Social Media

Opinion

Social Media Companies Are ‘Too Big to Fail’

Social media firms are quickly becoming as important to the economy, finance and real life as Wall Street titans. TBTF companies demand special attention.

Business  ·  30 July 2020
YouTube

Social Media Bans ‘Highlight the Profound Censorship on Web 2.0’

Recent moves by social media companies to outlaw certain types of content raise big questions about the future of free speech in the modern internet era.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 July 2020
Ethereum

Reddit Seeks Scaling Solution for Ethereum-Based ‘Community Points’

Reddit announced a partnership with the Ethereum Foundation to find a scaling solution for the site's new blockchain-based Community Points.

Tech  ·  18 June 2020
Twitter

Twetch Gets Suspended From Twitter in Wake of Trump ‘Fact-Check’ Storm

The Twitter account of BSV-based social media platform Twetch was suspended Thursday without warning, said Twetch co-founder Josh Petty.

Business  ·  28 May 2020
Trust

Italy’s Leading Wire Service Is Using Ethereum to Thwart Copycats

Italy's ANSA newswire is trialing an ethereum-based system to track every article it publishes in an effort to prevent impersonators from publishing fake news under its banner.

Business  ·  22 April 2020
Hard Forks

Steem Community Plans Hostile Hard Fork to Flee Justin Sun’s Steemit

The blockchain for bloggers, Steem, is moving to Hive.io, CoinDesk has learned. The hostile hard fork is scheduled for Friday.

Tech  ·  17 March 2020
EOS

Block.One Will Not Launch Its Social Network on EOS

In a departure from earlier announcements, the company now says its Facebook rival, Voice, "will be run on a purpose-made EOSIO blockchain."

Tech  ·  17 January 2020
Bugs

Twitter Bug Exposed Millions of User Phone Numbers

A bug in Twitter's Android app let users connect random phone numbers to real Twitter handles.

Tech  ·  26 December 2019
Twitter

Jack Dorsey Announces New Twitter Team: Square Crypto, but for Social Media

It could be a harbinger of a radical shift in social media infrastructure, depending on the execution.

Business  ·  11 December 2019
Privacy

Zcash Foundation Funds App Mixing Private Messaging and Payments

Meet Cwtch, a zcash-fueled messaging app with more decentralization than Telegram or Signal.

Tech  ·  3 December 2019
IEO

Token Investors May Sue After Former Korean Social Media Giant Shuts Down

A once hugely popular social media site, Cyworld's abrupt closure brings uncertainty to holders of its recently launched crypto token.

Business  ·  14 October 2019
BitMEX

Roll Wants to Take Power From YouTube With Cryptos for Content Creators

"Social money" startup Roll raised a $1.7 million seed round from BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes, Gary Vaynerchuk and Techstars.

Markets  ·  20 June 2019
Blockchain

More Details Emerge on Team Behind Facebook’s Secretive Blockchain

News outlets are beginning to identify key staffers behind Facebook's "GlobalCoin" project.

Markets  ·  6 June 2019
Social Media

DARPA-Funded Study Looks at How Crypto Chats Spread on Reddit

A U.S. Department of Energy science lab has been studying how well three popular cryptos performed in Reddit chats. Here's what they found.

Markets  ·  6 June 2019
Block.one

Block.One’s New Social Media Site Will Do Identity Checks for Every User

Details are emerging about Block.one's new social platform, Voice. Here's what we know so far.

Markets  ·  3 June 2019