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• Instagram tests IGTV ads that let creators monetize their vids

  Instagram might finally let its creators make money directly from their work via ads on IGTV videos, a feature that's been ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• This Amazon parody dating site is hilarious... and also kind of creepy

  Don't worry, "Amazon Dating" is currently just a joke website. And we sincerely hope it stays that way, because the joke ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Here are 3 ways we can redesign social media to reduce 'FoMO' anxiety

  Fear of missing out, or FoMO, is commonly described as that anxious feeling you get when you think other people might be ...

  • The Conversation

• Facebook refused to remove a business Page dedicated to a woman's butthole

  Buzzfeed yesterday published an article about a woman who'd spent the past five years trying to get Facebook to take down a Business Page dedicated to her butthole. She was told several times the page didn't violate the social network's community standards, but shortly after Buzzfeed ...

  • Tristan Greene

• We asked an actual Italian about the new ‘Italian hand’ emoji

  There's something new coming to your phone: the Italian hand (AKA pinching hand) emoji. To understand this more, we asked ...

  • Callum Booth

• Unicode Consortium finally added a transgender flag emoji and more gender-inclusive designs

  The Unicode Consortium revealed 117 new 2020 emoji designs, and among them is a transgender flag and more gender-inclusive ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Report: Tinder’s new panic button is sharing your data with Facebook and YouTube

  A Gizmodo report found that Tinder's latest safety feature, 'Panic Button,' shares user data with third-party ad-tech companies ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Instagram deletes the IGTV button no one was using

  Instagram has gotten rid of that IGTV button on the front screen that no one appears to have touched since it debuted a year-and-a-half ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Snap founder says TikTok could dethrone Instagram

  Evan Spiegel knows a thing or two about the social space. For eight years, his startup, Snapchat, has been chasing giants ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Instagram brings DMs to web -- over 6 years after they arrived on mobile

  Starting today, Instagram will be rolling out its Direct messaging system to its desktop site, meaning you can finally keep ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• How to hide your Instagram Stories from strangers

  Instagram introduced a new feature that highlights Stories by location or hashtag — meaning people who don’t follow you ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Twitter lets pedophiles publicly discuss their sexual 'attraction to minors,' scholar argues

  Twitter's guidelines allows discussion about “attraction towards minors” as long as “they don’t promote or glorify ...

  • Cara Curtis