Meta’s social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, experienced significant outages on Wednesday night, affecting thousands of users globally.
With how addictive social media is, the thought of putting your device down seems like a nightmare. Why get any work done when you can scroll and watch eye-catching reels instead?
Facebook has recently announced to shift its focus to "views" as the primary metric for measuring content performance, aligning its approach with Instagram’s existing system.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that his government will introduce legislation to prevent users under 16 from accessing social media platforms, citing the risks of online harm.
Improvements in AI-driven feeds and video recommendations have led to an 8% rise in time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram this year, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the company's latest quarterly earnings report.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is facing lawsuits brought by US states accusing it of harming teens' mental health by making its platforms addictive.
We are currently habituated to mindlessly scrolling on our phones without even realising that hours have passed since we picked up the device. The following pointers can help you take control of this harmful habit.
Instagram is rolling out a new account type for users under 18, introducing "Teen Accounts" to enhance protections for young people, according to a recent blog post by the company.
Meta Platforms is set to resume training its artificial intelligence (AI) models using public content shared by adult users on Facebook and Instagram in the UK, according to a recent blog post by the company.
Threads, Instagram's text-based conversation app, is expected to be released on Thursday and will allow users to follow the accounts they follow on the photo-sharing platform and keep the same username, a listing on Apple's App Store showed.
Facebook will no longer allow news access on its site in Canada, due to a recent regulation that forces Facebook's parent company Meta to pay Canadian news publishers.
At one point, nearly 20,000 users in total said they were having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram and Meta's messaging service WhatsApp, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com.
Monsoon season in Dhaka has its glorious moments, but often, that is overshadowed by the sheer inconvenience it causes such as floods and out-of-control traffic. However, once you decide to travel out of town, you will be met with destinations that has mesmerising sights. Be it going on road trips or visiting popular tourist places, capturing photos and short videos for Instagram is something we all enjoy doing.
One random tweet by a fan account has sent a 2019 book flying off the shelves, climbing bestseller charts.
From pop art, rickshaw art, digital art, murals to cartoons, there are geniuses tucked away in the nooks of Dhaka city and beyond. These five artists really go above and beyond to bring fresh artistic perspectives for audiences on the digital space. Here are our picks for the top 5 Bangladeshi Insta-artists you should be following.
Despite staying off the media buzz for years, she has recently returned in a glamourous flair, having walked the last Lakme Fashion Week.
Last year, creators received healthy bonuses under this program, with some receiving over $10,000 and even $35,000 monthly. But these creators had to garner millions of views on their Reels to qualify for the bonuses.
she has surpassed popular media figures like Sabnam Faria (2.7 million), Shahtaj Monira Hashem (2.6 million), Ayman Sadiq (1.6 million) and Bangladeshi-American influencer Nabela Noor (2.3 million).
The service will be made available this week and will be first started in Australia and New Zealand.
