[ad_1] Instagram’s statement is likely to play a pivotal role in an ongoing case that could set a precedent for how people can use the feature. In 2019, Newsweek asked physicist and photographer Elliot McGucken to publish a photo he took of a temporary lake in Death Valley. After McGucken refused to license the photo, Newsweek embedded the picture […]
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Facebook and Instagram ‘mistakenly’ blocked #sikh for months
[ad_1] Thanks for your patience today. We investigated this issue and found that these hashtags were mistakenly blocked on March 7th following a report that was inaccurately reviewed by our teams. — Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) June 3, 2020 It’s unclear exactly how the block came about, or why it took so long for the company […]
Laid-off chefs are using Instagram for income during the pandemic
[ad_1] He is not the only chef who has turned to technology as a side hustle during the coronavirus pandemic. Adahlia Cole (also known as “hungry hungry hooker” online), who used to give custom food tours of the city, has compiled a list of former restaurant workers in the San Francisco Bay Area who have […]
Instagram blames anti-spam tech for stopping some Black Lives Matter posts
[ad_1] 1/ We’re aware that some people are incorrectly running into “action blocked” messages when using the hashtag #blacklivesmatter, or resharing related posts. We have technology that detects rapidly increasing activity on Instagram to help combat spam. — Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) June 1, 2020 According to the company, the issue arose due to the influx […]
Facebook Shops turn business pages into online stores
[ad_1] With Shops, business owners can create a dedicated “shop” section of their Facebook or Instagram page and build out a catalog of their products for users to browse and buy. Importantly, most actual purchases won’t be happening on Facebook. Product listings will direct to a business’ existing website — unless it’s one of a […]
Instagram introduces ‘Guides’ for wellness tips
[ad_1] The update marks Instagram’s biggest push into longer form content since it launched IGTV in 2018. But while IGTV enabled longer videos, Guides is closer to the type of content you’d expect from traditional publishers. Instagram Instagram says it’s focusing on “wellness” content only as part of its efforts to reach users during the […]
How Instagram’s anti-vaxxers fuel coronavirus conspiracy theories
[ad_1] Instagram’s ‘rabbit hole’ problem Like Facebook, Instagram doesn’t ban anti-vaccine content, though the company claims it has attempted to make it less visible to users. The company blocks some hashtags and says it tries to make anti-vaccine content harder to find in public areas of the app, like Explore. Yet accounts promoting conspiracy theories […]
Facebook just bought Giphy | Engadget
[ad_1] Facebook has bought the GIF-sharing service Giphy, which will now be a part of the Instagram team. It plans to integrate Giphy’s library more deeply into Instagram (where GIFs are prevalent in Stories) and other Facebook services. Although Facebook didn’t reveal how much it paid for Giphy, Axios reports that the price was $400 […]
Instagram adds new comment filtering tools to combat bullying
[ad_1] Instagram The move will address a longstanding issue for many users who say that previous comment controls were too cumbersome to be effective as an anti-bullying tool. This was especially true for higher profile users, or anyone who has had their comments “swarmed” as a form of targeted harassment, since removing hundreds or thousands […]
Instagram Lite vanishes ahead of a redesign
[ad_1] You’ll have to go without Instagram Lite’s more efficient social networking for a while — but just a while. In the wake of an Android Police report, Instagram has confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s “rolling back” Lite in those countries where it was available. The social network is reportedly taking lessons learned since Instagram […]