TIL Tag: social media
50 headlines found.
- Storm Eunice reaches the UK: 37,000 people are currently watching a live YouTube stream of planes trying to land at Heathrow.
February 18, 2022 - Donald Trump to be allowed back onto Facebook and Instagram
January 26, 2023 - TikTok boss faces tough questions at US Congress
March 23, 2023 - Threads app: Instagram owner's Twitter rival logs 5 million users in first hours
July 6, 2023 - Threads: Ten million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says
July 6, 2023 - Threads: Thirty million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says
July 6, 2023 - Twitter's future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million users
July 10, 2023 - Threads app usage plummets despite initial promise as refuge from Twitter
August 14, 2023 - TikTok: US judge blocks Montana's ban citing free speech
December 2, 2023 - US House voting on bill that could ban TikTok
March 13, 2024 - Chinese owner denies it's willing to sell TikTok as US ban looms
April 26, 2024 - TikTok founder becomes China's richest man
October 29, 2024 - Australia plans social media ban for under-16s
November 7, 2024 - Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
January 7, 2025 - TikTok says it will go dark on Sunday unless Biden intervenes 'immediately'
January 18, 2025 - TikTok shuts down in the United States hours ahead of a ban
January 19, 2025 - TikTok users posting cat videos do not threaten UK national security, minister says
January 19, 2025 - TikTok is back online after Trump pledged to restore it
January 19, 2025 - MrBeast is officially bidding for TikTok
January 22, 2025 - Elon Musk's xAI firm buys social media platform X for $33bn
March 29, 2025 - Trump to extend TikTok ban enforcement deadline after China tariffs derail deal
April 5, 2025 - Landmark antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram
April 14, 2025 - Mexico demands compensation from YouTube star MrBeast after pyramid chocolate video
May 16, 2025 - TikTok Getting Yet Another Ban Delay as Trump Fails to Reach Deal With China
June 6, 2025 - Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline, White House says
June 18, 2025 - Trump to start TikTok sale talks with China, he says, with deal 'pretty much' reached
July 5, 2025 - YouTube to be included in Australia's teen social media ban
July 30, 2025 - US and China reach deal to transfer TikTok ownership, trade officials say
September 15, 2025 - YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5m to settle lawsuit over account suspension
September 30, 2025 - Instagram to start closing Australian teen accounts ahead of social media ban
November 20, 2025 - Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban
November 21, 2025 - Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban
November 26, 2025 - European parliament calls for social media ban on under-16s
November 26, 2025 - The Oscars will abandon broadcast TV for YouTube starting in 2029
December 18, 2025 - TikTok owner signs agreements to avoid US ban
December 19, 2025 - More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are 'AI slop', study finds
December 27, 2025 - France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year
December 31, 2025 - Meta, TikTok and YouTube heading to trial to defend against youth addiction, mental health harm claims
January 26, 2026 - France debates under-15s social media ban endorsed by Macron
January 26, 2026 - Lawyers set to argue that Instagram and YouTube intentionally addicted and harmed teen in landmark social media trial
February 9, 2026 - ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat
February 16, 2026 - YouTube’s first ever video upload acquired by London museum
February 19, 2026 - Meta just bought the social network for AI bots everyone’s been talking about
March 10, 2026 - Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
March 25, 2026 - UK social media users less active on tech platforms due to rise of video apps
April 2, 2026 - Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year
April 8, 2026 - Meta pulls Facebook ads recruiting for social media addiction lawsuits
April 10, 2026 - Overseas fakers using AI videos to push a narrative of UK decline
May 15, 2026 - Online child safety campaigners call for US inquiry into Roblox
May 20, 2026 - Meta settles social media addiction case with US school district
May 21, 2026