Tag: Instagram

• Monday, October 31st 2022 - 21:16 UTC

  Users lose followers amid Instagram glitch worldwide

  

  Instagram users were shocked early Monday as Instagram began suspending accounts worldwide for no apparent reason, which also resulted in the loss of followers.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 23:04 UTC

  Argentine presidential spokeswoman enters Instagram contest to win a dildo

  

  Argentina's Presidential Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti made the headlines Friday after she was spotted on Instagram entering a Friend's Day contest to win a dildo, which was promoted under the slogan “Your clitoris is your best friend. Give it a gift.”

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook collapse globally for seven hours: can it happen again?

  

  Monday was a day when people had to go back to making old-fashioned phone calls after messaging applications run by Facebook (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) collapsed worldwide for around 7 hours.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 01:02 UTC

  Facebook and Instagram block Trump's accounts “indefinitely” or at least until the presidential transition is over

  

  Facebook Inc said it would block U.S. President Donald Trump's accounts “indefinitely” and for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Facebook faces mass lawsuits and could be forced to sell WhatsApp and Instagram

  

  Facebook could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 13:31 UTC

  Twitter, Facebook, Instagram disable Trump's campaign video, citing copyright complaints

  

  Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday, citing copyright complaints.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 08:11 UTC

  Facebook says service has been fully restored: “problem during routine maintenance operation”

  

  Facebook said on Wednesday an issue with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Sunday outages for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

  

  Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users on Sunday experienced difficulties accessing the social network sites and messaging service. According to the Down Detector website, Facebook began experiencing technical issues at about 6.30am US Eastern Time with users affected worldwide.

• Wednesday, January 16th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  The Bolsonaro family soap-opera which defeats Brazilian traditional media

  

  The Bolsonaro family is using social media to present their life as a reality soap opera. The carefully crafted, highly-watched presidential telenovela (soap-opera) is setting the narrative and circumventing traditional media. On the sixth day, the Messia[s] reclines barefoot on the sofa of the Granja do Torto presidential residence. Next to him sits the faithful family dog, Beretta. His glasses casually perched upon his nose, the master browses social media on his smartphone.