tourist submersible that vanished two days earlier in a dive to the Titanic wreckage site.

Andrew Tate appears in Romanian court to face rape and human trafficking charges

Tate previously was banned from TikTok, YouTube and Facebook for hate speech, including that women should bear responsibility for getting sexually assaulted.

Twitter employees sue social media company over unpaid bonuses

Employees are suing Twitter over tens of millions of dollars in bonuses they say the social media company failed to pay despite promises it would.