Instagram is taking new measures to protect young people from sexual exploitation and exposure by including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. In an effort to fight sexual scams and other forms of “image abuse,” the social media platform is testing out new features, according to Instagram’s blog on April 11. […]
Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Normal Service has been restored to most Meta services on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads after an outage and issues reported by users across the globe over the last few hours. According to DownDetector, which monitors major website outages, users began reporting problems on the Meta-owned platforms at about […]
A number of users of popular social media platforms Instagram and Threads have expressed outrage at the decision to limit political content ahead of the 2024 presidential election by changing the settings of all users. The Zuckerberg-owned platforms changed their algorithm settings, reportedly over the last 48 hours, to a default that limits political content, […]
Supermodel Christie Brinkley recently announced she had undergone surgery for skin cancer. In an Instagram post on March 13, Ms. Brinkley said she had recently had a carcinoma removed from the side of her face. “The good news for me is we caught the basal cell Carcinoma early. And I had great Doctors that removed […]
After tens of thousands of users of Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta-owned products reported that those social media websites and apps were down Tuesday, Facebook said hours later that the issue was resolved. At around 12 p.m. ET, a Facebook spokesman wrote on X: “Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing […]
European consumer rights groups have accused Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, of carrying out a “massive” and “illegal” operation of collecting data from hundreds of millions of users in the region. The groups claim that Meta (META) collects an unnecessary amount of information on its users—such as data used to infer their sexual […]
Meta said they will stop recommending political content on Instagram and Threads by default. They said the move is an accumulation of years of refining their approach for people who want to see less of it. NTD’s Jason Blair has the details.
Meta won’t recommend political content on its platforms. The decision comes after years of consideration, the social media giant says. U.S. senators pass a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel. The proposal is now in the hands of the House of Representatives. A mother was arrested for allegedly placing her baby in the […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Jan. 31 called “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,” in which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for the harms social media companies like his have caused families. Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida, told NTD that internal documents at […]
Leading social media company CEOs faced probing questions over their safety policies on Capitol Hill during a Jan. 31 hearing on online child sexual exploitation. The session, held by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, grilled TikTok Inc. CEO Shou Chew, Discord Inc. CEO Jason Citron, Snap Inc. CEO and co-founder Evan Spiegel, X Corp. […]
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta will restrict the type of content that teenagers can see on its platforms in the near future as part of wider efforts to make the social networks safer and more “age-appropriate” for young users. The social media giant announced the new restrictions in a blog post on Jan. 9 […]
Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors in 2022, according to a market model study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published on Wednesday. Researchers said their results point to a need for greater transparency and better regulation, saying the platforms have failed to meaningfully […]
A monthly subscription will allow Instagram and Facebook users in Europe to opt out of personalized ads, parent company Meta announced. Users in the European Union, as well as Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland, can purchase a monthly plan to access the platforms without advertising. The company charges different prices for computer users and mobile […]
There’s a new addition to Gordon Ramsay’s family. The TV chef’s wife, Tana Ramsay, gave birth to a new bundle of joy on Nov. 11. The Ramsays shared their good news, including photos of their newborn son on his Instagram account. Mr. Ramsay, who celebrated his 57th birthday on Nov. 8, called the new arrival […]
NTD spoke with Lina Nealon, from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, who details how often children are exposed to sexual exploitation on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook.
French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) launched a copyright case on Tuesday against social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, in an effort to secure financial compensation for use of its content on the platform. AFP said in a Tuesday press release that it applied to Paris court for interim measures: “This move is […]
Following its suspension from Twitter last year, the creator of an account that tracked the private jet of the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, in real time has now migrated to new rival platform ‘Threads.’ Jack Sweeney, owner of the account named @elonmusksjet, first posted on the new Meta platform on July 6. The account already […]
Meta’s newly launched Twitter rival, “Threads,” is facing criticism from users due to the app’s restrictions on deleting accounts. “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account,” says the app’s supplemental privacy policy. To create a Threads account, users have to […]
In a move toward more transparency, Facebook’s parent company Meta has published a comprehensive insight into its social media algorithms. The tech giant also announced features that will allow users to better tailor the recommendation algorithms for their own use. “This is part of a wider ethos of openness, transparency, and accountability,” said Meta’s President […]
Meta Platforms Inc., owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, slashed jobs across its business and operations units on Wednesday as part of a plan announced last fall to eliminate 10,000 jobs in the course of a broader restructuring program. Dozens of Meta employees from enterprise engineering, marketing, corporate communications, site security, program management, and content […]
