The girls are fighting: Breaking down Spotify’s complaints about Apple

Spotify has been on a crusade against Apple, which continued on Friday with renewed complaints about the tech giant’s “anticompetitive” behavior. “Apple’s anticompetitive practices harm competitors ... Read More

China forces Apple to drop What's App, Threads from App Store

Apple is removing the Meta-owned social media applications WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China, after officials in that country ordered the company to pull the apps. Read More

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Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from App Store on Beijing's orders

Apple says it has removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social ... Facebook, Instagram and Messenger remained available for download, although use of such foreign apps is blocked in ... Read More

Despite TikTok’s Political Turmoil, Tech Platforms Pitch For Ad Deals

With Snap and Meta looking to take ad dollars away from TikTok, short-form video took center stage at social media and tech companies’ annual presentations to advertisers. NewFronts’ presentations in ... Read More

Can parents, school districts suing social media companies make platforms safer?

Here's what lawyers and legal and medical experts have said about the mental health crisis and legal fight, and what they think it will take to ultimately ... messaging app Snapchat, focused on its ... Read More

Apple removes messaging, social apps from the App Store in China at the government’s request

Apple has removed the popular messaging and social media apps WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Threads from its App Store in China at the request of the Chinese government. The Wall Street Journal (a s ... Read More

TikTok Ban Backups: 6 Similar Apps for Your Daily Dose of Fun

The legal firestorm heats up again with legislation being signed to ban TikTok. Here are other apps worth downloading to get your fix. Read More

TikTok bows to European pressure and halts reward feature on new app in France and Spain

TikTok is halting a feature on its new app rewarding users in Europe for watching videos, after facing pressure from regulators worried about its addictive features. Read More

4 social media platforms we’ve lost, and what happened to them

Though it’s possible the app won’t actually be banned in the U.S., the potential end of the platform prompted some social media users to ... for a photograph in New York, U.S., on Wednesday ... Read More

Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from App Store on Beijing’s orders

HONG KONG (AP) — Apple said it had removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the ... Other Meta apps, including Facebook, Instagram and Messenger remained ... Read More

Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from App Store on Beijing's orders

Apple says it has removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App ... Other Meta apps, including Facebook, Instagram and Messenger remained available for ... Read More