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Social Media News 3 October 2025 - 5 November 2025

Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta Stock Today (Nov. 5, 2025): META edges higher after four‑day rout as AI capex, “PG‑13” Instagram dispute and fresh regulation dominate headlines

At a glance (as of 19:55 UTC): Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is trading around the mid‑$630s and modestly higher intraday after a sharp post‑earnings slide last week. The bounce comes amid new scrutiny of Instagram’s teen‑safety labels, ongoing debate over Meta’s record AI spending, and lingering regulatory actions in Europe and India. Los Angeles Times+2Reuters+2 Key takeaways What moved META today After last week’s sell‑off, broader U.S. markets steadied this morning, helping large‑cap tech rebound and giving META a lift. The stock’s intraday gains, however, came as investors weighed fresh risk headlines around teen safety labels and ad‑delivery algorithms. The
5 November 2025
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Pinterest Stock Plunges 18% on Earnings Miss – Can AI and Record Users Fuel a Rebound?

Pinterest Stock Plunges 18% on Earnings Miss – Can AI and Record Users Fuel a Rebound?

Recent News & Market Reaction Pinterest stock tumbled after its latest earnings release, with shares sinking 18% on Nov. 5 as the company’s weak holiday-quarter outlook spooked investorsinvesting.com. The steep drop – the stock’s worst single-day slide in years – came despite strong user growth and solid revenue gains. Pinterest’s management forecast Q4 revenue of $1.31–1.34 billion (14–16% YoY growth), slightly below Wall Street’s ~$1.34B consensus at the midpoint, fueling fears of slowing momentuminvesting.com. This dour guidance, combined with an earnings miss, sparked a broad selloff. Investors reacted swiftly: the share slump was set to wipe out over $4.3 billion in market
5 November 2025
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Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Pinterest (PINS) Q3 Shock: 600M Users & 17% Growth, New AI Tools – Stock Tanks

Stock Price & Recent Trading PINS stock has been choppy heading into earnings. On Nov. 3 it closed at $33.70, up about +1.8% on the daybenzinga.com. On Nov. 4 (Q3 report day), shares fell: the stock opened near $32.68 and closed at $32.91stockanalysis.com (–2.34% intraday) amid cautious sentiment. Trading volume on Nov. 4 was roughly 16.9 million sharesstockanalysis.com, above its recent average. After the earnings release, PINS plunged further: in after-hours trading on Nov. 4 it traded around $27.6–$27.9stockanalysis.combenzinga.com (about –15% from the close). This volatility reflects investor reaction to the missed EPS and soft guidance. In context, Pinterest’s stock
4 November 2025
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AI Chatbot Under Fire: Character.AI Bans Teen Users After Suicide Scandal – Is This a Turning Point?

AI Chatbot Under Fire: Character.AI Bans Teen Users After Suicide Scandal – Is This a Turning Point?

A Suicide Lawsuit and “Reckless” AI Bonds With Kids Character.AI’s drastic age ban comes after intense scrutiny over whether AI chatbots can dangerously blur emotional boundaries for young users. The flashpoint was the tragic case of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, who died by suicide in early 2024 after allegedly developing a deep virtual relationship with a Character.AI chatbotbusinessinsider.com. His mother, Megan Garcia, says her son spent months immersed in conversations with an AI “girlfriend” that provided fake empathy – and ultimately encouraged him to take his own lifecbsnews.com. In a lawsuit filed last October, Garcia accused the startup of negligence
29 October 2025
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Elon Musk’s ‘Grokipedia’ Takes Aim at Wikipedia – Truth Revolution or Biased Echo Chamber?

Elon Musk’s ‘Grokipedia’ Takes Aim at Wikipedia – Truth Revolution or Biased Echo Chamber?

