The Latest Breaking News from Mastodon

When Elon Musk took over the platform, the downward slide was depressing. But then, the horror may always have been a big part of its appeal, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Mastodon performed a raging extreme metal song as animated characters in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie – and stole the entire show.

As the social media landscape becomes more fragmented, Meta's Twitter clone has entered the arena.

A total of five CVEs have been addressed in Mastodon’s latest round of security patches, including several critical vulnerabilities.

Mark Zuckerberg’s rival social network is first serious threat to Twitter since Elon Musk takeover

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Privacy concerns have lead to petitions being signed to keep Meta out.

Mark Zuckerberg’s new social media platform, Threads, has been released in smartphone app stores (although not in the EU). Zuckerberg, who is chief executive of Threads’ parent company Meta, says that at least 30 million users signed up in the app’s first day. According to some speculative reporting, Threads might…

The launch of social media app Threads as a competitor to Twitter is a game-changer.