While WhatsApp dominates the global messaging market with over 3 billion users, security experts like Johns Hopkins University’s Matthew Green suggest that the platform’s ubiquity comes with significant privacy trade-offs. Recent legal challenges have accused Meta of maintaining “backdoors” to read messages, but Green argues that the real reasons to switch apps are far more grounded in technical reality than in grand conspiracies. Debunking the “Backdoor” Theory A recent class-action […]

The EU is fundamentally attempting to redesign the way we interact with social media, moving beyond simple content moderation to target the actual “skeleton” of these apps. For the first time, Brussels is treating addictive design—specifically features like infinite scrolling—not just as a nuisance, but as a legal risk under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The European Commission has signaled that TikTok’s current interface is inherently addictive, particularly for younger […]

TikTok has officially introduced a new feature in the United States called the “Local Feed,” expanding how users discover nearby content. The tool appears as a dedicated tab on the app’s home screen and relies on a user’s precise GPS location to recommend videos and posts created in their surrounding area. The rollout follows updates to TikTok’s terms of service that allow the platform to use more accurate location data […]

French judicial authorities have launched a broad investigation into X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, and have recently taken more assertive legal steps as part of the case. The inquiry focuses on whether the platform and some of its executives may have breached French law through a range of alleged offenses linked to the platform’s operations. As part of the investigation, French police carried out searches on […]