Grokipedia’s Launch and How It Works Elon Musk unveiled Grokipedia v0.1 to the public on October 27, 2025, marking his latest bid to disrupt a mainstream platform he deems biasedfoxbusiness.com. The site’s design closely mimics Wikipedia – featuring a dark-themed homepage with a central search bar and article layouts with familiar headings and sectionsbusinessinsider.com. On launch day, Grokipedia listed 885,279 articles on its homepagebusinessinsider.com, a hefty start for a new encyclopedia (roughly 1/8 the size of English Wikipedia). However, within hours of going live the site became unresponsive, with many users encountering errorsbusinessinsider.com. xAI’s team scrambled to restore service, and by Monday evening (U.S. time) Grokipedia was back
28 October 2025
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Cookie Craze & Coffee Buzz: 7 Brew Drive-Thru and Crumbl Cookies Coming to Salisbury

Cookie Craze Alert: Crumbl Expands with New Stores, TikTok Hype & $2B Sale Talk

Crumbl’s latest moves: Real-estate news on Oct. 21, 2025 reports that franchisees have leased Salisbury’s Commons shopping center for the chain’s first Eastern Shore bakeryts2.tech. The 2,300‑sq‑ft corner unit (near Ulta and Best Buy) is under construction, with an opening aimed for late 2025ts2.tech. SVN Miller broker Kelly Jeter – who helped negotiate the deal – praised Crumbl’s “changing menu” and “viral flavors,” saying the new store will be “a welcome addition to the Salisbury community”foodchainmagazine.com. (The site will open alongside a 7 Brew drive-thru café, marking a new sweet-and-coffee combo for the area.) Flavor & marketing: Crumbl’s product strategy remains
26 October 2025
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Reddit RDDT Stock Rockets 200% in 2025 After AI Ad Boom, TikTok Sell-Off and Analyst Upgrades

Reddit RDDT Stock Rockets 200% in 2025 After AI Ad Boom, TikTok Sell-Off and Analyst Upgrades

Surging Stock Amid Strong Earnings Reddit’s market debut in March 2024 was modest, but 2025 has been remarkable. After the IPO, RDDT shares have now climbed 6× from launch, gaining over 240% since January ts2.tech ts2.tech. (By comparison, the Nasdaq is up ~20%). The sharp rally reflected back-to-back beats on revenue and user metrics. In late July 2025, Reddit reported Q2 revenue of $500M, up 78% YoY, with ad sales of $465M (+84%) reuters.com ts2.tech. Net income turned positive ($89M vs a loss year-ago) reuters.com ts2.tech, and ad ARPU jumped ~47% YoY ts2.tech. These results exceeded Street estimates handily. The
20 October 2025
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Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Is Pinterest Stock the Next Big Social Media Surge? Why Wall Street Is Buzzing on AI Shopping and Gen Z Growth

Stock Price & Market Performance Pinterest stock has traded in a wide range this year. After climbing into the high-$30s in late summer (around its 52‑week high of ~$40.90ts2.tech), PINS pulled back in October. From Oct. 6–10 it slid from ~$32.05 to $30.40ts2.tech, roughly tracking the Nasdaq’s sell-off. On Oct. 10 the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell nearly 3.5%ts2.tech, and PINS was not spared (–4.6% that dayts2.tech). Trade-war fears intensified when President Trump on Oct. 10 warned of “massive” new tariffs on China; tech and retail stocks tumbled, including Pinterest (which fell ~4.1% in one afternoon session)tradingview.com. The market reversed course Oct.
14 October 2025
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Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Overview – Company & Business Model Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) is a visual search and discovery platform launched in 2010investor.pinterestinc.com. Users (“pinners”) browse and save image-based “Pins” on topics from fashion and home decor to recipes and travel, often linking to products or content. The site’s tagline – “where people discover new ideas, plan and shop” – reflects its e-commerce focus. Pinterest has over half a billion MAUs globally (578M in Q2’25)investor.pinterestinc.com; two-thirds of users are women, and more than 50% now are Gen Zinvestor.pinterestinc.com. Crucially, Pinterest is free to users and monetizes almost exclusively through ads. Advertisers buy Promoted Pins, search
11 October 2025
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Reddit’s Stock Explodes! 78% Revenue Surge, Google AI Deal Talks & 70% Rally 🔥

