Tag: Instagram
Instagram’s TV app is launching on Google TV devices | TechCrunch
Instagram is expanding its Instagram for TV app to Google TV devices in the U.S., two months after its debut on Amazon Fire TV...
Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use | TechCrunch
An internal research study at Meta dubbed “Project MYST” created in partnership with the University of Chicago, found that parental supervision and controls —...
Threads rolls out ads to all users worldwide | TechCrunch
Meta on Wednesday announced it’s expanding ads on Threads to all users globally. The expansion, which starts next week, will be gradual, the company...
Meta’s Oversight Board takes up permanent bans in landmark case | TechCrunch
Meta’s Oversight Board is tackling a case focused on Meta’s ability to permanently disable user accounts. Permanent bans are a drastic action, locking people...
Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro’s Capture
Within minutes of Donald Trump announcing in the early hours of Saturday morning that US troops had captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his...
This 22-year-old college dropout makes $700,000 a year from “AI slop” people sleep through | Fortune
The modern internet is less interested in demanding attention than in simply occupying it.
Adavia Davis understands that better than perhaps anyone else. Since dropping...
Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators from having their work stolen | TechCrunch
Facebook creators are getting a new tool to help them protect their work from being ripped off by others. On Monday, Meta introduced Facebook...
Motion Picture Association hits Meta with cease-and-desist over use of ‘PG-13’ label | TechCrunch
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has sent Meta a cease-and-desist letter demanding that it stop using the term “PG-13,” as first reported by The...
Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to) | TechCrunch
Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted on his account on Wednesday to dispel the myth that the social networking giant is actively “listening” to its...
The U.S. will now actually control TikTok’s algorithm, JD Vance says | Fortune
President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon signed an executive order clearing the way for a deal to put TikTok in U.S. hands, with some...
