In the latest maneuver to exhibit the public and politicians its effort to minimize its damaging effect on users, Instagram has once more upped its minimum daily screen time limit to 30 minutes, from the previous 10 to 15 minutes. According to TechCrunch, one user revealed that the social networking application is demanding a reconfiguration of its […]
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Instagram is reported to have reached 2 billion monthly active users without officially announcing it, according to anonymous employees who broke the news to CNBC. The reason behind not announcing it is that the platform was under surveillance in the past few months for potentially causing harm to children and teens. The last time the […]
Instagram on Tuesday launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service. The previously announced “Take A Break” feature encourages teens to stop scrolling if they have been on the social media platform for a […]
Instagram CEO, Adam Mosseri, will give testimony before Congress on December 6th, in a set of hearings for the platform’s approaches towards teens’ online protection, The New York Times reported. The testimony will be a follow-up after Senate lawmakers intensified their scrutinizing gaze on the platform concerning how its parent company Meta – previously Facebook – […]
A coalition of states attorneys general launched Thursday an investigation into Instagram’s ways of attracting and affecting the younger generation, especially younger girls, in their latest attempt to harshen regulatory scrutiny on Meta Platforms Inc, according to The Wall Street Journal. The examination into the social networking platform led by eight states, with Massachusetts and Nebraska […]
A group of state attorneys general are investigating the photo-sharing platform Instagram and its effects on children and young adults, saying its parent company Facebook — now called Meta Platforms — ignored internal research about the physical and mental health dangers it posed to young people. The investigation is led by a bipartisan coalition of […]
The senator leading a probe of Facebook’s Instagram and its impact on young people is asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the panel that has heard far-reaching criticisms from a former employee of the company. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who heads the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection, called in a sharply worded […]
The massive Facebook outage last week definitely took us all by surprise. However, the tech giant is working on ensuring that won’t happen again, as it’s currently building in-app notifications that will alert users to “temporary issues” like outages or other technical difficulties. The notifications will be visible in users’ home page. The notifications are there to specifically alert users about app bugs and issues, such as Story uploads not working or large-scale outages. Before you frown at […]
In response to the severe backlash Instagram has received over its negative impact on teens, parent company Facebook announced a new set of features in hopes of putting the issue to bed. Facebook vice president of global affairs Nick Clegg said during an interview with CNN State of the Union show that Facebook is going to “introduce something which I think will make a considerable difference, […]
So far, the world’s most reliable source for fast internet is optical fiber internet, and the hassle tagging along the process of installing these prized lusters of internet light will be worth every user’s effort. For those intrigued with the mechanism of installing a fiber-optic connection, here’s what you need to know. First, to understand the process, […]