Being a young, adorable kidfluencer does not come without some major risks and “lifelong consequences”.
Critics say it’s become so commercialised that it’s basically a giant Instagram content playground for brands to pump their stuff through social media.
Towards the end of last year, Instagram’s parent company, Meta, changed the algorithm to prioritise videos. Your food snaps are now suffering.
Finally, Instagram users have the option of controlling what is shown on their feeds and in what order.
Social media can be a very bleak landscape. Follow a few of these accounts and sprinkle some happiness into your feeds.
Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant has seen its daily active users drop for the first time in its 18-year history.
Despite being signed into law back in June, most of the Cybercrimes Act will come into force from today.
According to a new report, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been the victims of “a coordinated hate and misinformation campaign”.
The latest viral internet meme on the platform is making excessive use of the red flag emoji to point out examples of warning-sign-worthy behaviour or statements.
Khabane “Khaby” Lame is killing it on TikTok, making videos where he out-logics and mocks overly complicated life hack videos.
The TikTok star has racked up 2,6 million followers on the platform alone by sharing ASMR videos of her making simple meals.
Video chat app Houseparty, which Epic Games bought in 2019, is now being shut down for good.
The influencer game has morphed slightly with the rise of “genuinfluencers” who aim to give their followers information they crave instead of products they don’t need.
Instagram has introduced some changes, as well as new algorithms, aimed at providing greater security to users wanting to avoid creeps.
Watching strangers watching ‘My Octopus Teacher’ can only put a smile on our faces, and remind us that we are not at all oceans apart.
Silicon Valley execs like Mark Zuckerberg might be swimming in coin, but when it comes to the high life, Myspace co-founder Tom Anderson is winning.
In a powerful video posted to social media on International Women’s Day, Namibia’s First Lady, Monica Geingos, took on internet trolls.
Influencers who thought they carry on as though there was no pandemic have inadvertently handed followers over to those who critique them.
When Alana decided to come out to her parents, she called for backup from Lindsay Lohan, and she almost got what she asked for.
People watching a BBC Wales panel discussion about unemployment during the pandemic noticed something out of sorts on one interviewee’s bookshelf.
One of the greatest gifts that the US presidential inauguration gave us was the memes of Bernie Sanders in an old parka and mittens.
Black market booze sales are flourishing under adjusted alert level 3, with just about everything you can imagine on sale, but at a higher price.
Apple took user privacy to a whole new level with iOS 14, and if you need proof that it’s working, check out Facebook’s attempts to shut it down.
Nigella, who we haven’t heard from or about in a while, went viral for pronouncing ‘microwave’ in a very odd way.
In 2019, Belle Delphine rose to fame when she started selling her used bathwater online alongside her erotic content. She now makes more than R20 million a month.
You might be surprised to learn that very few TikTok videos of people dancing around, or doing challenges, made it into the top 10.
Facebook has some very specific guidelines on what does and doesn’t constitute breast squeezing.
For the first time in the short history of the app, a content creator has cracked 100 million subscribers on TikTok.
An investigation is underway after a fake TikTok account posting racist content claimed to be affiliated with Table View High School.
The Vatican is doing damage control after the Pope’s official Instagram account ‘liked’ a rather risqué post of a scantily dressed model.