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Instagram

How social media is pushing us toward 1984

Social media platforms are manipulating users and distorting our sense of reality—just as George Orwell predicted.

How social media is pushing us toward 1984

How to disable ‘Suggested Posts’ on Instagram: You can’t and here’s why

Hell hath no fury like a user base scorned. For Instagram, that’s something the company is finding out just a day after launching Suggested Posts.

How to disable ‘Suggested Posts’ on Instagram: You can’t and here’s why

Instagram’s new suggestion feature ensures your feed will never end

After releasing a TikTok copycat, Instagram is now launching a feature that seems inspired by its rival’s never-ending stream of content.

Instagram’s new suggestion feature ensures your feed will never end

Beirut residents are turning to Instagram to locate missing loved ones after the explosion

The Instagram page “Locate Victims Beirut” has been posting images of missing persons in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Beirut residents are turning to Instagram to locate missing loved ones after the explosion

Everything we know about Reels, Instagram’s new TikTok clone

Observers are pointing out the convenient timing of Reels’s launch, amid a torrent of negative press for TikTok.

Everything we know about Reels, Instagram’s new TikTok clone

Facebook stock rockets to record high, despite advertiser boycott and never-ending pandemic

More people are using Facebook services, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, during the coronavirus shutdowns.

Facebook stock rockets to record high, despite advertiser boycott and never-ending pandemic

As boycotts continue, Facebook and Instagram will try to address algorithmic racial bias

Social media giant Facebook will try to address algorithmic racial bias.

As boycotts continue, Facebook and Instagram will try to address algorithmic racial bias

No, Instagram has not launched an anonymous questions sticker

“There is no anonymous version of the questions sticker,” Instagram says.

No, Instagram has not launched an anonymous questions sticker

Here’s how to turn off political ads on Facebook and Instagram

Sadly, there is still no sign Facebook will attempt to improve the online political landscape by fact-checking misleading claims by politicians.

Here’s how to turn off political ads on Facebook and Instagram

‘Doomscrolling’ can break your brain. It can also be a force for good

Endlessly binging on bad news in your social feeds is unhealthy. But it’s become a galvanizing force for protests against police brutality.

‘Doomscrolling’ can break your brain. It can also be a force for good

Facebook and Instagram are about to become small-business shopping hubs

Facebook is targeting small merchants with a new ‘Shops’ feature, letting them promote collections of goods within Facebook and Instagram.

Facebook and Instagram are about to become small-business shopping hubs

Everything you need to know about Ludacris and Nelly before their Verzuz Instagram battle

It’s 2000 all over again—at least for one night—as the two hip-hop hyphenates face off.

Everything you need to know about Ludacris and Nelly before their Verzuz Instagram battle

Oprah saved Facebook’s graduation ceremony to remember

Facebook’s ambitious attempt to create a collective commencement for seniors worked as a show but may have been cold comfort for anyone entering the job market.

Oprah saved Facebook’s graduation ceremony to remember

Facebook grows its empire with Giphy, king of memes

The social media network has acquired GIF platform Giphy for a reported $400 million.

Facebook grows its empire with Giphy, king of memes

This site wants to expand your vocabulary with machine learning nonsense

This Word Does Not Exist is a clever site created by a former Instagram engineer that gives legit-sounding definitions to all the gobbledygook you can think of.

This site wants to expand your vocabulary with machine learning nonsense

AI helped Facebook crack down on 68% more hate posts in Q1

COVID-19 has put a crimp in the company’s human-moderator operation, but it says that its algorithms are getting better at targeting harmful content.

AI helped Facebook crack down on 68% more hate posts in Q1

Questlove and Black Thought on how quarantine unlocked their creativity

DJ sets, cooking shows, poetry readings: Sheltering in place has changed how The Roots and manager Shawn Gee think about how to engage audiences.

Questlove and Black Thought on how quarantine unlocked their creativity

‘Until Tomorrow’ is the boring Instagram challenge of the coronavirus age

This is what lockdowns have led us to.

‘Until Tomorrow’ is the boring Instagram challenge of the coronavirus age

Twitter is about to become an even bigger weapon of disinformation

A new self-destruct feature called Fleets would give Trump and other politicians a direct line to the public without the accountability.

Twitter is about to become an even bigger weapon of disinformation

What Instagram looks like after an eco-friendly makeover

“A cup of coffee and a croissant on a wooden table.”

What Instagram looks like after an eco-friendly makeover

Impact

Scaling up employee ownership is key to an equitable economic recovery

How FedEx plans to become carbon neutral by 2040

This map shows every one of the world’s remaining coal power plants

News

NYSE Buzz: What to know about the new ETF that tracks hot stocks on social media

Jack Dorsey’s Square is buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal

Here’s everything you can find on Paramount Plus

Co.Design

Nike Vaporfly 4% was only the beginning. A ‘super shoe’ revolution is afoot

Forget Giphy. This new app creates movie montages to accompany your texts

Design elicits powerful emotions. This new book explores why

Work Life

Had it with email? Give personal office hours a try

5 ways to check on your team’s well-being without being invasive

How to make your virtual meetings more fair to introverts