Articles tagged "social-media"

According to the ruling, the grandmother refused to take down images of at least one of the minors, even after requests from their mother to do so. As a result, the grandmother will be fined €50 for each day the images are still up.

Twitter has been buzzing with concerns about a social media release form the AP has been using since at least 2015.

Instagram makes it third-party fact-checking system global, expanding the presence of 'false information' warning labels on fake images.

Instagram's latest anti-bullying effort involves an AI-powered system that warns users when they're about to publish an offensive caption.

Per a report from CNBC, a number of former Facebook employees have spoken out that Instagram's recent transition to hiding the like count of posts was more than just a good-will gesture.

Chrome users can now 'unhide' Instagram likes on the Web using a new browser extension called The Return of Likes.

Facebook details how its machine learning technology analyzes billions of Instagram images in real-time to help users discover new content.

Instagram has been hiding like counts for some users across several regions since earlier this year. Now the trial is expanded to a global scale.

Facebook has fixed a bug that caused iPhone users' Camera app to open alongside the Facebook app, causing concern that Facebook might be recording users.

The confirmation comes from Instagram's CEO Adam Mosseri from an interview earlier this week.

The new tool enables an Instagram user to restrict other accounts from posting content on and sending messages to their own account.

Facebook's ‘Face Recognition’ feature, which was first introduced in late 2017, will not be turned on for new users unless the user opts-in.

Instagram has banned one of its advertising partners, HYP3R, after it was allegedly caught scraping a huge amount of data on users.

Facebook has confirmed it's adding ‘from Facebook’ to both Instagram and WhatsApp in an effort to ‘to be clearer about the products and services that are part of Facebook.’

These Pinterest-inspired boards serve as a way to inform and inspire by gathering together bits and pieces of other art and info.

It might look pretty, but unless you want to risk your health, it's probably best to stay away from the abandoned quarry in Galicia, Spain.

Instagram users across the globe are teaming up for good to help ‘protect’ the accounts of users whose accounts have been the target of trolls for various reasons.

Instagram says it plans to crack down on more accounts, but notes it'll be handing out warnings first before the account is disabled.

In April Instagram launched an experiment hiding like counts for some of its users in Canada. Now the trial has been expanded to more regions.

As part of its recently-redesigned Explore page, Instagram has announced it's adding inline advertisements within the featured content.

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) is reporting that Facebook will reconsider nudity policies following large nude photo shoot near NYC HQ.

Starting on Friday, the Trump administration will put a new policy in place that will require 'most' U.S. visa applications to provide information regarding their social media accounts.

Instagram has brought live the update to its Explore tab that brings more content and better organization to the forefront of the user interface.

JetBlue is offering free flights for a year...so long as you remove all of your Instagram photos from your account.

Despite viral photographs suggesting otherwise, Instagram claims it's not limiting how many accounts particular posts reach.

Instagram has quietly added the iOS-exclusive ability to post images or videos to multiple Instagram accounts at once on the same device.

Facebook has disclosed a major photo API bug that left the private images of millions of users exposed to third-party apps from September 13, 2018 to September 25, 2018.

Guests who would rather spend time actually enjoying their Swiss vacation can now do so while still maintaining a presence on social networks, thanks to Ibis Switzerland Hotels' new social media sitting services.

A curious computer science student discovered these as-yet unreleased features by digging into the code of the Instagram Android app.

The team at BBC's Tomorrow's World built a Facebook Messenger chatbot that uses artificial intelligence to analyze and score your photos based on color, composition, emotion, landmarks, and more.

Instagram will soon allow users to download their content from within the app. Gone are the days of using third-party apps and services to get the job done.

Facebook has added support for 360° panoramic photos and 720p HD video to Facebook Messenger. This follows last November's update, which doubled the resolution of photos shared through the messaging app.

Photo messaging app Snapchat has produced its first TV commercial, which hopes to educate older folk about what Snapchat is. And what it is, apparently, is "a new kind of camera."

Instagram has revealed some interesting updates this week, including a return to a slightly more chronological newsfeed where "newer posts are more likely to appear first in feed."

As photographers, we often share photos of our favorite locations, landscapes, and landmarks online. But what if your photos ultimately led to the destruction of those locations, landscapes, and landmarks? For one photographer in Sweden, that's exactly what happened.

Visual China Group (VCG)—the world's third largest image licensing company and the so-called 'Getty Images of China'—has acquired photo sharing community and licensing marketplace 500px.

The tree lost a limb during the holidays last year, prompting the local government to put up signs. But if Instagrammers won't keep their distance, the tree might have to be protected with fencing.

Twitter is harnessing the power of computer vision to more intelligently crop image previews, automatically focusing the crop around the most eye-catching or interesting part of the photo.

Oops. In their rush to post a pretty picture last night, multiple Canon social media accounts accidentally shared a composite, huge portions of which were stolen and shot with a Fujifilm X-T1.

Instagram is rolling out its "recommended posts" to everybody now, and users who have already seen the new feature are taking to Twitter to voice their displeasure.