Karissa Bell

Senior Editor

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.

Articles by Karissa Bell

What will happen to TikTok? A look at the potential buyers.
TikTok is back online for now, but the app's future is still in limbo as Donald Trump pushes for a "deal."
Amazon reportedly wants to buy TikTok now too
Amazon has reportedly joined the growing list of suitors angling to acquire TikTok as a new ban deadline approaches.
Roblox parental controls now include a block button
Roblox is again updating its parental control features in an effort to give parents more visibility into (and control over) their children’s activities on the platform
Arkansas social media age verification law blocked by federal Judge
An Arkansas law requiring social media companies to verify the ages of their users has been permanently blocked by a federal judge who ruled that it was unconstitutional.
TikTok's ban deadline is coming. What happens next?
TikTok is nearing another big deadline to finally resolve its future in the United States. It's still not clear what happens next.
Mark Zuckerberg decides content from your actual friends is an 'OG' Facebook feature
Meta is introducing a revamped “Friends” section of the Facebook app that will only show posts and content related to your Facebook friends
Instagram has a new program for school officials to report bullying
Meta is enlisting school officials directly in an effort to speed up its response to safety issues affecting young teens on instagram.
Perplexity AI says it would rebuild TikTok's algorithm and add Community Notes features
Perplexity Ai has outlined its vision for TikTok should it beat otu the many other bidders for the app.
The 560-pound Twitter logo has sold for $34,000
Twitter may be dead, but the 12-foot tall bird logo from its San Francisco headquarters can be yours forever if you have enough money.
Threads will finally let everyone change their default feed
Threads users will be able to make the “following” feed or a custom feed the default view in the app rather than the app's sometimes chaotic “for you” feed.
‘Careless People’ hits the top of the New York Times bestseller list
Meta’s campaign to bury a dishy, tell-all memoir from a former employee isn’t exactly working. Careless People has debuted at number one on the 'New York Times' bestseller list.
The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury
Sarah Wynn-Williams had a front-row seat to some of Facebook’s most consequential (and controversial) moments. These are some of the most shocking claims from her memoir, Careless People.
Meta is trying to stop a former employee from promoting her book about Facebook
Meta has notched an early victory in its attempt to halt a surprise tell-all memoir from a former policy executive turned whistleblower.
Google asks Utah’s governor to veto the state's app store age verification bill
Google is pushing back on a bill that would make Utah the first state in the US to have a law requiring app stores to conduct age verification of their users
Security researchers aren't buying Musk's spin on the cyberattack that took down X
A new report raises questions about Elon Musk's explanation for a "massive cyberattack" that brought down X Monday.
Bluesky adds 3-minute video uploads and inbox management features
Bluesky's latest update added new video features as the company's CEO took the SXSW stage.
Instagram is experimenting with a Discord-like ‘community chat’ feature
Instagram is working on a “community chat” feature that allows people to organize groups of up to 250 people in the app.
Utah is poised to pass an age verification law for app stores
Utah has once again passed a bill that attempts to place new limits on children’s ability to access social media and other apps.
Facebook scammers want you to think Elon Musk can cure diabetes
Facebook ads depicting deepfakes of Elon Musk and Fox News personalities claiming that the Tesla CEO has discovered the cure for diabetes have been circulating on the platform for weeks.
The Oversight Board will weigh in on Meta’s new hate speech policies
The Oversight Board is working to address Meta’s rewritten “hateful conduct” policy.

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