2+ hour, 32+ min ago (190+ words) An African teenager who shared an X post, asking people to share stories behind their header on the platform, has seen her post go viral in no time, clocking in over 700 impressions (and counting). Incidentally, it was her first post on X after creating an account. The user, whose name is Blossom as per her profile, created an X account this month. On November 22, she posted a simple question: "What's the lore behind your header?" Blossom, who describes herself as a "certified soft girl", received massive responses to her prompt, with users sharing stories that prompted them to select their headers on X. While Blossom's post got over 700 million views, over 9,000 people replied to her post and thousands of others quoted her post, sharing stories behind their headers. While she got people to talk about their headers, her own profile page…...

2+ hour, 54+ min ago (68+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Jason Koebler / 404 Media: X's location tool shows revenue sharing incentivizes US political content from international sock puppet and bot accounts, making polarization a side hustle" " The "psyops" revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs. This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:35 AM ET, November 25, 2025....

2+ hour, 59+ min ago (87+ words) Snapchat has revealed how it plans to comply with Australia's impending under-16 social media ban. Tech giant Snapchat has revealed how it plans to verify the age of young Australia users in the lead-up to the country's under-16 social media ban on Dec. 10. US Takeover of Australian Pharmaceutical Company Blocked by Treasurer After Victoria, NSW Liberal Party Also Loses Leader NSW Moves to Ban "Public Displays of Nazi Ideology' Australia's eSafety "Considering' Request to Testify at US Committee About Censorship...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago (87+ words) Snapchat has revealed how it plans to comply with Australia's impending under-16 social media ban. Tech giant Snapchat has revealed how it plans to verify the age of young Australia users in the lead-up to the country's under-16 social media ban on Dec. 10. US Takeover of Australian Pharmaceutical Company Blocked by Treasurer After Victoria, NSW Liberal Party Also Loses Leader NSW Moves to Ban "Public Displays of Nazi Ideology' Australia's eSafety "Considering' Request to Testify at US Committee About Censorship...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago (253+ words) SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore's police have ordered Apple [AAPL.O] and Google [GOOGL.O] to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation's Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple's iMessage and Google Messages purporting to be from companies such as the local postal service SingPost. In September, the government also threatened to impose fines on Meta Platforms [META.O] if it did not introduce measures like facial recognition to help curb impersonation scams on Facebook, including those involving key government office holders. While government agencies have registered with a local SMS registry so only they can send messages with the "gov.sg" name, this does not currently apply to the iMessage and Google Messages platforms. "Members of the public may assume…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago (1237+ words) Sue had her digital life hijacked by scammers Data breaches are getting so common that it can be hard to know how to react when it happens to you. It's often easy to shrug it off, but there's a risk. Being a victim of a data breach increases your chances of being targeted by criminals and scammers. Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers went after her. We found her details had been leaked online. Sue was a victim of what's known as a Sim swap attack - where scammers trick a network operator into thinking they're the account holder to get a new Sim card for a mobile device. They used it to take over almost all her online accounts through her phone. She said the experience was "horrible". "The scammers took over my Gmail account and then locked me…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago (414+ words) Shop Meta Quest 3 Shop Meta Quest 3s Canadians also told Counsel that verified age information should help apps create age-appropriate environments by tailoring contact, content, and time spent online. Specifically, 82% of the people polled agree that apps should manage contact with strangers, 84% agree on managing content type, and 71% agree on managing the amount of time teens spend online. Updating Teen Accounts New Content Settings" With Teen Accounts, safety protections are turned on automatically for all teens, including default private accounts, limiting who can contact teens, and helping ensure their time is well spent. Parents decide if teens under 16 can change any of these settings to be less strict, and the vast majority of teens have stayed in the default settings. This change will apply across Instagram, from recommendations to Feed and Stories, comments and Search results. It will also apply to…...

5+ hour, 55+ min ago (1219+ words) As every aspect of our working and social life is digitized, screen addiction has become less an exception to our way of living and more a widely accepted characteristic of it. I see this most commonly when I ask my friends, family, and coworkers how many hours a day they spend on their phones. The answers vary from three to eight hours." I average around four hours of my day on my phone, checking emails, responding to texts, scrolling social media, and checking the weather. That's four hours I could be spending reading a book, writing an article, learning how to predict the weather, calling a loved one, and doing anything besides checking the time suck and brain rot that is social media sites and messaging apps." Also:"I gave up my iPhone for a dumbphone with no apps. A…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago (164+ words) Police told the tech giants to block spoofed government accounts on iMessage and Google Messages to tackle rising fraud threats The order under the nation's Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple's iMessage and Google Messages purporting to be from companies such as the local postal service, SingPost. While government agencies have registered with a local SMS registry so only they can send messages with the "gov.sg" name, this does not currently apply to the iMessage and Google Messages platforms. "Members of the public may assume that messages they receive from accounts claiming to be from "gov.sg' on iMessage or Google Messages are legitimate because messages sent through iMessage and Google Messages appear alongside and are not easily distinguishable from SMSes," the police said. Under the order, Google and Apple will need to…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago (399+ words) Singapore, Nov 25 (PTI) Singapore Police has ordered Apple and Google to take steps to prevent government impersonation scam messages on iMessage and Google Messages. These measures are aimed at preventing "spoofing", a technique cybercriminals use to disguise themselves as a known or trusted source, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a press release on Tuesday. The mandated measures include preventing accounts and group chats from displaying names that spoof "gov.sg" or government agencies, or filtering messages from accounts and group chats with such names. Apple and Google, who were ordered to take the measures on Monday, must also ensure that the profile names of unknown senders are not displayed or displayed less prominently than their phone numbers, said MHA. "This would help users better identify and be wary of unknown senders," it added. The implementation directives, which…...