Karissa is a senior reporter at Engadget, covering Meta, Twitter, TikTok, Snap and all things social media. Her interests include tech policy, internet culture, and all the ways our online activities shape our IRL selves. Prior to joining Engadget she was a senior reporter at Mashable, where she spent six years reporting on social media platforms, Apple, Google and other Big Tech companies. Before she took on the social media beat full-time, she wrote about apps and developers for Macworld and Wired, and was an early contributor to The Wirecutter. Karissa has appeared on panels at SXSW, CES and numerous other tech conferences, and is a frequent guest on the Engadget Podcast. Send her story tips and horror movie recommendations at karissa.bell@engadget.com.
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Snapchat will finally let you edit your chats
Snapchat will finally join most of its messaging app peers and allow users to edit their chats.
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A researcher is suing Meta for the right to ‘turn off’ Facebook’s news feed
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University is suing Meta on behalf of a researcher who wants to release a browser extension that would allow people to “effectively turn off” their algorithmic feeds.
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LinkedIn now has Wordle-style games you can play every day
LinkedIn, the professional network known for job listings and unsolicited career advice, is jumping into gaming.
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Instagram's algorithm overhaul will reward ‘original content’ and penalize aggregators
Instagram is overhauling its recommendation algorithm for Reels to boost “original content” in a move that will have significant implications for aggregator accounts and others that primarily repost other users’ work.
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Meta is offering some creators thousands of dollars in bonuses for Threads posts
Meta is offering some creators thousands of dollars if they go viral on Threads.
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The European Union will reportedly open a new investigation into Meta over election policies
The European Union is getting ready to launch a new investigation into Meta over its handling of election-related content.
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Threads has 150 million monthly users
Meta’s Threads app now has more than 150 million monthly users, an increase of about 20 million new users since February
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Threads is testing automatic archiving for posts
Threads is testing a new archive feature that can be used to manually archive individual posts or automatically hide posts after a set period of time, Adam Mosseri shared.
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Joe Biden signs the bill that could ban TikTok in the United States
The bill that will force a sale or ban of TikTok in the United States is now law.
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Senate passes bill that could ban TikTok
A bill that could ban TikTok is now all but certain to become law. The Senate approved a measure that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban.
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Tesla previews ride-hailing experience ahead of August robotaxi unveil
Tesla has shown off a preview of an upcoming ride-hailing feature in its app ahead of an August robotaxi unveiling.
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Newsletter service Ghost will support the fediverse protocol ActivityPub
Newsletter platform Ghost is the latest service to pledge support for ActivityPub, the open source protocol powering the fediverse.
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The bill that could ban TikTok is barreling ahead
The bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the United States appears to be much closer to becoming law.
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Airchat is the latest app trying to make 'social audio' cool again
There’s a new invite-only app going semi-viral among VCs, tech execs and other Silicon Valley personalities: Airchat.
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TikTok is trying to clean up its ‘For You’ recommendations
TikTok is ramping up penalties for creators who post potentially “problematic” content and tightening its rules around what can be recommended in the app.
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TikTok Notes is basically Instagram for your TikTok account
TikTok is experimenting with an all-new app that’s just for sharing photos with text updates. It’s called TikTok Notes, and it’s available now in Australia and Canada.
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Meta’s Oversight Board will rule on AI-generated sexual images
Meta's Oversight Board has accepted two cases that deal with AI-made explicit images of public figures.
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Threads is testing real-time search results
Threads is testing a new search feature that will allow users to filter results by recency, Adam Mosseri confirmed.
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Meta is testing messaging capabilities for Threads, but don’t call them DMs
Meta is starting to test messaging features for Threads that rely on Instagram’s inbox but allow new messages to be initiated from the Threads app.
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Google, a $1.97 trillion company, is protesting California's plan to pay journalists
Google is beginning a “short-term test” that will block links to local California news sources for a “small percentage” of users in California.