As Instagram Turns 10 this Month, Here is How it Made Our Lives Camera-ready
4 years, 2 months ago

As Instagram Turns 10 this Month, Here is How it Made Our Lives Camera-ready

News 18  

#Foodporn, #nofilter and #TBT: Little known to the general public a decade ago, Instagram has weaved its way into the daily lives of a billion people, changing the way we eat, travel and consume. Ten years on from its launch, Instagram has evolved far beyond selfies, as it redefines “experiences” and blurs the lines between reality and someone’s carefully curated personal brand. It has also launched countless careers of digital “influencers” who churn out daily content to their loyal followers, striking endorsement deals along the way. Privez, who has 140,000 subscribers, makes between six and seven “ Around the world, museums and pop-up “experiences” are increasingly offering interactive installations solely for visitors to take selfies and post them on Instagram and other social media platforms. The insatiable quest for Instagram “likes” has made the platform addictive for some, and can have devastating effects, particularly for younger people, said psychologist Stora.

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From enhanced DM to extended limits, top new Instagram features rolled out in 2024
5 days, 16 hours ago

From enhanced DM to extended limits, top new Instagram features rolled out in 2024

India TV News  

2024 has been an exciting year for social media users, especially those on Instagram. With over 2 billion users worldwide, the platform rolled out several new features throughout the year that enhanced the experience for everyone. As we approach the end of 2024, here's a look back at some of the major updates Instagram introduced for its users. Introducing Meta …

Cut risks, not potential, of social media for young with Instagram Teen Accounts
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Cut risks, not potential, of social media for young with Instagram Teen Accounts

India Today  

Being a great communication and learning tool for teenagers, managing the use of social media by them is becoming increasingly important. The idea behind Instagram Teen Accounts is to place teens in built-in protections and reassure parents that their children are having safe experiences. “Parents and educators play a vital role in managing teenagers’ social media experiences. Using these features, …

Celebrities rebel against Instagram boss as he tries to match TikTok
2 years, 4 months ago

Celebrities rebel against Instagram boss as he tries to match TikTok

The Telegraph  

Among the photo captions of his 500-year-old house in Lindos, Rhodes, Jasper Conran had some advice for Instagram’s chief executive. Make Instagram Instagram again; either that or create a parallel platform that doesn’t wipe out the existing one,” he wrote to Adam Mosseri, Instagram chief at Meta. It has invaded users’ social media feeds with videos – or Reels – …

BeReal and the Doomed Quest for Online Authenticity
2 years, 4 months ago

BeReal and the Doomed Quest for Online Authenticity

Wired  

On its ascent to the coveted top spot in app store charts, BeReal—the French photo-sharing app launched in 2020—has been heralded as the antidote to social media fakery. The result all but usurped Pepsi’s counterculture image of “impudent insurrectionaries sassy upstarts flouting the dull repressive mores of the past.” As media historian Jefferson Pooley has argued, the more earnestly we …

Instagram pauses updates following criticism about being too video focused
2 years, 4 months ago

Instagram pauses updates following criticism about being too video focused

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri says the company is taking a “big step” …

Instagram has been terrible for months
2 years, 4 months ago

Instagram has been terrible for months

Slate  

“Does Instagram totally suck now?” It was a question first posed to me by my sister, about a month ago, and soon it became a question echoed across the greater internet, culminating in headlines this week when our own social media dilettante, Kylie Jenner, brought up the issue. The app developers soon observed that most people were only using Burbn …

Chrissy Teigen debates with head of Instagram over app’s latest changes: ‘We don’t wanna make videos’
2 years, 4 months ago

Chrissy Teigen debates with head of Instagram over app’s latest changes: ‘We don’t wanna make videos’

The Independent  

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Instagram’s Mosseri says videos will dominate the platform
2 years, 4 months ago

