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As we’re all using screens right now to either write or read this very article, none of what is put forth in a new report from Common Sense Media on screen usage should come as a surprise. The report, first excerpted in a CNN piece early Tuesday, focuses on screen usage among teens (age 13 […]
Instagram is saying good-bye to filters that depict cosmetic surgery. Spark AR, the company behind the platform’s filters, announced the move via Facebook last week amid growing concerns about social media’s effects on body image and self-esteem. Per Spark AR’s post: We want Spark AR effects to be a positive experience and are re-evaluating […]
If you’ve been seeing a growing number of fake posts floating down your Instagram feed, worry not — Facebook wants to put it a stop to it. The social media giant announced Monday that its users will begin to see labels that read “false information” on posts deemed false by fact-checkers. Facebook users and Instagrammers […]
It’s certainly no secret by now that Instagram‘s so-called “Community Guidelines” are wonky as hell, to say the least. To highlight the app’s tendency to target women with their arguable censorship methods, The Stand star Amber Heard has shared a tongue-in-cheek edit of a photo that was apparently the victim of Instagram’s policies. Noting that IG’s […]
There are a ton of things that can get political ads removed from Facebook. Outright lying isn’t one of them, however. A new report from BuzzFeed News found that over 150 ads had been removed for employing fake button graphics, leading to bad landing pages or containing profanity. “Facebook has removed more than 160 ads […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been pretty busy ever since President Donald Trump threatened to sue his company back in June. The 35-year-old has reportedly been hosting “informal talks and off-the-record dinners,” with right-wing figures since July, according to Politico. He’s been talking with conservative pundits and lawmakers about issues such as free speech and […]
Apple is under fire from the Chinese government for allowing HKmaps, an app that allows pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong to help track police activity, on the iPhone app store, The Guardian reports. State-run media publication China Daily has openly criticized the technology giant, highlighting how the app was previously not allowed before Apple walked back on […]
After a run of almost 20 years, iTunes is no more. The cause of death was Apple‘s Monday release of a big software update for Macs called macOS Catalina. This whole thing was not out of nowhere, but still. Replacing iTunes will be a trio of sorted apps for Apple TV, Apple Music, and Podcasts. […]
Following a successful expansion into the YouTube world, Will Smith is now taking his social media prowess to TikTok. Smith made the announcement of his TikTok-ification on Wednesday night, complete with a TikTok in which he himself is surprised to find none other than Will Smith on the platform. “I guess I’m on TikTok now,” he […]
In June 2018, Erica Bennett dropped her iPhone in South Carolina’s Edisto River, and she had lost all hope of retrieving it. “We got done with the river float and gathered all of our belongings up and it just fell and we didn’t notice it fell into the water,” she explained to ABC affiliate WCIV. The […]
