It’s official: Facebook follows Instagram’s lead and tests hiding like counts
Sep 30, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Earlier this month, Reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong discovered that Facebook was about to start hiding like counts. And now it’s happening: the social…
Facebook will no longer use facial recognition in your photos by default
Sep 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
If you have ever uploaded a photo to Facebook, you know that its image recognition tech automatically suggests tags of people. This feature was set…
Facebook may soon follow Instagram’s lead and hide like counts
Sep 3, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
As you may know, Instagram is testing hiding like counts in seven countries. But according to recent reports, Facebook may soon follow. Reverse engineering expert…
Facebook is forcing its identity on Instagram and WhatsApp in naming rebrand
Aug 6, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
As many of you know, Facebook is the company behind Instagram and WhatsApp. But the social media giant is about to make that even clearer….
Latest Instagram purge deletes dozens of meme accounts with millions of followers
Jul 30, 2019
John Aldred
The “curated” content Instagram feeds. We all know them, we’ve all seen them, maybe we even follow one or two. Such accounts don’t actually create…
Facebook can track every image uploaded to it even outside of Facebook with a “hidden” digital tag
Jul 22, 2019
John Aldred
Facebook’s always at the centre of some privacy controversy or other these days. Programmer Edin Jusupovic, spotted something rather odd recently when looking at a…
Facebook to reconsider its nudity policy after photographers’ outcry
Jun 6, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Facebook has the policy to ban photographic nudity, which has been a problem for many photographers who share their work on Facebook and Instagram. But…
Facebook sues a company that made almost $9.5 million from fake Instagram likes and followers
Apr 29, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Last year Instagram started removing fake follows, comments, and likes from the platform. However, the fight has just got fiercer. Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, has…
Why the new 3D effect on Facebook is hurting your images
Apr 23, 2019
John Flury
About three days ago, we started seeing a new gimmick on Facebook, images that appear to “move in 3D” when you scroll through them or…
Facebook confirms that a recent password leak affected millions of Instagram users
Apr 21, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Last month, Facebook and Instagram were hit by a major bug that exposed users’ passwords as plain text. Facebook has now confirmed that even more…