Why Snapchat Is Frantically Locking Down Teen Accounts

Snapchat has defaulted all accounts for users under 16 to a "friends-only" setting, removing public distribution of their ...
The Hill

Utah accuses Snapchat of designing algorithm addictive to children

Top Utah officials are suing Snap Inc., which owns the social media platform Snapchat, and accusing it of creating an algorithm that makes the app addicting to children, as well as enabling the ...
Digital Trends

Could Snap save the internet from fake news? Here’s the company’s secret weapon

When Snapchat was first pitched as part of a Stanford mechanical engineering class, the course’s horrified teaching assistant openly wondered if the app’s creators had built a sexting app. Less than a ...
TechSpot

EU demands information on content algorithms from YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok

In brief: The Digital Services Act has been in effect for roughly a year and a half, and from the beginning, the European Commission has not been afraid to wield its powers. Fines for violating the ...
Business Insider

Facebook's 'Anthology' is a major bet on native and video — Fusion's 'Snapchat-first' programming — Facebook updates algorithm, warns publishers

Happy Weekend! Digital Media Weekender is a collection of our favorite digital media news of the week, delivered Saturday mornings exclusively to BI Intelligence members and INSIDER subscribers. What ...