Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads: Since Elon Musk's 2022 acquisition of X, the app formerly known as Twitter, usage of X alternatives has continued to grow as people embrace decentralized social ...

Mastodon, a social media platform that emerged as an alternative to Twitter (now X), makes money from grants, direct ...

Decentralized social network Mastodon is also seeing some uplift from the X “exodus,” founder Eugen Rochko shared on the platform just ahead of the weekend. While the Twitter-like startup Bluesky has ...

Mozilla is exiting the fediverse. Though the concept of the open social web, also known as the fediverse, has been picking up momentum ever since Meta last year introduced its first-ever federated app ...

An overly broad age assurance law in Mississippi is leading to arguments about which platforms — Bluesky, Mastodon, or others — offer the best solution for avoiding crackdowns on internet freedoms.

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

Happy Wednesday! The rules are that you guys aren’t going to fact-check. Send news tips to: will.oremus@washpost.com. Why Threads is opening up to other social networks. Meta is trying something ...

Europe already has alternatives to US platforms such as X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat, but they lag behind American networks in terms of users.