Mastodon’s creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X rival as part of the organization’s transition to a nonprofit structure, announced at ...

Mastodon is making changes in the hopes of making its social networking service more appealing and easier to use, especially for more mainstream users looking for an alternative to X or Threads. On ...

Decentralized open source social network Mastodon is rolling out its latest release, version 4.5, which brings support for Quote Posts to all server operators, along with other features for admins, ...

Decentralized social network Mastodon says it can't comply with Mississippi's age verification law — the same law that saw rival Bluesky pull out of the state — because it doesn't have the means to do ...

Mastodon, the non-profit organization that maintains the software powering the decentralized alternative to social networks like Threads and X, has a new plan to make money. Instead of relying ...

X and Bluesky rival Mastodon has announced plans to transition into a non-profit organization. The decentralized social network is looking to further differentiate it from the competition, and the ...

Happy Tuesday! The good news for China hawks: TikTok is no longer the No. 1 social app in U.S. app stores. The bad news: Xiaohongshu is. Send news tips to: will.oremus@washpost.com. The push to ...

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 ...