Instagram’s Mosseri says videos will dominate the platform

The Hindu  

After the photo and reel sharing social media platform Instagram introduced several updates, company head Adam Mosseri posted a video on Tuesday to address “a lot of concerns” about the app and its future plans. Many users have complained about Instagram’s algorithmic focus on video clips by creators rather than photos posted by their family and friends. This became a …

Sorry Kim, Instagram Will Become More Like TikTok
2 years, 4 months ago

Sorry Kim, Instagram Will Become More Like TikTok

News 18  

After Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner criticised Instagram for trying to be like TikTok, the Meta-owned platform’s head Adam Mosseri shared a video explaining the recent changes to the platform and said it will become more video-focused over time. On the microblogging site Twitter, Mosseri shared a video and mentioned that “there is a lot happening on Instagram right now". …

Sorry, Kylie Jenner, Instagram won’t stop trying to be TikTok
2 years, 4 months ago

Sorry, Kylie Jenner, Instagram won’t stop trying to be TikTok

Live Mint  

Despite a flood of criticism, especially from Kylie Jenner, the most-followed woman on Instagram, the social media platform has pledged to continue pushing for video, full-screen posts and algorithm-driven recommended posts from strangers. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, responded to Jenner's public call to "stop trying to be TikTok" and reverse the alterations with a video message that did …

Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, two of Instagram’s biggest stars, are speaking out against Reels
2 years, 4 months ago

Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, two of Instagram’s biggest stars, are speaking out against Reels

The Independent  

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Instagram plans to bring back chronological feed next year, top exec says
3 years ago

Instagram plans to bring back chronological feed next year, top exec says

CNN  

CNN — Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified for the first timebefore a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday as lawmakers question the app’s impact on the mental health ofyounger users. “Specifically, we believe there should be an industry body that will determine best practices” for social media companies to verify user ages, cater to different age groups and provide parental controls, he …

Multiple states investigating Instagram over efforts to get children active on its platform
3 years, 1 month ago

Multiple states investigating Instagram over efforts to get children active on its platform

LA Times  

A group of U.S. state attorneys general are investigating Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram photo-sharing app over its efforts to engage children and young adults, taking aim at the risks the social network may pose to their mental health and well-being. “Our coalition will not hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to protect children and young adults from the harms …

Instagram to encourage teenagers to take a break from the platform and stay away from harmful content
3 years, 2 months ago

Instagram to encourage teenagers to take a break from the platform and stay away from harmful content

India Today  

Instagram is working on new ways to make the platform a safe place for young users. The photo-sharing app will now introduce a new feature that would ask teenagers to maintain a safe distance from harmful content and encourage them to “take a break” from Instagram. The announcement Clegg came shortly after ex-Facebook employee turned Whistleblower made shocking claims about …

Past storms haven’t fazed Facebook. Instagram Kids might
3 years, 2 months ago

Past storms haven’t fazed Facebook. Instagram Kids might

Associated Press  

Nineteen-year-old Gigi Painter hopes Facebook’s planned “Instagram Kids” never becomes a reality. Antigone Davis, Facebook’s head of global safety, defended Instagram’s efforts to protect young people using its platform, insisting that Facebook cares “deeply about the safety and security of the people on our platform.” The Senate Commerce Subcommittee is is examining how Facebook handled information from its own researchers …

Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback

Associated Press  

Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids’ version of Instagram, geared toward children under 13, to address concerns that have been raised about the vulnerability of younger users. “I still firmly believe that it’s a good thing to build a version of Instagram that’s designed to be safe for tweens, but we want to take the …

Instagram pauses plans to develop app for kids under 13
3 years, 2 months ago

Instagram pauses plans to develop app for kids under 13

Al Jazeera  

The pause gives the photo-sharing app a chance to listen to concerns of parents and lawmakers and respond accordingly, Instagram’s chief said on Monday. Development plans for Instagram Kids are on hold for now, the photo-sharing app’s chief announced on Monday, after The Wall Street Journal reported in a series of investigative articles that Facebook is aware that Instagram is …

