Celebrity Ads for Diet Aids Should Be Banned, Says NHS Director

Social media companies should ban “damaging” celebrity-endorsed ads encouraging weight loss aids, England’s top doctor has said. Some celebrities with massive followers are promoting products such as diet pills and detox teas on Instagram. Prof Stephen Powis, NHS medical director, discusses these products have a damaging effect on the mental and physical health of young […]

The Future of Instagram Face Filters is Glossy, Metallic, and Surreal

Brenda Cardenas, a reality effects creator, remembers the filter that lighted the recent Instagram craze. Last year was the year of that 90s face filter that everyone was obsessed with using. However, this year, Instagram has decided to fast forward to the future. Everyone’s using these alien_like lustrous face filters that make their whole face […]

Why Does Instagram Keep Logging you out?

One problem that many users have been facing on Instagram recently is that they keep getting logged out. This can either be due to a bug or slip by the user. In this article, we’ll list the most common reasons why Instagram is logging you out, as well as the solutions to fix it. Instagram […]

How Instagram Became the Russian IRA’s go-to Social Network

For Russian misinformation-mongers, 2017 was the year of Instagram. As Twitter and Facebook cracked down on external influence campaigns between media investigation, the Kremlin’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) located unparalleled success in changing its disinformation efforts to the photo-sharing app, according to a new report approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee. On Instagram, the IRA […]