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Meta considers minting and selling NFTs on Facebook and Instagram

The Social Media company Meta is apparently exploring the possibility of enabling users to make, showcase and sell NFTs from Facebook and Instagram in the near future. If this goes ahead, this would be possibly the first mainstream endorsement of NFTs. According to a Financial Times report, the plans are “at an early stage and… Continue reading Meta considers minting and selling NFTs on Facebook and Instagram

National Survey Finds 60% of Internet Users Don’t Trust Instagram

A new Washington Post survey of a wide range of internet users found that 60% don’t trust Instagram and 72% don’t trust Facebook to responsibly handle personal information and data on their online activity. According to a Washington Post-Schar School poll, Americans of all ages and across the political spectrum were round to largely agree… Continue reading National Survey Finds 60% of Internet Users Don’t Trust Instagram

‘A Version’ of the Chronological Feed is Coming Back to Instagram

Instagram famously ditched the chronological version of the feed in its app years ago and substituted an algorithmic-based one. But as pressure mounts on the company to make its app safer for young people, it is apparently bringing it back. Speaking to lawmakers in a Senate hearing on Instgram and the safety of teens, Instagram’s… Continue reading ‘A Version’ of the Chronological Feed is Coming Back to Instagram

Report Shows Instagram Makes it Easy for Teens to Find Drugs Online

A report alleges that despite Instagram prohibiting the sale of drugs on its platform, minors have been able to easily find sellers of illegal substances, adding to the growing list of ways that the app endangers young users. Tech Transparency Project (TTP) conducted an investigation into the safeguarding practices Instagram employs to keep minors away… Continue reading Report Shows Instagram Makes it Easy for Teens to Find Drugs Online

Instagram To Add More Safety Features, Parental Controls in 2022

Instagram has worked on several experimental features in an effort to make it a safer space for teenagers and young adults. Today, Instagram has officially launched the “Take a Break” feature with more safeguarding tools to follow next year. Instagram and Facebook have been under the microscope in recent months following the damning evidence revealed… Continue reading Instagram To Add More Safety Features, Parental Controls in 2022

Instagram Has Quietly Been Asking Users to Set Up Multiple Accounts

Instagram reportedly quietly rolled out an in-app pop-up over the past year that has been encouraging users to “try a new account,” likely because it makes more money on new accounts than on older ones. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Instagram’s pop-up has been appearing for single-account users when they long-press the profile… Continue reading Instagram Has Quietly Been Asking Users to Set Up Multiple Accounts

Meta wants your nude photos so they won’t spread on Facebook and Instagram. Yes, really

Preventing revenge porn by sending your nude photos to someone else is probably not the way most of us would handle the issue, right? Well, Meta has come up with a “brilliant” idea to prevent your nude content from spreading across Facebook and Instagram. The company has launched a tool that lets you submit your… Continue reading Meta wants your nude photos so they won’t spread on Facebook and Instagram. Yes, really

Facebook and Instagram Build New Tool to Stop Revenge Porn

Facebook and Instagram, through their parent company Meta, along with a United Kingdom-based nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline have built a tool designed to prevent the non-consensual spread of those photos on its platforms. Facebook has been working on a solution to the spread of non-consensual intimate images, often referred to as “revenge porn” for some… Continue reading Facebook and Instagram Build New Tool to Stop Revenge Porn