Instagram Lite is a less data-intensive, smaller Android-only version of Facebook’s popular application and is going live in 170 countries as part of the social media giant’s push into emerging markets.
Instagram Lite was developed in Facebook’s Tel Aviv offices (in collaboration with the New York-based team) and is designed to provide people living in […]. petapixel.com
Facebook and Instagram ran ads that featured a blurred deepfake nude image of an underage Jenna Ortega to promote an AI app. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-03-06 14:29
Meta properties, which includes Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, all experienced a widespread outage this morning.
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Facebook and Instagram have announced that they are founding members of Take It Down, a new platform designed to proactively prevent young people’s intimate images from spreading online. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-02-27 21:49
Московский городской суд 20 июня подтвердил решение о запрете в России компании Meta*. Компания обратилась в суд с апелляцией об отмене запрета и немедленного прекращения дела. Но апелляция была отклонена. ferra.ru »
2022-06-21 17:38
It’s not just you: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR are currently down. The Facebook-owned services all use a shared infrastructure and are unreachable in multiple regions since about 11:41 AM eastern time. petapixel.com »
2021-10-04 19:18
It’s not just you: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR are currently down. The Facebook-owned services all use a shared infrastructure and are unreachable in multiple regions since about 11:41 AM eastern time. petapixel.com »
2021-10-04 19:18
It is currently against Instagram’s policy — and a violation of COPPA rules — for children under the age of 13 to use Instagram, but Facebook is reportedly in the exploratory phase of making a version of the app just for kids. petapixel.com »
2021-03-19 17:47
Facebook и Instagram признались в «сливе» личных данных неактивных пользователей. Таковыми считают людей, которые не заходили в соцсети более 90 дней. ferra.ru »
2020-07-02 15:03
Facebook опубликовала официальное сообщение, в котором говорится о том, что и сама соцсеть, и Instagram с сегодняшнего дня позволили своим пользователям отключать политическую рекламу. Пока что данная функция доступна лишь жителям США, но уже осенью 2020 года нововведение станет доступно по всему миру. ferra.ru »
2020-06-17 10:44
3 млрд человек пользуются WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram и Messenger Сервисы Facebook переживают, кажется, отличные времена. На фоне пандемии увеличилось использование различных платформ компании. photorealm.ru »
2020-04-30 18:39
Британское издание Dazed опубликовало данные, благодаря которым стало известно, что Facebook и Instagram ввели запрет на использование эмодзи с сексуальным подтекстом на своих платформах. ferra.ru »
2019-10-31 14:28
Despite ongoing antitrust concerns across the globe, an internal note sent to Facebook employees has announced the social media giant will be rebranding its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms. dpreview.com »
2019-08-05 16:33
В последнее время в Facebook и Instagram довольно часто происходят сбои. Сервис Downdetector собрал данные по обеим соцсетям за последние 12 месяцев и обнаружил, что с начала 2019 года время простоя Instagram и Facebook катастрофически выросло, а у конкурирующих сервисов — нет. ferra.ru »
2019-07-14 17:24
Facebook was hit with a major outage today as users around the world reported photos not uploading and displaying correctly. The outage also affected Facebook-owned apps such as Instagram and WhatsApp. petapixel.com »
2019-07-03 20:31
The amount of fake news and conspiracy theories on Facebook and Twitter is troublesome, but by no means limited to those two social media platforms. Instagram users have to deal with a fair share of general misinformation as well. dpreview.com »
2019-05-07 17:29
В Интернете можно найти огромное количество сервисов, которые позволяют накручивать лайки и подписчиков в Instagram, однако такая деятельность противоречит официальным правилам использования социальной сети. onfoto.ru »
2019-04-29 23:46
Марк Цукерберг, основатель и глава социальной сети Facebook (которая в своё время приобрела Instagram и WhatsApp), заявил, что не будет хранить данные пользователи в странах, где пренебрегают правами на свободу слова и неприкосновенность частной жизни. photorealm.ru »
2019-03-07 17:24
Марк Цукерберг, основатель и глава социальной сети Facebook (которая в своё время приобрела Instagram и WhatsApp), заявил, что не будет хранить данные пользователи в странах, где пренебрегают правами на свободу слова и неприкосновенность частной жизни. ferra.ru »
2019-03-07 17:24
Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have resigned from their leadership roles and are leaving Facebook. While Instagram has continued its worldwide domination under Facebook ownership, the co-founders reportedly clashed with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders over the direction of the photo-sharing app. “Mike and I are grateful for the last eight […] petapixel.com »
2018-09-25 20:10
On July 20th, my username got stolen from me on Instagram. Since then, I exchanged a number of emails with Facebook Advertiser Support, talking to a real person, but that has lead nowhere so far. Here’s the long story: I’m one of the old users on Instagram. When I was creating an account in 2010 […] petapixel.com »
2018-08-20 18:55
With its stand-alone IGTV video app Instagram had a big product announcement this week, but at the launch event in San Francisco the company had another milestone to talk about: after surpassing 800 million active users last September, Instagram has now reached the 1 billion mark. dpreview.com »
2018-06-21 21:39
Facebook has suspended 10 large groups on its service that were being used by hundreds of thousands of people to game Instagram in hopes of making their photos more popular. BuzzFeed reports that the move came after it contacted Instagram about the groups, one of which had over 200,000 members by itself. A search on […] petapixel.com »
2018-05-15 17:19
На конференции разработчиков Facebook компания сообщила, что использует миллиарды фотографий из Instagram для тренировки своей системы распознавания изображений. onfoto.ru »
2018-05-08 22:32
At its F8 developers conference Facebook not only revealed a number of new Instagram features, the company also talked about how it is using the billions of images on Instagram to train the world's most accurate image recognition systems. dpreview.com »
2018-05-03 18:48
With a big shiny new office that reflects their identity, Instagram are making a declaration that they have finally moved into the big leagues. /Christophe Wu /InstagramNow boasting an active user base of 500 million, Instagram have perhaps earned a little room to breathe. digitalrev.com »
2016-10-11 03:00
Today at Meta Connect, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads showed off a technology that is capable of fully recreating influencers as AI figures that can be spoken to as if they were the real person. [Read More]
Earlier this year, Meta -- parent company of Facebook and Instagram -- said it would be adding a notification to images uploaded to its platforms that were made with AI.
After saying it was evaluating adjusting its policy last week, Meta today announced that it is making changes to how it handles what it calls "manipulated media" going forward, adjusting the "Made with AI" label that appears on Instagram to "AI Info" instead. [Read More]
In a move almost certain to anger users, Instagram is reportedly testing a feature that makes ads "unskippable."
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Next to portraiture, landscape photography is among the oldest genres. It has gone through evolutions, and thanks to pioneers like Ansel Adams, landscape photography even helped bring photography into the larger art discussion.
There is a lot of talk these days about social media use and its effects on children. It seems that states are proposing and passing laws restricting social media left and right, with California, Texas, and New York, among others, passing social media-related laws last year.
In a partnership with the Center for Open Science, Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta revealed it will give data to researchers for a study. [Read More]