FTC settles lawsuit over alleged X ad boycott

The Federal Trade Commission and Media Matters agreed to a settlement and the lawsuit was dismissed this week.

The Federal Trade Commission and Media Matters agreed to a settlement and the lawsuit was dismissed this week.

The much-requested update will offer social media managers new options in terms of integrating messages into their workflows.
The company wants to showcase its value as a shopping destination with the new tagline, βWatch it. Love it. Want it.β
The company added 12 million more users, mainly from regions outside the U.S. and the EU, where the online discovery platform is gaining traction.
New tools include artificial intelligence-powered visual analysis systems that estimate a userβs age based on height and bone structure.
The feature will allow users to generate audio samples that replicate their own voices, offering new capabilities in digital audio.

The move comes in response to proposed state regulatory measures designed to protect minors from accessing harmful content within the companyβs apps.

Topic summaries are determined by artificial intelligence, with the appβs team providing oversight to avoid violating community guidelines.
The feature will allow users to generate audio samples that replicate their own voices, offering new capabilities in digital audio.
The 13-page publication outlines key product trends in the app and provides an overview of related subreddit communities.Β
A new partnership with Vistar Media will allow advertisers to bring their campaigns to more than a million placements beyond the app.

The feature is rolling out for accounts that post artificial intelligence-generated content, and the labels will appear on profiles and content.
The platform will allow creators to replace copyrighted songs with royalty-free instrumental clips, while also using conversation context to filter video comments.
Itβs the latest move in a race to add artificial intelligence to consumer-facing home technology, with xAI and Amazon also competing for future category dominance.
The platform will allow creators to replace copyrighted songs with royalty-free instrumental clips, while also using conversation context to filter video comments.
An explainer article appeared and then disappeared in the appβs Help Center, suggesting this feature is still a work in progress.
The platform has made this event a cornerstone of its diversity engagement each year, with themed promotions and other activations.
The platformβs ad business drove a 69% year-over-year revenue increase to $663 million for the first quarter of 2026.
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The new display allows verified attendees at more than 6,000 universities to connect to dedicated group chats and content feeds.
The platformβs B2B marketing and artificial intelligence-powered recruiter tools helped drive business, while paid video posts grew nearly 30% year over year.
External providers will be able to plug data into another system, such as Claude or ChatGPT, without using API setups or developer credentials.
The company said the update is the biggest ad system refresh in its history, adding the latest xAI models to help improve targeting and performance.
The experiment is designed to improve the impact of header images in order to better conform to different device configurations.