Three former Love Island stars who became social media “finfluencers” have pleaded not guilty to plugging an unauthorised investment scheme. Biggs Chris, 32, Jamie Clayton, 32 and Rebecca Gormley, 26, pushed the unsanctioned venture to their Instagram followers, it is alleged. The trio appeared side by side in the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on […]
Epique Realty was flooded with calls regarding a 100-year-old house located in northwestern Iowa, that had been on the market for months. Holly Brink, managing broker of Epique Realty, couldn’t quite figure out what spiked the interest for the Victorian house in rural Fonda, Iowa. Many of the calls were coming from all over the […]
Instagram remains one of the top social media apps for teens with feeds of videos and photos. But soon, there could be an opt-in feature that allows users to track more than just trends. It’s called “Friend Map.” According to online news service, TechCrunch, the feature would be similar to Apple’s “Find My” app where […]
An obnoxious ‘rich kid’ has gone viral after a video was shared showing police arresting him on his dad’s boat after his alleged drunken harassing of restaurant staff. The bodycam footage shows Florida police telling to Luis Barrios, who boasts 43,000 followers on the social media platform, to stop moving a boat that was barrelling […]
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Tamia and Tim Woods’ reality became a “nightmare” Nov. 19, 2022, when their 17-year-old, all-American son died by suicide after becoming the victim of a sextortion scheme on […]
The U.S. Department of Justice wants an Arizona man held without bail after he allegedly Honolulu girl for more than a year using sexually explicit photos and one of his more than 100 Instagram accounts. Dustin Hill, 24, was indicted May 16 on a single count of sexual exploitation of a child. He was originally […]
A new NASA project allows Instagram users to experience the wonders of the universe as seen by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other space telescopes. It’s an augmented reality (AR) filter called an “Instagram experience” that takes staggeringly beautiful celestial bodies and places them right next to you on camera. This includes the wreckage of stars […]
Spain has blocked from rolling out election-focused features on and in the country. Data protection agency AEPD used emergency powers stipulated in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to ban the Election Day Information and Voter Information Unit tools for up to three months as a precautionary measure. Meta planned to deploy these […]
Authorities arrested two 16-year-old boys who led detectives on a high-speed pursuit that ended Tuesday afternoon with a crash and a car fire on a busy stretch of Highway 50 in Sacramento, sheriff’s officials said. Investigators recovered three guns at the scene of the crash after the two teens displayed “complete reckless behavior,” streaming themselves […]
As the holiday weekend approached, Instagram users were in a panic, as the service was inaccessible or not working well for thousands of users in the U.S. The website DownDetector.com reports a spike in problems around 12:30 PM Pacific time. Users had various issues, including being unable to access the service or view stories, upload […]
The European Union has opened fresh investigations into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they are failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc’s strict digital regulations for social media platforms. It is the latest round of scrutiny for parent company Meta Platforms under the 27-nation EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a sweeping […]
When a children’s jewelry-maker began advertising on Instagram, she promoted photos of a 5-year-old girl wearing a sparkly charm to users interested in parenting, children, ballet and other topics identified by Meta as appealing mostly to women. But when the merchant got the automated results of her ad campaign from Instagram, the opposite had happened: […]