Instagram was affected in outage, users went to Twitter
CLOSE The common theme of social media outages is to jump on another network to vent. As with nearly every Facebook and Instagram outage, users headed to Twitter on Thursday with the hashtag #InstagramDown quickly becoming one of the top trending topic in the United States. Facebook started having problems at around 5:30 p.m. ET, with …
Australia will fast track other vaccines after AstraZeneca decision; Facebook and Instagram down; Pfizer vaccine recommended over AstraZeneca in under 50s; Teenage boy stabbed to death in Brisbane CBD; Carla Zampatti state funeral to be held on Thursday
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said Australia’s two other vaccines are being fast-tracked and more could be ordered amid recommendations to avoid using AstraZeneca for people under 50. He admitted the already delayed rollout will be affected, but refused to be drawn on just when the nation will be vaccinated. “Clearly with these changes overnight, …
anti-Charge Party Instagram account is created but swiftly deletes its contents – UNF Spinnaker
An Instagram account posted several photos and stories stating that a few members of the Charge Party are “racist,” “fraud,” and not who they seem to be. “Telling the TRUTH about your corrupt political party,” is what @thechargeanti claimed to be doing. The content on the account was removed shortly after its discovery. Darryl Boyer …
Social Media Account Promotes San Diego Businesses Defying Public Health Orders – NBC 7 San Diego
Businesses across the county are hanging on by a thread, forced to partially or completely close because of the pandemic. Some, however, are choosing to break the rules. Now, those businesses are getting promotion on social media. The Instagram account San Diego Free is public. On it, you’ll find dozens of businesses that are currently …
Breaking the echo chamber: Divisions, culture wars and how to end them
Issued on: 24/12/2020 – 10:09 In France, 28 percent of people get their news from social networks and almost half of under 35s say it’s their main source of information. An information revolution – but there’s a downside to it too. Internet giants like Google and Facebook use algorithms to tailor future results just for you, in …
Instagram brings back classic icons to celebrate its tenth birthday
Instagram launched ten years ago today: the photo-sharing app first hit the App Store on October 6th, 2010, a few months after the release of the iPhone 4. To celebrate, Instagram has added an easter egg to the app that lets you change its home screen icon. The icons available include the classic Polaroid-style camera …
QAnon and Pro-Lifers Hit a New Low Mocking Chrissy Teigen’s Miscarriage
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend never chose baby names before they gave birth, the model and entrepreneur wrote in a raw post on Wednesday night. This time it had been different. This time they’d taken to calling the fetus Jack. And this time, they will never have a son to bring home from the hospital. …
TikTok considers Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom for new CEO: report
TikTok has approached Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom about becoming the app’s next CEO, The New York Times reported Thursday. TikTok’s last CEO, Kevin Mayer, resigned in late August after just three months on the job. However, finding a new CEO may be a priority given the terms of the deal made between TikTok parent company …
Miley Cyrus addresses Cody Simpson breakup on Instagram Live
Miley Cyrus has addressed her breakup with Cody Simpson. The “Midnight Sky” singer went live on Instagram to confirm that she and Simpson, 23, had split. “But for right now, two halves can’t make a whole, and we’re individually just working on ourselves to become the people that we want to be, like everybody else …
Brian Austin Green Responds To Megan Fox Instagram Post
Celebrity · Updated 1 minute ago. Posted 1 hour ago Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green’s separation has really shaken things up in quarantine. Jonathan Leibson / Getty Images It all started back in May, when Brian posted a picture of a butterfly on Instagram with a very cryptic caption hinting that Megan had left …
