Tag: Instagram

Instagram, YouTube the biggest likely winners of TikTok ban

Adult U.S. TikTok users spend an average of 54 minutes on the app on any given day, more than Instagram, Snapchat or YouTube, according to research firm eMarketer. If TikTok were to disappear, those platforms – along with younger, smaller emerging rivals – would be scrambling for those valuable minutes of people’s attention. But with […]

Instagram to Blur Nudity in Messages – HotAir

At this point, we have seen far too many horror stories of minors being sexually exploited and blackmailed after being convinced to send nude photos to abusive people over social media. This practice, which has come to be termed “sextortion,” ruins lives and in some cases has led to suicides. Of the many poisons that […]

Lizzo Announces She is Quitting on Instagram – HotAir

Lizzo is the award-winning musical artist who has also become a leading spokesperson for body positivity. Last Friday, Lizzo announced that she’d had enough of the criticism she receives about her message and her looks. She posted a statement on Instagram saying she was quitting. It reads in part: “I’m constantly up against lies being […]

Instagram Employees KNEW They Were Facilitating Child Exploitation and Were Fine With It – HotAir

Meta/Facebook/Instagram has knowingly been facilitating child predators purchasing sexualized content from children and they decided to do nothing to stop it.  After all, there is real money to be made selling sexualized images to kids. Money for the kids, their moms, and for Instagram. New York Times too https://t.co/7pV8GfQpRl — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 24, […]

Ayatollah Khamenei blocked on Facebook, Instagram

Meta banned Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from Facebook and Instagram, restricting his digital reach amid Iran-backed militias’ continuous attacks on U.S. forces. Accounts for Mr. Khamenei were removed from Meta’s platforms earlier this week. “We have removed these accounts for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy,” Meta said in a statement. […]