Social Media

Podcast: Considering the future of Section 230 (with Ben Sperry)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7zygAAVIGE On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Ben Sperry, a senior scholar at the International…

Reddit Q3 2025 earnings: 68% revenue growth, automation suite in beta

Reddit reported its Q3 2025 earnings last month: Total revenue increased by 68% year-over-year to $585 million. Ad revenue increased…

November 18, 2025

Meta’s Vibes feed and good AI governance

Last Thursday, Meta introduced "Vibes," a feed of AI-generated short-form video hosted within the Meta AI app and on the…

September 29, 2025

The retreat from social commerce

Last week, TikTok owner ByteDance told staff in its Shops division that it would initiate a round of layoffs. This…

The last social media platform

BlueSky Social, the decentralized social media platform that operates the AT Protocol, reached a milestone of 20MM registered users last…

December 18, 2024

Apple’s contact-sharing crackdown

Apple has introduced new restrictions for how apps can access the contacts on a user's phone in iOS 18, which…

September 25, 2024

Podcast: Taming the mayhem and pandemonium of X (with Trung Phan)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zTT4SXPfR0JpXUzViCkpU?si=09358efc3e2144ba My guest on this week's podcast is Trung Phan, a popular X (Twitter) personality and a host of the…

Reddit advertising and the limitations of contextual targeting

Reddit filed its Form S-1 last week, signaling its intention to pursue an IPO. The document makes plain the foundation…

February 28, 2024

The social media bifurcation

Two forces are currently imposing broad, transformational change on the social media space: Data privacy restrictions, imposed either by platforms…

September 6, 2023

Norway’s privacy regulator temporarily bans Meta’s behavioral advertising

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) today issued Meta with a temporary ban on behaviorally-targeted advertising. From its press release…