Instagram coverage: outages shared with Facebook and WhatsApp, passwords stored in plain text, data download tools and the Giphy sticker dispute.
In its monthly's blog post, Facebook revealed that millions of Instagram passwords were stored in a readable format. Through an internal investigation, Facebook determined that passwords stored were…
On Thursday, Facebook said that it had finally found the culprit and fixed a technical issue that led to a widespread outage of near 24 hours across its…
On Wednesday, users around the world started noticing that they aren't able to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. All three services have experienced interruptions throughout the day and…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is set to launch a tech task force that will monitor competition in the US tech market, per announcement from commissioners. The task…
According to a report from The New York Times, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to brings all three messaging apps they own under one roof. One of…
Data protection and privacy have become a big issue around the world. Big tech companies like Instagram must take appropriate action to ensure the privacy and safety of…
If you remember from last month, both Snapchat and Instagram removed their Giphy stickers integration from their apps because users discovered a racist GIF with a slur. Giphy…
Looks like Snapchat is taking some heat again over domestic violence ads on its platform. We previously learned that Snapchat allowed such ad on its platform, and now…
If you loved Giphy integration on Snapchat and Instagram, you'll no longer be able to access it. Both Instagram and Snapchat have removed their Giphy sticker feature after…
Snap has confirmed that it will lay off "just over" 120 engineers from its engineering team over the next few days. First reported by Cheddar, Snap's layoffs were…
Government officials in Sri Lanka have ordered some social networks to shut down in order to help curb extremist violence in the country. Anonymous sources told ABC News…
Facebook is facing a lawsuit from BlackBerry for infringing a messaging technology patent in a Los Angeles Federal Court. The lawsuit points out Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram for…
According to a new Pew Research Center survey, 35 percent of US adults now use Instagram, an increase of 7 percent from 2016. Other findings tell us that…
Your communication on Instagram may not be limited to just messaging for too long. Our friends over at TechCrunch discovered some hidden codes and icons for "Call" and…
It looks like Instagram is about to take another featured from Snapchat, but it's a feature that is directly related to your privacy. Instagram confirmed to TechCrunch that…
