Celebrities can be great style icons, but it’s even better when the pieces they wear are accessible. Loose Women panellist Frankie Bridge is popular for her style and has amassed over 1.6 million followers on Instagram who are following her every fashion move. She often keeps fans involved by sharing both Instagram stories and posts … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Ohio law that would have forced social media companies to get parental permission before signing up minors for the platforms, ruling that the law violates the users’ free speech rights. The Social Media Parental Notification Act, passed in July, would have required sites to gain parental permission for … Read more
Instagram and Threads will no longer proactively recommend content about politics, Instagram announced on Friday. “We want Instagram and Threads to be a great experience for everyone,” the social media platform said in a press release. “If you decide to follow accounts that post political content, we don’t want to get between you and their … Read more
Meta, like other leading tech companies, has spent the past year promising to speed up deployment of generative artificial intelligence. Today it acknowledged it must also respond to the technology’s hazards, announcing an expanded policy of tagging AI-generated images posted to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads with warning labels to inform people of their artificial origins. … Read more
The Meta Oversight Board urged the social media company on Monday to reconsider its current policy on manipulated media ahead of the various elections set to be held in 2024. The board, which is run independently of Meta and funded through a grant by the company, described the policy as “incoherent, lacking in persuasive justification … Read more
Several of the major technology companies with CEOs slated to appear before Congress on Wednesday have announced new initiatives or positions on efforts to protect children’s safety online ahead of this week’s hearing. The heads of Discord, Meta, Snap, TikTok, and X, formerly known as Twitter, are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee … Read more
Reportedly costing $24million (northwards of £18.8million), Ivanka Trump’s Miami mansion is loose change compared to the former First Daughter’s net worth. Forbes reported Ivanka Trump’s net worth is around $375million (northwards of £294million), which means treating herself to a plethora of designer outfits is no biggie. In her latest Instagram post, Ivanka Trump models a … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the company is training its next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) models and hopes to make it accessible to everyone through products such as AI smart glasses. “Today I’m bringing Meta’s two AI research efforts closer together to support our long-term goals, building general intelligence, open sourcing it … Read more
A new report from Human Rights Watch found that Meta’s policies have been “silencing voices” in support of Palestinians on Instagram and Facebook in a “wave of heightened censorship” amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. The human rights-focused advocacy group documented more than 1,050 takedowns and suppression of content posted by Palestinians and supporters on Meta … Read more
Clare Walker, a 23-year-old in Brooklyn, has racked up about $700 worth of gift cards or, in her words, “free money,” by referring her contacts to Flip. “There were definitely some people who I haven’t really kept up with since high school, but I was like, ‘Hey, add me on Flip. Here’s a free 75 … Read more
