More than 1 million of us are thrilled for the newly engaged Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. That number, according to Meta, which owns Instagram, represents the number of people who reposted the couple’s engagement announcement on Tuesday, breaking a record. According to data from Meta, the company said Swift …
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In late March, a new Instagram account believed to belong to Young Thug called @UyScutiiiiii posted a picture of Young Thug holding a Miami Heat jersey, with “Uy Scuti” on the back. The post’s caption read: “Today.” Fans began speculating about a possible Thug album dropping later that night. Even …
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Facebook and Instagram parent Meta, whose platforms are already flooded with AI-generated content, recently floated an idea to make the problem even worse: letting users create bot characters in their AI Studio that would then become functional “users” of these sites themselves, appearing to have their own accounts that engage …
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The holidays call for family feasts, and everyone wants to bring the killer side dish that the table can’t stop raving about. Mac and cheese is a natural crowd-pleaser: hearty, homey, vegetarian, and — crucially — hard to mess up. Sure, we can have our disagreements about the little touches …
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Is TikTok still the champ, or does Instagram have a shot now with all its recent changes? Let’s break it down. No boring stats — just the good stuff. TikTok: The Viral Engine If you’ve spent even five minutes on TikTok, you’ve probably seen at least one video that made …
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Nearly four years after Meta suspended Donald Trump from their services — and 18 months after the ban was lifted with “guardrails” in place — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced Friday that it has lifted all remaining restrictions from the former president’s accounts ahead of the Republican …
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Like any other morning, trans content creator Lana Madison woke up and grabbed her phone. She checked her OnlyFans income, where she ranked in the top 0.06 percent of earners, and then her Instagram direct messages. Since Meta, parent company to Facebook and Instagram, frequently deletes performers’ pages, Lana maintained …
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Amid a surge in public awareness and scientific study on the effect social media apps have on the mental health of young people, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling on Congress to require platforms to carry a surgeon general’s warning label — one akin to those found on cigarettes …
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Melissa Barrera seems remarkably composed for someone navigating one of the most trying periods of their personal and professional lives. You’ve probably seen the headlines: The rising star of Vida, In the Heights, and the Scream films was fired from the horror franchise and falsely branded antisemitic for a series …
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On social media, attacks on LGBTQ people aren’t always as direct as calling someone a name or threatening to hurt them — obscuring attacks in coded language, jokes, and dog whistles is a common method people use to try to get around the rules. “There are a lot of coded …
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