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Instagram's translation algorithm seems to have wrongfully changed user mentions of Palestine in profiles to include the word "terrorist."
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Instagram Apologizes for Bug that Added “Terrorist” to Palestinian User Bios

By Noor Al-Sibai

Facebook’s AI-Powered Jane Austen Is Already Overrun by Spam
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook’s AI-Powered Jane Austen Is Already Overrun by Spam

By Victor Tangermann, Jon Christian

An actor seems to have given a bizarre explanation for why he liked a bunch of bigoted posts: that AI had something to do with it. 
Artificial Intelligence

Actor Blames AI for Liking Red-Pilled Social Media Posts

By Noor Al-Sibai

Guy Who Uses AI to Post as a Voluptuous Influencer: “I Usually Just Call Myself Her Manager”
Artificial Intelligence

Guy Who Uses AI to Post as a Voluptuous Influencer: “I Usually Just Call Myself Her Manager”

By Victor Tangermann

A "19-year-old virtual girl from Helsinki, Finland," who has amassed tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, is looking for work
Artificial Intelligence

Fully AI-Generated Influencers Are Getting Thousands of Reactions Per Thirst Trap

By Victor Tangermann

The board tasked with overseeing decisions at Facebook is suggesting the company take a long, hard look at its infamous "female-presenting nipple" rule.
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Meta Board Trashes Facebook’s “Convoluted and Poorly Defined” Female Nipple Rule

By Noor Al-Sibai

The company formerly known as Facebook has finally begun working on an algorithm to block unsolicited photos on Instagram. 
Artificial Intelligence

Instagram Working on AI to Block Unsolicited D**k Pics

By Noor Al-Sibai

Instagram parent company Meta is totally ok with giving virtual influencers a blue verification checkmark.
Future Society

Facebook Exec Defends Verifying Fake CGI People on Instagram

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is officially labelling Meta, the parent company of both Facebook and Instagram, as an extremist organization, according to state news network TASS.
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Russian Court Rules Facebook and Instagram as “Extremist”

By Victor Tangermann

Users behind pet-focused Instagram accounts have begun cloning their pets so they can continue making content after the original one has died.
Future Society

Instagram Influencers Are Cloning Their Pets to Keep Churning Out Content After They Die

By Tony Ho Tran

The Vatican is investigating why Pope Francis' official Instagram account accidentally liked a Brazilian model's revealing picture.
Future Society

Vatican Confused by How Pope Account “Liked” Sexy Pic

By Victor Tangermann

The 2020 Democratic primaries are well underway and the campaign for Bloomberg is getting down and dirty with top-notch Instagram memes.
Future Society

Bloomberg Hires Fyre Fest Promoters to Make Memes

By Jacob Banas

Malls are giving their Santa villages digital upgrades in the hopes of luring parents — and their money — away from online shopping.
Future Society

Mall Santas Are Using Gimmicks to Court Instagram Parents

By Kristin Houser

A bizarre plot to steal a domain name at gunpoint has earned Instagram influencer Rossi Lorathio Adams II a 14-year prison sentence.
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Man Behind Plot to Steal a Domain at Gunpoint Is Headed to Prison

By Kristin Houser

Porn stars and sex workers are having troubling stopping Instagram from deleting their accounts — even when their posts don't violate the site's rules.
Future Society

Porn Stars: Instagram Keeps Deleting Our Accounts for No Reason

By Kristin Houser

Human traffickers are selling slaves via Instagram and other apps, according to a disturbing new investigation by BBC News Arabic.
Future Society

Human Traffickers Are Literally Selling Slaves on Instagram

By Kristin Houser

British fishmonger Rex Goldsmith found that Instagram was censoring his photos for featuring "offensive content" twice in two weeks.
Future Society

Instagram Keeps Accidentally Flagging Fish Photos as Offensive

By Kristin Houser

A study found that Instagrammers who post a lot of selfies are perceived as less adventurous, less successful, and more lonely than "posie" posters.
Future Society

Your Selfies Make You Look Like a Lonely Loser, Study Finds

By Kristin Houser

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry shared a chainmeme to his Instagram and Twitter feeds, apparently unaware that it was a hoax.
Future Society

Instagram Hoax Fools Department of Energy Head Rick Perry

By Kristin Houser

Facebook announced that it plans to extend its fact-checking program to Instagram, but it's not clear that checking memes will accomplish anything.
Future Society

Instagram Wants to Fact-Check Your Memes

By Dan Robitzski

Imma, a CGI fashion model, just scored a make-up modeling gig for a Japanese cosmetics brand.
Artificial Intelligence

Can You Tell Which of These Models Is CGI?

By Victor Tangermann

In order to fight the spread of anti-vaxxer misinformation, Instagram is developing a pop-up that will appear next to dangerous medical claims.
Health & Medicine

Instagram May Combat Anti-Vaxxer Misinformation With Pop-up Ads

By Dan Robitzski

Linus Torvalds, the angry rant-prone creator of Linux, argues that modern social media incentivize terrible behavior online.
Future Society

Linux Creator: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Are “A Disease”

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook and Instagram users across the globe experienced outages for most of Wednesday starting around 1 pm EST and ending late Wednesday night. But why?
Future Society

Facebook Had a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By Victor Tangermann

Today, the Facebook-owned Instagram announced that it will use AI to automatically identify the content of images for visually impaired users.
Artificial Intelligence

Instagram Will Use AI To Describe Images for Visually Impaired Users

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook Wants To Explore Blockchain Technology. Here’s What They Might Be Up To.
Bitcoin

Facebook Wants To Explore Blockchain Technology. Here’s What They Might Be Up To.

By Dan Robitzski

So, Yeah: Facebook Is Mining Your Instagram Photos, Too
Meta

So, Yeah: Facebook Is Mining Your Instagram Photos, Too

By Victor Tangermann

Robot Showboat: Now Even Our Celeb Feuds Are Automated
Artificial Intelligence

Robot Showboat: Now Even Our Celeb Feuds Are Automated

By Dan Robitzski

Instagram is Trying to Make Users Feel Better Without Scaring Them Off
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Instagram is Trying to Make Users Feel Better Without Scaring Them Off

By Claudia Geib