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

Meta’s AI video editing features are coming to Instagram next year
Meta's Movie Gen could arrive on Instagram sooner than later. Instagram’s top exec Adam Mosseri posted a short video previewing the kind of seamless AI edits that will eventually be possible.
Threads' new 'use media' feature is its latest attempt to fight stolen memes and engagement farming
Threads will “soon” be rolling out a feature that allows users to re-share photos and videos to their timelines with credit to the original poster but without the original post attached.
Threads is working on scheduled posts
Threads will “soon” begin testing the ability for users to schedule posts ahead of time, according to an update from Adam Mosseri.
Meta’s Threads has grown to 300 million users
Meta’s Threads app has now grown to 300 million users, with more than 100 million people using the service each day.
TikTok asks the Supreme Court to delay upcoming ban
TikTok has asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block the law, currently set to take effect January 19, 2025, it said in a brief statement.
Snap will expand ad revenue sharing to creators on Spotlight
Snap announced a new monetization program that will allow the app’s influencers to make money from Spotlight videos that are one minute or longer by earning a share of their content's ad revenue.
TikTok loses its bid to pause the law that could ban it next month
A federal court has denied TikTok’s request for a temporary pause of a law that could result in a ban of the app next month.
Reddit is removing links to Luigi Mangione's manifesto
Reddit is taking down posts linking to the manifesto of the suspected shooter of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a move that has angered many users.
Most US teens still use TikTok daily as ban looms
With a TikTok ban in the United States looking more and more likely, a new report from Pew Research on teen social media use underscores just how influential the app is among its youngest users.
Instagram will let video creators make ‘trial Reels’ for non-followers
Instagram is introducing “trial Reels,” which allows creators to publish Reels that bypass their followers’ feeds and are instead recommended to non-followers.
TikTok asks court to delay the law that would ban its app next month
TikTok filed an emergency injunction in federal court Monday, asking for a delay in the law that would ban the app from taking effect so it could have time to mount a Supreme Court challenge.
Reddit introduces AI-powered 'Reddit Answers' search feature
“Reddit Answers" provides summaries of conversations and posts from across the site in a “conversational interface.”
Meta AI has ‘nearly’ 600 million monthly users
Meta AI is on the verge of passing its next major milestone, with “nearly” 600 million monthly users, Mark Zuckerberg shared in an update.
Threads is testing post analytics
Meta is testing an expanded version of its analytics feature, which will show users stats for specific Threads posts, Adam Mosseri said in an update.
Meta expands its strike removal feature to Instagram and all Facebook users
Meta is expanding its feature that helps users avoid “Facebook jail.” The in-app education tools are now available to anyone on facebook, and are rolling out to creators on Instagram.
Threads now allows users to follow fediverse accounts directly in its app
Threads now allows users to follow accounts from Mastodon and other fediverse apps directly in its app, Mark Zuckerberg said in an update.
Meta wants to use nuclear power for its data centers
Meta has confirmed its plans to use nuclear power to fuel US data centers.
Meta says AI-generated content was less than 1 percent of election misinformation
AI-generated content played a much smaller role in global election misinformation than what many officials and researchers had feared, according to a new analysis from Meta.
Bluesky has a verification problem
The influx of new users to Bluesky has opened up new opportunities for scammers and impersonators hoping to capitalize on the attention.
Threads' latest test will finally let you make the ‘following’ feed the default
Threads is experimenting with allowing users to set the non-algorithmic “following” feed as the default, Mark Zuckerberg shared in a post.

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