Social Media News | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/category/social/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 22 May 2025 21:54:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Social Media News | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/category/social/ 32 32 Bluesky will begin verifying ‘notable’ users https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/bluesky-will-begin-verifying-notable-users/ Thu, 22 May 2025 21:28:56 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3011203 Tinder CEO to step down in July https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/tinder-ceo-to-step-down-in-july/ Thu, 22 May 2025 19:21:36 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3011131 Open social web browser Surf makes it easier for anyone to build custom feeds https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/open-social-web-browser-surf-makes-it-easier-for-anyone-to-build-custom-feeds/ Thu, 22 May 2025 17:39:58 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010937 Apollo for Reddit dev Christian Selig to join Digg as an advisor https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/apollo-for-reddit-dev-christian-selig-to-join-digg-as-an-advisor/ Wed, 21 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3009807 Bluesky takes on ‘Sports Twitter’ with NBA playoff feature https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/bluesky-takes-on-sports-twitter-with-nba-playoff-feature/ Mon, 19 May 2025 14:44:53 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008651 Grok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/18/grok-says-its-skeptical-about-holocaust-death-toll-then-blames-programming-error/ Sun, 18 May 2025 19:52:39 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008522 TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/techcrunch-week-in-review-coinbase-gets-hacked/ Sat, 17 May 2025 17:06:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008189 Thousands of people have embarked on a virtual road trip via Google Street View https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/thousands-of-people-have-embarked-on-a-virtual-road-trip-via-google-street-view/ Fri, 16 May 2025 22:17:53 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008332 xAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/xai-blames-groks-obsession-with-white-genocide-on-an-unauthorized-modification/ Fri, 16 May 2025 01:42:34 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007866 TikTok rolls out a new meditation feature to help you get off the app and sleep https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/tiktok-rolls-out-a-new-meditation-feature-to-help-you-get-off-the-app-and-sleep/ Thu, 15 May 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007631 Threads now lets creators add up to 5 links to profiles, track clicks https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/threads-now-lets-creators-add-up-to-5-links-to-profiles-track-clicks/ Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007588 Pinterest finally admits mass bans were a mistake caused by an ‘internal error’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/pinterest-finally-admits-mass-bans-were-a-mistake-caused-by-an-internal-error/ Wed, 14 May 2025 15:38:42 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007105 TikTok rolls out new accessibility tools, including AI-generated ALT text https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/tiktok-rolls-out-new-accessibility-tools-including-ai-generated-alt-text/ Wed, 14 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006439 NFT phenom CryptoPunks was just sold to a nonprofit https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/nft-phenom-cryptopunks-was-just-sold-to-a-nonprofit/ Tue, 13 May 2025 21:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006896 TikTok launches TikTok AI Alive, a new image-to-video tool https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/tiktok-launches-tiktok-ai-alive-a-new-image-to-video-tool/ Tue, 13 May 2025 17:56:34 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006706 Microsoft to lay off 3% of its workforce https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/microsoft-is-reportedly-about-to-lay-off-3-of-its-workforce/ Tue, 13 May 2025 16:48:43 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006558 Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker says he was detained and questioned at airport https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/left-wing-twitch-streamer-hasan-piker-says-he-was-detained-and-questioned-at-airport/ Tue, 13 May 2025 15:51:17 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006461 Week in Review: Instacart CEO heads to OpenAI https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/10/week-in-review-instacart-ceo-heads-to-openai/ Sat, 10 May 2025 17:07:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005372 X timelines aren’t updating for many users https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/x-timelines-arent-updating-for-many-users/ Fri, 09 May 2025 13:58:09 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005187 Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/florida-bill-requiring-encryption-backdoors-for-social-media-accounts-has-failed/ Fri, 09 May 2025 13:15:55 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005188