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Instagram top chief defends platform during trial over youth mental-health crisis caused by it

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified in Los Angeles as part of a trial on what plaintiffs call "social media addiction" in children and young adults.

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WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app

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Alphabet sells bonds worth $20 billion to fund AI spending, including rare 100-year bond

An antisemitism hashtag, illustrating online antisemitic hate speech.

Online antisemitism grows smarter, faster, and harder to stop, CyberWell report shows


Over half of US adults say they consume news on social media - poll

The two main social media platforms on which a third of the responders said they received their news were Facebook and YouTube.

Today’s youths prefer to share their feelings and emotions through texts and online, in social media, in chat platforms while gaming and in other similar settings

WhatsApp will allow sending messages to other apps

The popular messaging app will also open the messages and conversations to other chat apps like Apple's iMessage and Telegram, for now only in Europe.

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'From the River to the Sea': Meta ruling sparks criticism of genocide implications

Meta’s decision to allow "From the River to the Sea" sparks backlash. Critics call it a genocidal phrase.

 Meta HQ at One Hacker Way in Menlo Park, CA: an ideal venue for the Bay Area Jewish community  to demand that Mark Zuckerberg prioritizes safety of Jewish students over profits.

From river to sea: Meta endorses a call for Israel's erasure - editorial

Meta's Oversight Board ignites controversy with a decision on a contentious phrase. As social media grapples with free speech and hate speech, this ruling raises questions about online discourse.

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New Instagram Feature: Public Comments in Stories!

The photo app is launching tonight a new option for leaving comments in stories, which can become public. That's how it will work.

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Meta panel rules that ‘from the river to the sea’ is not inherently antisemitic

Meta's Oversight Board ruled that "from the river to the sea" shouldn't be automatically removed from social media, a decision that has sparked criticism from pro-Israel groups.

 Meta HQ at One Hacker Way in Menlo Park, CA: an ideal venue for the Bay Area Jewish community  to demand that Mark Zuckerberg prioritizes safety of Jewish students over profits.

'From the river to the sea': Meta’s Oversight Board greenlights anti-Israel phrase

The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has sharply criticized Meta’s Oversight Board for its recent decision to allow the controversial phrase “from the river to the sea” on its platform.

 A PROTEST organized by Palestinian solidarity groups and activists takes place in Copenhagen last month. The genocidal calls of ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ are accompanied by massively financed and marketed Palestinian paraphernalia, scarves, flags, and posters.

New on Instagram: Editing photos and adding text within the app

Enhanced editing features now on Instagram! Add text and images directly within the app. Stand out in your feed with new text and sticker options.

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Instagram introduces public story comments

Instagram is launching a new feature that allows public comments on Stories, enabling mutual followers to engage with each other openly.

 Public story comments

Google to allow human characters in AI with improved imagen 3

After complaints about racist and false images, Google's Imagen 3 will now allow creation of human characters with built-in protections.

 Trump posted an AI photo of himself. A closer look reveals that a finger is missing