Massively popular photo-sharing social media platform Instagram is the latest front against the perennial fight against fake news. With deepfakes, doctored images and falsified images taking the uphill battle to tell truth from forgery ever steeper, top technology companies have made a spate of announcements over the past few years.
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Instagram is offline for many of its users, and many irate users have taken to Twitter to share their frustrations. With many US-based users celebrating Thanksgiving, some have lamented that the popular social networking service is forcing its users to socialise with their families. https://twitter.com/juhhsten/status/1200073927155998721?s=21 Websites Down Detector and Outage.Report
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Several popular Instagram accounts have reported sharp, inexplicable drops in follower count over the past day. The most popular accounts have dropped by millions of followers, though the issue is believed to be more widespread. Instagram acknowledged the “issue” hours ago on Twitter, assuring users that they are “working to
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Prominent as they are, Facebook and Google have entered the public eye again. This time, privacy issues discovered by TechCrunch in two separate investigations have led to them landing in hot water with Apple, distributor of the iOS operating system on their popular family of iPhone mobile devices. Facebook's app
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Once again, Instagram has some changes lined up. It's not going to big like some of the updates we've had in the past. These changes were mentioned by Instagram in a vague blog post last week and they'll roll out in the next few weeks. [caption id="attachment_134419" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Potential
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As part of my job reviewing tech gadgets, I get my hands on some of the best cameras available on the market. I also get plenty of queries about the best camera to get for a variety of needs, preferences and purposes. And it would surprise you - most times,
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At an internal event last week, Instagram celebrated yet another milestone: 1 billion monthly active users. That is 1 000 000 000 people and businesses, who log in to use the service at least once a month. That number stood at just 800 million in September last year, meaning that
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Just earlier today, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom announced the launch of IGTV, a standalone app accessible from within Instagram. This new platform will allow users to upload videos up to one hour in length, up from the one-minute limit on Instagram. [caption id="attachment_133018" align="alignnone" width="476"] Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom announces
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