One UI 8.5 could let you browse social media without worrying about data limits

While One UI 8 didn't bring significant changes from One UI 7, One UI 8.5 will be a different story. We've already noticed ...
Engadget

OpenAI has disrupted (more) Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to create social media surveillance tools

OpenAI has disclosed that a now-banned account originating in China was using ChatGPT to help design promotional materials and project plans for a social media listening tool. OpenAI says that this ...
The New York Times

Americans’ Views of Israel-Gaza War Shift Alongside Changing Social Media Posts

Nearly two years into the conflict, social media is increasingly capturing the day-to-day toll in Gaza, as U.S. public opinion on the war shifts. By Sheera Frenkel and Steven Lee Myers Reporting from ...
Wired

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation. United States immigration authorities are moving to ...
The Financial Times

Have we passed peak social media?

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In years to come, we may well look back on September 2025 as the point at which social media jumped the shark ...
Anadolu Ajansi

Netanyahu admits using social media as weapon to influence US opinion amid Gaza genocide

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Friday that his government views social media platforms as a “weapon” to support Israel's right-wing in the US amid condemnation for ongoing Israeli ...
Toronto Star

‘An evolving and imminent threat’: Toronto youth workers say social media is fueling gun violence

On a summer night in late June, shots rang out in Toronto’s Lawrence Heights neighbourhood leaving 31-year-old Yahya Ahmed-Mohamoud dead and five others injured. Online, fingers immediately pointed to ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Brewers fans highlight missed opportunities in Game 3 on social media

After allowing four runs in just two-thirds of an inning, Milwaukee Brewers starter Quinn Priester said he was responsible for the Game 3 National League Division Series 4-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
The New York Times

China Punishes ‘Excessively Pessimistic’ Social Media Users

As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work or marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online. By Lily Kuo China’s censors are moving to ...
Mint

Attack on CJI BR Gavai: Bengaluru Police registers FIR against lawyer, Punjab Police crackdown on social media accounts

After the attack on Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, Bengaluru Police on Wednesday registered a zero FIR against the lawyer who allegedly attempted to hurl a shoe towards him in his courtroom in the ...
VTDigger

ICE plans to boost its surveillance on social media using contractors in Vermont

A federal agent wears a badge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Photo by Yuki Iwamura/AP U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital ...