Social Media

Why Instagram asks users to create second accounts

Instagram has quietly rolled out a pop-up over the past year that encourages users to "try a new account." The notice says it will help people "keep up with a smaller group of friends" and explore their interests more easily.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal restructuring social media giant's leadership team

Twitter will transition to a general manager model for its Consumer, Revenue and Core Tech divisions, which will be led by Kayvon Beykpour, Bruce Falck and Nick Caldwell, respectively. The general managers will be responsible for leading all core teams across engineering, product management, design and research.

Elon Musk mocks new Twitter CEO

Musk tweeted out a meme depicting Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal as Stalin and his predecessor, Jack Dorsey, as Nikolay Yezhov, a Stalin associate who was assassinated under his direction.

GoFundMe says Rittenhouse fundraising OK now that he is acquitted

GoFundMe issued a statement following the verdict acquitting Kyle Rittenhouse, saying that since he was found not guilty fundraising pages for him are now allowed on the site, more than a year after they pulled all Rittenhouse fundraisers from their platform

Sen. Warren urges SEC to investigate Trump SPAC deal

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urged the SEC on Thursday to investigate a planned merger between former President Donald Trump’s media firm and the special-purpose acquisition company that planned to take it public for potential securities violations.