Social Media

Overreach
X Says Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Risks Interfering With Foreign Law
Elon Musk’s platform attacked the country’s “invasive” information-gathering powers as it demands the government drop efforts to strengthen its no-children policy.
Isabella Ward

Spec Ops
Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra


Delete This
Polymarket and Kalshi Say Influencer Partners Can’t Deny Election Results, Actually
Kate Knibbs

Losing Face
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

About Face
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron




Master of Disguise
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Fernanda González


Lost Language
This Indigenous Language Survived Russian Occupation. Can It Survive YouTube?
Paresh Dave






Taking the Stand
Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony
Miles Klee


Trust Issues
TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners
Zeyi Yang and Vittoria Elliott

