Свежие новости и отзывы о Instagram

На прошлой неделе мне случилось написать тред в Твиттере, который явно “зашел” аудитории и даже разлетелся по самым разным социальным сетям. Честно сказать, я на такой эффект не рассчитывал — не первый тред пишу, примерно представляю себе возможный эффект. Он есть целиком в виде записи в блоге. Поскольку аудитория в твиттере у меня немаленькая, то я совершенно не удивлялся быстро растущему количеству лайков и ретвитов, хотя и отметил, что оно подрастает быстрее, чем обычно. Но через несколько часов случилос... →

After facing criticism over failing to protect users from abusive accounts, Instagram has been steadily introducing new safety tools over the last few years. Today, the company is launching new tools to enhance its filters for DMs, block other accounts from someone you’ve blocked, and nudge people to send more mindful replies. The company introduced […] Instagram’s DM filter tool now expands to Story replies, claims to catch intentional spelling mistakes by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Social media managers and creators have long relied on third-party tools to schedule posts on Instagram. But now the company is testing an in-app tool to schedule posts and reels. The company confirmed the development and said it is indeed experimenting with this.“We are testing the ability to schedule content with a percentage of our […] Instagram is testing an in-app scheduling tool for posts and reels by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Indian news outlet The Wire said on Tuesday it is setting up an internal review to assess the documents, information, source material and people it relied on for critical stories on Meta that claimed the social juggernaut gave governing party BJP’s top digital operative an unchecked ability to remove content from Instagram and a series […] Indian news outlet Wire to review reporting on Meta by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ранее Twitter и Instagram* заблокировали аккаунты рэпера... →

Instagram, facing scrutiny from safety advocates, started testing a program in the U.S. earlier this year to verify users’ age claiming to be 18 or older. The program, uses techniques including authentication via running video selfies through an artificial intelligence system. The Meta-owned service is now ready to roll out this program to two key […] Instagram expands AI-powered age verification program to India and Brazil by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Huge news for, like, five people: you can take videos on Horizon Worlds and share them to Facebook and Instagram Reels, Meta’s TikTok clone. At today’s Meta Connect event, the company formerly known as Facebook announced this new way to share content from Horizon Worlds, Meta’s flagship social VR app. Despite launching about a year […] No one asked for this, but you can share Horizon Worlds videos to Instagram Reels by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Companies like Instagram are getting been heavily fined (and dragged through the publicity coals) over how they have mishandled children’s privacy on their platforms. But if a recent report from Ofcom is accurate, maybe they are getting off lightly. The UK media watchdog is publishing research today that found that one-third of all children aged […] UK’s Ofcom says one-third of under-18s lie about their age on social media by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Almost a week after Apple removed The OG App from the App Store, an Instagram client that promised to provide an ad-free and suggestion-free feed, Google followed the suit and booted the app off the Play Store. In a Twitter thread, co-founders of Un1feed, the company that published The OG App, said that the startup […] Google removes The OG App from the Play Store as founders think about next steps by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by […] This Week in Apps: Twitter gets an Edit button, Instagram increases ads, Google gets serious about wearables by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Following another quarter that saw marketers pull back on their ad spending, Meta today announced it’s increasing its ad load on Instagram with the launch of two new ad slots. Amid a slew of product updates for advertisers, including a music catalog for advertisers and a new ad format for Facebook Reels, the company said […] Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Facebook parent Meta has settled a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in data scraping operations, which had seen them gathering data from Facebook and Instagram users for marketing intelligence purposes, according to the original complaint filed in October 2020. The companies named in the suit, Israeli-based BrandTotal Ltd. and Delaware-incorporated […] Meta settles lawsuit for ‘significant’ sum against businesses scraping Facebook and Instagram data by Sarah Perez originally publis... →

I’ve long been super against edited tweets, mostly for technical reasons. The core issue is that Twitter isn’t like other social media sites; unlike, say Instagram and Facebook posts, embedded tweets drive the news in many ways. Republishing and retweeting of tweets is the main risk around allowing users to edit it. Let me break […] Edited tweets is still a minefield, but Twitter’s solution just might work by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

The inquest into the death of British schoolgirl, Molly Russell, has concluded that social media was a factor in her demise, the BBC reports. The 14-year-old had viewed thousands of pieces of content about self-harm and suicide on online platforms, including Instagram and Pinterest, prior to her death in November 2017. Reaching a conclusion on […] Social media a factor in death of UK schoolgirl, inquest finds by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta announced today that all Facebook and Instagram users in the U.S. can now connect their wallets and share their NFTs. All users in the U.S. also have the ability to cross-post the NFTs that they own across both Facebook and Instagram. The official roll out comes a few months after Meta first began testing […] All Facebook and Instagram users in the U.S. can now share NFTs, cross-post between both apps by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Владельцы порносайта написали открытое письмо руководству соцсети, но оно осталось без ответа... →

In a bid for the TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels crowd, Adobe today announced updates to Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements — its lightweight photo and video editing software bundle — that focus on improving the audio track selection and adding artistic effects to videos. Photoshop Elements 2023 and Premiere Elements 2023 also add […] Adobe rolls out Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2023 with AI-powered features by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last week, a startup called Un1feed launched an Instagram client called The OG App, which promised an ad-free and suggestion-free home feed along with features like creating custom feeds like Twitter lists. The app raked up almost 10,000 downloads in a few days, but Apple removed the app from the App Store for violating its […] Meta says ad-free Instagram client The OG App breaks its rules by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

After a weeks-long suspension, Pornhub’s account has been permanently removed from Instagram. Instagram told TechCrunch that Pornhub has repeatedly violated community guidelines, prompting the account’s removal. Meanwhile, Pornhub declared in an open letter to Meta and Instagram that Instagram’s enforcement of these platform rules are “opaque, discriminatory and hypocritical.” Addressed to four Meta executives including […] Instagram permanently disabled Pornhub’s account by Amanda Silberling originally pub... →