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Gen Z and millennials deleting their social media platforms cite the increasing pressures of being online as well as the damage to their mental health.
Big tech companies argue their platforms are communication tools not traps, and that addiction is a mischaracterisation of high engagement.
Several social media apps have appeared high in app store chart rankings as a potential U.S. ban hangs over the heads of TikTok and its American users. Apps like Xiaohongshu, Lemon8, Clapper and Flip held places in the top-five of Apple and Google’s ...
Snapchat alerts users for all chat screenshots. Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger do so only with disappearing messages. Telegram and Signal restrict or block screenshots in secret chats. WhatsApp blocks screenshots for view-once media but sends no alerts.
Steppin is the latest app by Kayak's cofounder, Paul English. The app limits phone use by encouraging users to clock steps to unlock screen time. I tried it out for a week, and I noticed it made a difference in my morning routine. For the past few years, I ...
Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly controlled alternatives to foreign tech platforms.