Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announced on Tuesday the launch of their new venture, Artifact. The app was touted as a tailored news feed powered by artificial intelligence, according to Platformer. The co-founders, who left Facebook in 2018 amid tensions with their parent company, shared the roll out …
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Britney Spears explained why she “shut down” her much-scrutinized Instagram account and touched on other recent dramas in a series of tweets the singer wrote late Saturday. Earlier this month, Spears inexplicably took down her Instagram, a move that had fans so concerned they contacted authorities to check on her. …
Read More »Trump, Who Used Social Media to Incite Insurrection, to Get Facebook Account Back
Donald Trump is primed to get his Facebook and Instagram accounts back, as parent company Meta has decided that the ex-president who used social media to incite an insurrection should get another crack at posting to its platforms. A Meta spokesperson directed Rolling Stone to the company’s posted statement, which …
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Jamie Lee Curtis was one of the few names floated around during this week’s never-ending conversations about who would be saved in a war against nepotism babies, sparked by an in-depth chart in New York magazine that traces the success of actors, singers, influencers and more back to their famous …
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It’s hard to imagine a greater triumph for soccer star Lionel Messi than leading Argentina to a dramatic victory in the 2022 World Cup and bringing the trophy home to the country for the first time since 1986. But Messi’s masterful performance brought him glory far beyond his sport. Yes, …
Read More »'Liver King' Admits He's on Steroids, Says Persona Is an 'Experiment'
Brian Johnson, better known as the organ-devouring masculinity influencer “Liver King,” has admitted to steroid use in a somber video shared on his YouTube and Instagram accounts. “I fully own that I fucked up,” he said in the six-minute confession. “I am as sorry as a man can be.” The …
Read More »Organ-Devouring 'Liver King' Blasted by Bodybuilders Over Alleged Steroid Use
Brian Johnson, who rocketed to internet fame as a fitness and masculinity influencer calling himself “Liver King,” is facing the wrath of acolytes after another bodybuilder presented what he says is evidence that Johnson has been using steroids. Since August 2021, Johnson — a boastful, heavily bearded man with a …
Read More »Kanye West Returns to Instagram to Declare He Lost '$2 Billion in One Day'
Kanye West returned to Instagram Thursday after an eventful and career-ruining three weeks to proclaim that he lost “2 billion dollars in one day.” After scrubbing his Instagram page of almost all the posts that preceded his restriction from the platform earlier this month — only a photo of his …
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In the police body cam video, three officers walked out of the Miami night and into the sleek, cream-colored lobby of One Paraiso. As the officers strode into the building, Courtney Clenney, a 26-year-old Instagram influencer and OnlyFans model, appeared framed by recessed lighting and floor-to-ceiling windows. She paced near …
Read More »Instagram Influencer Aneka Townsend Found Dead in Water Off Jamaican Coast
Police in Jamaica have named a person of interest in the death of Aneka Townsend, an Instagram influencer whose body was recently found in the ocean. On Saturday, Oct. 22, the Jamaica Constabulary Force issued a statement confirming Townsend’s identity (the influencer, who also went by “Kayan” or “Slickianna,” had …
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