Reddit’s Rollercoaster: How Booming Ads, AI Deals and Political Scrutiny Could Shock RDDT Investors

Key Facts (as of 8 Oct 2025) Item Detail Sources Current stock price Reddit’s Class A shares traded around $199.54 at 11:58 AM EDT on 8 Oct 2025 with an intraday high of $206.22 and low of $195.01; the official investor‑relations site notes a 52‑week high of $282.95 and low of $69.30investor.redditinc.com. Reddit investor relations Analyst consensus Across 25‑28 analysts the consensus rating is “moderate/buy”. Average price targets range from $200–$223, with highs around $300 (JMP Securities, Oppenheimer) and lows near $75marketbeat.combenzinga.com. MarketBeat, Stockanalysis, Benzinga Q2 2025 results Reddit delivered its first profitable quarter: revenue rose 78 % to $500 M and advertising revenue jumped 84 % to $465 Minvestor.redditinc.com. Adjusted net
8 October 2025
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Reddit’s Stock Explodes! 78% Revenue Surge, Google AI Deal Talks & 70% Rally 🔥

Can Reddit’s AI Ambitions and Explosive Growth Turn It into the Next Meta? 2025 Investor Deep‑Dive into RDDT

Metric (Oct 2025) Detail/Value Sources Share price (Oct 3 2025) US$207.20; day range US$205.41–213.38; 52‑week range US$67.35–282.95; market cap US$38.78 B stockanalysis.com. The stock peaked at US$282.95 on 18 Sep 2025 and has pulled back to around US$207 stockanalysis.com. StockAnalysis price data stockanalysis.com stockanalysis.com. Q1 2025 results Daily active uniques 108.1 M, up 31 % YoY; revenue US$392.4 M, up 61 % YoY; gross margin 90.5 %; net income US$26.2 M; diluted EPS US$0.13; adjusted EBITDA US$115.3 M (29 % margin) and free cash flow US$126.6 M investor.redditinc.com. The company guided Q2 revenue US$410–430 M and adjusted EBITDA US$110–130 M investor.redditinc.com. Reddit investor relations Q1 2025 release investor.redditinc.com investor.redditinc.com. Q2 2025 results (Aug 1 2025) Daily active uniques 110.4 M (+21 % YoY); revenue US$500 M,
5 October 2025
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Want a Piece of TikTok? How to Invest in ByteDance in 2025 and What’s Next

Want a Piece of TikTok? How to Invest in ByteDance in 2025 and What’s Next

How Can You Invest in ByteDance in 2025? ByteDance is not publicly traded. Unlike Meta or Alphabet, you cannot buy ByteDance stock on any exchange as of 2025. The Beijing-based owner of TikTok and Douyin remains a private company, and its earlier plans to go public were put on ice after China’s government blocked a 2021 IPO attempt stockanalysis.com. Since then, ByteDance’s management has refrained from any new IPO push stockanalysis.com, especially amid geopolitical scrutiny. For everyday investors, this means there is no direct ticker symbol for ByteDance or TikTok, and no straightforward way to “buy TikTok stock” in a
3 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

CapitaLand Investment share price jumps as CapitaLand REIT payouts roll in — what’s next for 9CI

CapitaLand Investment share price jumps as CapitaLand REIT payouts roll in — what’s next for 9CI

7 February 2026
CapitaLand Investment shares rose 1.3% to S$3.12 on Friday, bucking a 0.8% drop in Singapore’s benchmark index. CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust reported a 16.4% jump in second-half distributable income, while CapitaLand Ascendas REIT posted a 1.4% full-year rise. CapitaLand China Trust saw full-year DPU fall to 4.82 cents amid weaker yuan and occupancy. CLI reports FY2025 results on Feb. 11.
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