Since the onset of the conflict in Ukraine, social media has been bombarded with one-sided hero worship, amplified and drawn into users’ timelines through the magic of the infamously mysterious algorithms that govern these platforms, whose functioning regulators worldwide have had trouble grasping. There’s the fictitious tale of the Ukrainian …
Read More »The culture in the grip of Instagram influencers can ruin lives and Facebook knows it. It’s time someone took responsibility
Can you imagine a life where you have breakfast at Harrods every morning, then go for an afternoon shopping spree at Knightsbridge, look picture-perfect on a Wednesday at noon, wear designer brands, stay in five-star hotels, fly first class, and don’t have to work nine to five? So-called influencers, who …
Read More »Social media influencers must explicitly label paid posts as advertising, top German court rules
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice reached the landmark ruling on social media advertising on Thursday. The decision, which was portrayed in some German media as a win for social media savvy celebrities and other influencers, allows content-creators to forgo advertising labels even if they tag companies in their posts as …
Read More »UK to use TikTok influencers to urge teens to get jab after Pfizer-linked vaccine committee chair admits policy lacks evidence
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) announced on Thursday that the first dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine will be offered to all 16- and 17-year-olds without needing the consent of their parents, reversing its own recommendation from just two weeks ago. The independent panel of experts, which …
Read More »Bali of the Urals: Russian influencers flood to toxic lake near site of nuclear disaster for pics as Covid-19 halts travel abroad
Nicknamed ‘Bali of the Urals’, the Kaolin Quarry is in Kyshtym near the city of Chelyabinsk, 1500km (932 miles) east of Moscow. However, while it looks good in photos, taking a dip there would be ill-advised. The azure color of the water comes from dangerous chemicals, the result of a …
Read More »‘It’s a bug, not a feature… yet’: Instagram accidentally KILLS LIKES, sending ‘influencers’ into meltdown
While Instagram clarified the move was in error – saying it’s been “testing a new experience to hide likes on Feed posts,” but that it “unintentionally added more people to the test” due to a “bug” – the site’s blue checks were no less perturbed, flooding Twitter to lament the …
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