Instagram says social media’s effect on people mental health “mixed”
3 years, 3 months ago

Instagram says social media’s effect on people mental health “mixed”

The Hindu  

Internal researchers at Facebook-owned Instagram have found the app poses serious mental health danger to many teen girls, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week, citing internal company documents. The image-sharing platform added that social media’s impact on the wellbeing of people is “mixed” and depends on the state of mind when people use it. According to the company’s …

What your kids wish you knew about Instagram
3 years, 3 months ago

What your kids wish you knew about Instagram

LA Times  

This is the Sept. 20 edition of the 8 to 3 newsletter about school, kids and parenting. “It’s a question of whose body brings more traffic and more engagement,” said Gloria Lucas, founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride, an Instagram account dedicated to eating disorder awareness in BIPOC communities. Indeed, while TikTok is ruled by dancers and comedians, “fitness models” dominate …

Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram is bad for teens despite claiming otherwise
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram is bad for teens despite claiming otherwise

Firstpost  

Facebook’s policy of pursuing profits regardless of documented harm has sparked comparisons to Big Tobacco, which knew in the 1950s that its products were carcinogenic but publicly denied it into the 21st century Lexington, US: Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram the social media platform most used by adolescents is harmful to teen girls’ body …

Instagram to focus on video content, will no longer remain a photo-sharing app
3 years, 5 months ago

Instagram to focus on video content, will no longer remain a photo-sharing app

India Today  

Video content is becoming a thing on the Internet. With almost every social media app working towards prioritizing video content, soon there will be a dedicated video section in every app that you possibly in your phone. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri too is not content with Instagram being just a photo-sharing app. Right now we’re focused on four key areas: …

Abandon Instagram for kids plan, U.S. states urge Facebook
3 years, 7 months ago

Abandon Instagram for kids plan, U.S. states urge Facebook

The Hindu  

U.S. officials representing 44 states and territories on Monday urged Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13. According to the officials, use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-being of children, who are not equipped to navigate the challenges of having a social …

Keep kids under 13 off Instagram, advocacy group tells Zuckerberg
3 years, 8 months ago

Keep kids under 13 off Instagram, advocacy group tells Zuckerberg

Al Jazeera  

A non-profit called on Facebook’s chief to cancel plans to launch an Instagram platform for preteen kids. An advocacy group on Thursday urged Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to cancel plans to launch a version of the popular photo-sharing app Instagram for children under 13, saying that it would put the preteens at “great risk”. “Instagram, in particular, exploits …

Facebook may soon launch Instagram for kids under the age of 13
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook may soon launch Instagram for kids under the age of 13

India Today  

Facebook is working on a new version of Instagram that would be only for kids who are aged under 13. Instagram introduced new policies which would make it difficult for adult users to get in touch with a young user if he is being followed by the young user. “I’m excited to announce that going forward, we have identified youth …

Hashtag Win: Instagram Had Indian Youth Hooked More Than Any Social Media Platform in Pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

Hashtag Win: Instagram Had Indian Youth Hooked More Than Any Social Media Platform in Pandemic

News 18  

Instagram has emerged as the most preferred social media platform among the Indian youth while YouTube garnered most attention amid pandemic, with 98 per cent of those surveyed installed it in their phones followed by Netflix and Amazon Prime, a new report said on Friday. Although the survey size was small, the report by Youth Online Learning Organization said that …

Instagram turns 10: How a photo-sharing app redefined the way we socialise
4 years, 2 months ago

Instagram turns 10: How a photo-sharing app redefined the way we socialise

The Hindu  

A decade ago, two Americans, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, founded a social networking platform dedicated to sharing photos. “We’re witnessing enormous shifts in how people create and consume culture as tools that were only available to the most sophisticated media organizations are now literally in the hands of billions,” Instagram said. According to a report titled ‘Average Time Spent …

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