The platform has collapsed three server stacks into one and is rolling out the faster app country by country — but only for signed-in users, and the benchmarks come from X itself.
Steve Huffman's Q3 shareholder letter confirms a shift to a "logged-in-only experience," reshaping ad targeting, curbing AI scraping, and closing off public access to the site.
Screenshots on X and Reddit show the thumbs-down option tucked into the three-dots menu on desktop, the latest step after 2021's hidden dislike count.
The social media personality faces criminal charges involving a 17-year-old girl, plus a separate civil suit from a former teen protégé
New rules would require platforms like Facebook and X to notify users, letting them switch to chronological feeds over default algorithms.
Users report widespread false 'AI Content' tags on ordinary images, while genuine AI imagery evades detection.
Golf equipment giant cuts ties with content creator immediately following viral ad showing woman pushed over, as sponsors face growing accountability.
Four state attorneys general take Facebook and Instagram parent Meta to court, accusing it of hiding addiction risks from young users.
The platform experiments with a 'Play' mode that converts posts and comments into audio and video, tapping into the short-form content boom while raising concerns about AI-generated 'slop.'
Meta's Threads app launches on Quest headsets, following Ray-Ban glasses integration, as the platform hits 500M users and eyes social VR dominance.