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Meta considers paid subscriptions for European users amidst privacy challenges

Europe's stringent privacy regulations have presented significant challenges for social media companies, which are now required to obtain explicit consent from users before collecting and processing their personal data. This poses a particular challenge for Meta, the US company behind Facebook and Instagram, as its revenue heavily relies on...

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Versace deletes Instagram, hints at new social media strategy

Versace has deleted all the posts from its Instagram account. The luxury fashion house, which has 29 million followers, has wiped its social media slate clean, suggesting an announcement or change may be imminent. Earlier this month Versace was sold as part of Tapestry’s acquisition of parent company Capri Holdings in a multi-billion dollar...

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After a bumper launch, Threads loses half its users

Users and businesses were quick to sign up to Meta’s much-hyped Twitter-esque platform, but in a call to employees CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged half of its 100 million signups may have already left. Teething issues such as which content is displayed and limited functionalities, have been ardent criticisms of its users. Mr Zuckerberg said the...

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Threads, Meta's social media platform to rival Twitter, is going live

Meta, the parent company behind Instagram and Facebook, is set to launch its new app called Threads this week, which aims to compete with Twitter. The app, available for pre-order on the U.S. Apple App Store, will be integrated with Instagram and features a text-based conversation platform resembling Twitter's dashboard. The app has not yet...

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Meta to develop new social media platform to rival Twitter

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is planning to develop a text-based social network to rival Twitter. The BBC reported the platform aims to allow users to follow accounts from Instagram, Meta's image-sharing app, and potentially import followers from decentralised platforms like Mastodon. Meta's chief product officer confirmed...

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Can social media be held accountable for poor mental health?

Hundreds of private lawsuits have been filed against social media networks in the US, which depict a toxic social media landscape that is harmful to young people. The lawsuits aim to hold social media platforms accountable for the detrimental effects on young people's mental health. Over 200 suits have been joined together in one class action...

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Balenciaga unarchives its Instagram posts

Balenciaga is back. On Instagram. The original executor of the Instagram fashion tabula rasa, or blank slate, Balenciaga has removed images and posts from its official account nearly every season, or at best after every launch, or anything newsworthy, over the past two years. Balenciaga first deleted all of its Instagram posts 15th July 2021....

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Instagram introduces new creator messaging tool

Social media platform Instagram has announced it will be trialling a new tool that will allow creators to share messages to all their followers. Unveiled in a blog post by the platform’s owner Meta, Broadcast Channels will enable creators to share text, video, voice notes or photo updates to followers, who are then able to react to the content....

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Meta to lift ban on bare breasts

Instagram and Facebook parent Meta is to lift the ban on showing bare breasts on its social media channels, in a bid to give clarity on its nudity policies. An advisory board have said women and trans and nonbinary people have to right to express their bodies in the same way as men “so that it is governed by clear criteria that respect...

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Facebook, Instagram parent Meta cuts 11,000 jobs

Meta, the parent company of social media giants Instagram and Facebook, has announced it will cut 11,000 jobs, or 13 percent of its workforce, in a bid to slash costs. In a letter to employees, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will also be cutting discretionary spending and extending its hiring freeze through Q1 to become “a...

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Instagram, after a backlash, pauses changes to its algorithm

The cute little square photo app that made Instagram a classic amongst the social media platforms no longer exists. Instagram’s best loved feature has morphed into one giant video reel with an algorithm bent on showing newness to users. Feeds are no longer dominated with content from followed users, but from third parties and other users, that...

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How Social Media is fueling new aesthetics

There's a lot to be said about social media, and one thing for certain is that it's current cultural gold in terms of identifying trends. All signs point to social media as a tool that progresses the democratization of fashion, a shift that has been in motion, but was catalyzed during the pandemic when nearly everything happened on our screens....