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TikTok Moderator Sues Over Trauma Caused by Graphic Videos
A TikTok moderator has filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, claiming that the daily exposure to graphic videos has left her suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She is demanding that the social media giant set up a medical fund for its moderators. Bloomberg reports that a Las Vegas woman named Candie Frazier is suing… Continue reading TikTok Moderator Sues Over Trauma Caused by Graphic Videos
How Much Top Instagram Photographers Can Charge for Sponsorships
A new report published by film location finder Giggster highlights some of the top-performing Instagram photographers and estimates how much each is likely making on sponsored content. Giggster is an online platform and marketplace that can be used to scout and book privately-owned locations that are friendly to the photography and film industries. The focus… Continue reading How Much Top Instagram Photographers Can Charge for Sponsorships
‘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
Twitter Mistakenly Suspends Users as Extremists Abuse New Image Rules
It did not take long for bad actors to abuse Twitter’s new image rules, and the social media company has confirmed it mistakenly suspended multiple accounts from false reports generated by “far-right” extremists. On November 30, Twitter published an update to its private information policy that specifically banned the publication of photos and videos (defined… Continue reading Twitter Mistakenly Suspends Users as Extremists Abuse New Image Rules
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
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
How to Easily Create More Engaging Instagram Posts
I want to show you an iOS app called SCRL that I use to easily create those fun, swipe-able panoramic posts on Instagram using an iPhone. I know, I know. You’re probably rolling your eyes, thinking that this is yet another post to help you game the Instagram algorithms and get you “all the likes”… Continue reading How to Easily Create More Engaging Instagram Posts