Facebook is fighting fake Instagram likes, suing New Zealand company
Facebook is suing a New Zealand company who sold fake likes, shares and followers on Instagram. The social media giant alleges Social Media Series Limited has ignored requests to discontinue selling false engagement through external sites. The lawsuit asks a U.S. court to halt the company’s actions and award damages to Facebook. Read More: Nicolas Cage gives […]
Facebook exposed millions of Instagram passwords to employees
Facebook says they stored millions of Instagram users’ passwords in readily available files employees can access. The security issue came to light last month after it was discovered hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords were exposed. Read more: Crown The Empire give “Old Town Road” an acoustic spin They previously claimed tens of thousands of Instagram users […]
Facebook, Instagram experience second outage in a month
For the second time in a month, Facebook experienced a worldwide outage where users were unable to access the social networking sites. According to DownDetector.com, both Instagram and WhatsApp were also down for roughly two hours Sunday morning. The website, used to track online service outages, listed tens of thousands of reports from social media […]
Facebook Messenger may move back to main app
After years of its users wondering why they made a separate app for messages in the first place, Facebook may move chat features back into the main app. According to the Verge, the move back is currently being tested. If all goes according to plan, users may soon be able to access basic features in […]
Social media scrubbing is now a reality thanks to a new app
Let’s face it — everyone probably has written something on Twitter or Facebook that they would never dream of posting now. Some people might want to just clean up their social media in general. Others might desire to prevent bad things from showing up when they Google their name for personal or professional reasons. Well, […]
'Harry Potter' books torched by priests to eradicate evil forces
In a display to condemn magic and sorcery, Catholic priests in Poland burned Harry Potter and Twilight books in a ceremony that was later shared on Facebook. The evangelical group “SMS from Heaven Foundation” posted the photos from Sunday’s burning at the Gdansk’s Mother of Church parish, which soon sparked controversy and mockery from social media. Read […]
Facebook to allow users to customize News Feed content
Facebook is launching a new feature to better explain to users why certain posts are showing up in their New Feeds. It will also allow them to have input on what they see. Facebook’s product manager Ramya Sethuraman announced the change in a blog post about the site. Read more: Billie Eilish plays ‘Ellen’ with […]
Facebook exposed hundreds of millions of user passwords to employees
Facebook allegedly stored between 200 and 600 million users’ passwords in plain text, leaving them exposed to about 20,000 employees. According to Krebs on Security, the passwords were easily searchable to the many Facebook employees going back to 2012. Read more: Dance Gavin Dance drop Wild West-themed “Head Hunter” video The company put out a […]
Facebook, Instagram explain massive outage, apologize for inconvenience
Facebook has recently provided an explanation regarding yesterday’s super-obnoxious social media outage. The Facebook family of apps, including Instagram, were down for nearly 14 hours, according to CNN. The outage caused uproar on one of the only working social media sites, Twitter. That said, when the social networking sites were finally back in business, they […]
Facebook, Instagram allegedly down worldwide, incites social media panic
UPDATE: MARCH 13, 6:31 P.M. EST Instagram has taken to Twitter to share an update regarding users’ inability to access certain features on the social media site. However, Instagram has not shared any probable causes as to why it has been experiencing problems all day. We’re aware of an issue impacting people’s access to Instagram […]
Instagram seemingly testing feature that lets users watch videos with friends
If you’ve ever wanted to watch Instagram videos with friends who are not around, you might just have the chance. Apparently, the company is testing out a watch party feature that will allow you to watch videos with friends while video chatting them. Read more: An exhibit honoring Chester Bennington will show never-before-seen photos Jane […]
Here's how to enable "Dark Mode" on Facebook Messenger
If you’ve been on Facebook lately you might have noticed a few people talking about the new “Dark Mode” on Facebook Messenger. While rumor of the long-awaited Dark Mode has been circulating for a while now, it seems that Facebook may finally be testing the new feature. However, Dark Mode is not listed as a […]
New emojis for 2019 include yawns, dogs and more blood
A yawning face, service and guide dogs, and a lone drop of blood that’s being called the “period emoji” by a girls’ rights group are just three of the new emojis found in Unicode’s official 2019 update of the ubiquitous telecom ideograms. It’s set to roll out this spring, CNN reports, and various smartphone operating […]
Facebook Messenger finally lets you delete texts for real
At long last, Facebook is implementing a new Messenger feature that gives users the ability to fully remove messages—from everyone’s view—in a conversation on the social media messaging app. This, after Facebook co-founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly already had the Messenger unsend capability at his disposal, as pointed out by CNBC. How does it work? Just […]
Former KISS guitarist accuses Gene Simmons of groping his wife
Ace Frehley—KISS‘ lead guitarist from their classic 1973–1982 lineup—has fired back on Facebook against fellow band co-founder Gene Simmons, the former member accusing Simmons of groping his wife while alleging that the KISS bassist and businessman slandered him to industry associates for years, as reported by USA Today and Variety. The Facebook missive appears to […]
Half of Facebook users could be fake, says report
More than 50 percent of Facebook users are fake according to a report released on Jan. 24. According to the author, the platform doesn’t have a way to accurately measure its active users to say how many are real. Read more: Ariana Grande reveals why she wore black lipstick on ‘Thank U, Next’ cover A new report […]
Find out more about the new Facebook petitions feature
Facebook will launch its latest feature to allow people to engage in politics and social justice: petitions. The feature, which will be released Monday, is called Community Actions. It allow people to make petitions via their social media page, according to TechCrunch. Not every user will have access to Community Actions immediately. Read more: Ryan […]
Enter Shikari address abusive behavior toward Palaye Royale, their fans
Enter Shikari have released a statement regarding the abusive behavior being experienced by Palaye Royale and their fans following an incident at Saturday night’s show at Cliffs Pavilion in Southend, U.K. You can read the full statement below. Read more: Tom Holland believed fake article saying he uploaded ‘Avengers 4’ online According to Twitter, and incident occurred […]
Facebook working on a meme feed
Facebook is reportedly working on a special meme feed, and the name will make you laugh out loud. Or not, who knows. Read more: Ozzy Osbourne sends terminal cancer patient and former drummer platinum records after feud After adding lyrics, karaoke-style to Lip Sync Live, creating chat rooms for groups and enabling users to send voice messages, Facebook is testing […]
Could 'The Social Network' finally be getting a sequel?
It has been almost a decade since Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher released the Facebook-founding movie, The Social Network. Now, Sorkin reveals that there has been back and forth discussion in regards to a sequel to the 2010 film. Read more: ‘Avengers’ star says he would make posthumous appearances in movies Sorkin recently sat down for an […]
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