About a week after an artificial intelligence (AI) generated image of an explosion outside the Pentagon went viral on Twitter, the social media giant is using its crowdsourced fact-checking program, Community Notes, to fight back against fake or misleading images.
A TikTok creator noticed there was something troublingly "off" about her face when she filmed a video using the app's front-facing camera.
Shutterstock is set to acquire animated GIF platform Giphy from Facebook and Instagram owner Meta for $53 million in cash, a divestment that the social media company is making in order to comply with United Kingdom regulators.
Just days after a group of TikTok users filed a lawsuit against Montana seeking to overturn the state's controversial legislation to ban the popular social media app, TikTok itself has sued Montana over the new law.
Meta was rumored to be working on a standalone Twitter competitor, and a new leak shows not only what it might look like, but also how it would pair and sync with Instagram and other apps.
Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland has become the latest U.S. school district to sue Meta and TikTok for allegedly contributing to the mental health crisis among young people in recent months.
Picsart -- one of the most popular mobile photo editors and graphic design tools -- has announced Spaces, a new in-app community designed to encourage creative connection and collaboration.
An American tourist in Bali had a shocking experience after an elephant bit and broke her arm while she was posing for a photo with the animal in a resort.
Canon is getting in on the vlogging craze with a new PowerShot series, kicking off with the Canon PowerShot V10. While capable of capturing still images, Canon is clear that the PowerShot V10 is designed primarily with video in mind.
A new report by The Guardian reveals Facebook and Instagram have become marketplaces for child sex trafficking and parent company Meta is struggling to take sufficient action to prevent criminals from using its platforms.
TikTok is jumping on the artificially intelligent (AI) photo-editing trend, popularized by Lensa last year and is working on its own new AI avatar generator.
Meta says users are spending over 24% more time on Instagram because of its TikTok-clone, Reels.
A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the United States Senate that, if passed, would require all children under the age of 18 to receive parental consent to use social media and would forbid the use of algorithms on that age group.
A video of two women mocking an influencer taking photos of herself at a baseball game has caused a social media storm.
Picsart is launching its official Discord server, which will be free to access while offering an additional three paid tiers.
Meta’s independent Oversight Board says the company can’t start rolling back its efforts to remove misinformation, especially when it comes to Covid misinformation.
Montana’s legislature just passed a bill that would force app stores like the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store to ban TikTok in the state, making it likely to be the first in the U.S. to ban the social media site.
Instagram alternative 100ASA has launched its long-awaited iOS app, further enhancing 100ASA's competitive viability as a social media platform for passionate photographers.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has demonstrated a new artificial intelligence-powered (AI) model that can "cut out" any object in any image or video with a single click. Surprisingly, the company has also made it open source.
There's no shortage of studies focused on understanding the effects of social media use on people, especially adolescents. Apps like Instagram may perpetuate damaging myths about physical appearance and lead people to suffer debilitating mental health conditions, low self-esteem, and even seek cosmetic surgery at higher than expected rates.
Snapchat is a popular social media app that makes it easy to keep in touch with friends and quickly share selfies, photos, and videos. With 382 million daily active users, it's also a great place to get brand exposure.
Instagram has added a new feature called a "collaborative collection" which allows users to save posts in a shared space with family or friends.
A new report has revealed how children and teenagers are watching online videos -- often watching two clips simultaneously via split screening and favoring short, dramatic videos that require little focus.
Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI says that it has scraped more than 30 billion photos from social media platforms, and it is being used by more than 2,400 law enforcement agencies around the United States.
Utah's Governor Spencer Cox has signed two new laws in the state which require those under the age of 18 to get parental consent in order to access social media, sets a 10:30 PM curfew for its use, and bans "addictive" design.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew today told Congress that Chinese parent company ByteDance may still have access to U.S. data as the video-sharing app attempts to prevent a potential nationwide ban.
The retro iPhone camera app and one-time Instagram rival Hipstamatic is making its return to Apple's App Store today.
Kevin Systrom, one of Instagram's co-founders, says that the app has lost its "soul" and what used to be a place to connect with friends and family has become overly focused on turning into a business tool for creators and brands.
Meta's promised paid verification program is rolling out to Facebook and Instagram today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on his Instagram channel.
New data reveals that Instagram is the app that people in the U.S. want to delete more than any other.