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Reddit will test a mostly logged-in experience in select markets outside the US in Q4 2026, after search referrals fell by over a million a week in October.
Meta launched Meta One, a subscription service spanning Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI, with plans from $2.99 to $499 a month.
A leaked European Commission draft would bar under-15s from social media and video platforms, and impose safety-by-design rules on games and AI companions.
Portugal’s D3 has filed four collective actions in Lisbon against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, alleging their design is deliberately addictive.
California’s governor signed 13 online-safety bills, banning addictive social-media features for under-16s and imposing new chatbot safeguards and audits.
Instagram’s Adam Mosseri says a chronological feed is ‘much worse’ for users, as Australia moves to require an algorithm opt-out and White House pushes back.
Starting August 24, YouTube counts a view the moment playback begins across every format. The old watch-time metric survives as Engaged views.
