Canada Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-16s, Targets AI Chatbot Safety
Canada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, banning children under 16 from social platforms and imposing new safety requirements on AI chatbot services.
Tag: Future of Social Media
Beyond the Feed: Status AI Secures $17M to Pivot Social Media Toward ‘Immersive Entertainment’
Status AI is challenging the passive scroll of traditional social media with a gamified, AI-driven environment where users live inside stories. Learn about their $17M funding round.
Algorithmic Outrage: How Social Media Amplified Belfast’s Anti-Immigrant Riots
An analysis of how digital misinformation and rapid social media mobilization turned a knife attack in Belfast into widespread urban unrest.
SpaceX Defies Wall Street Convention With Fixed-Price IPO and $1.77 Trillion Valuation
Elon Musk's SpaceX is bypassing traditional IPO pricing mechanisms, setting a fixed share price of $135 and targeting a massive retail investor allocation.
The Outrage Economy: How Meta’s Monetization Tools Are Funding Overseas ‘Separatist’ Grifters
An investigation reveals how overseas content creators are exploiting Alberta's political tensions to profit from Meta's monetization programs through deceptive engagement.
The ‘Selfie’ Effect: How Social Media is Compromising Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife photography legends Jonathan and Angela Scott warn against the 'self-aggrandisement' of social media tourism in their new Safari Etiquette guide.
Beyond the Feed: Status AI Secures $17M to Pivot Social Media Toward Interactive Roleplay
Status AI raises $17M in Seed and Series A funding to challenge the passive scroll with a gamified, AI-driven social ecosystem focused on immersive roleplay.
The Death of the Social Graph: How Algorithms Turned Social Media Into Digital Television
Social media is splitting in two. While TikTok and Instagram pivot toward AI-driven entertainment, genuine social interaction is migrating to private encrypted messaging.
Beyond the Feed: Status AI Secures $17M to Pivot Social Media Toward Interactive Simulation
Status AI is moving past the traditional social feed, raising $17 million to build a gamified, AI-driven social ecosystem focused on character roleplay and user-generated worlds.
The Death of the Social Graph: How Algorithmic Entertainment is Killing the ‘Social’ in Social Media
From Instagram to TikTok, social platforms are pivoting from friend-based networks to AI-driven entertainment hubs, pushing genuine connection into private messaging apps.