Following the inauguration, many people went on social media to find that they were following the new president.

The lefty account holders were left dumbfounded when posts from the country’s newly sworn-in leaders appeared on their feeds despite never hitting follow for either Trump or Vance.

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, X, YouTube, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Dailymotion, Jeuxvideo.com, Rakuten Viber, and Microsoft-hosted consumer services have all signed the “Code

As TikTok temporarily shut down due to a federal ban, Instagram announced a new video editing app, edits, launching in February. The app offers tools for editing, overlays, and green screens, aiming to attract creators seeking alternatives. X (formerly Twitter) also introduced a video-focused feature to enhance its platform’s video capabilities.

Belichick, now readying for his first season as UNC’s football coach, has shared 12 posts since his Instagram debut, including a snap from the fall featuring his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson. The legendary Patriots coach has 445,000 Instagram followers and counting.

X has started expanding its dedicated vertical video feed to users outside the U.S., TechCrunch has exclusively learned and confirmed with the company.

Many Instagram and Facebook users say they are confused about why they are seeing posts from the president and vice president in their feeds. Here’s what to know.

However, X's Community Notes has faced criticism, with some arguing it takes power away from independent organizations and places it in the hands of arbitrarily selected users. Whether Instagram's ...

Edits is only available for pre-order download from the Apple App Store. In time, it will become available in the Google Play Store.

The company also said it was working to resolve an issue where some words, including "Democrats" and "Republican," were blocked from Instagram search.

Instagram announced a new video editing app, called Edits, on the same day that rival video service TikTok briefly went dark in response to a federal ban. X also touted the launch of a dedicated video tab in its mobile app.

Even as platforms like Instagram and X devolve faster and further into cesspools of hate speech and targeted harassment, I’ve come up with a range of excuses to keep on using them. While some of these are vaguely valid (“as a culture writer,