A trial to determine whether Meta purposely made its apps addictive to children is underway in California. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Aug. 18) from Reuters, which said the case marks the most significant test to date for social media platforms facing similar youth...
Meta has shuttered an artificial intelligence image creation feature after just three days, following public backlash. The tech giant last Tuesday (July 7) introduced a tool that let users generate images using public Instagram accounts. By Friday (July 10), the feature was pulled, after Meta...
Meta launched Muse Image, the first artificial intelligence image model from Meta Superintelligence Labs. The feature drew immediate pushback because anyone can generate an image of another person by tagging their public Instagram username in a prompt, and public accounts are included by default unless...
Instagram is expanding its ambitions beyond mobile screens, rolling out new television features that position the Meta-owned platform more directly against streaming services for viewer attention in the living room. The move reflects a broader battle among digital platforms to capture longer viewing sessions, deepen...
August 12, 2024
As consumers increasingly look to social media to inspire their shopping, the social commerce space is becoming more and more about individual creators’ personalities. Jillian Lenna, content creator at 10PM Curfew and host of the @girls page with more than 12 million TikTok followers and 7 million Instagram followers, said in an interview with PYMNTS […]
June 04, 2024
Meta’s recent news that it is seeing a surge in younger users may help set the stage for a rising tide in social commerce. The platform model — not just...
March 22, 2024
As contextual commerce transforms online shopping, social media platforms are seizing the opportunity to integrate purchasing into their platforms. These apps and websites, once just avenues for sharing updates and...
December 07, 2023
Generation Z consumers are more likely to use Instagram and TikTok to search for products than other generations. They often turn to social media to browse brands before using Google....
August 31, 2026
Instagram says its users don’t appreciate discovering that a human-looking profile is actually AI-generated. To that end, the Meta-owned social media platform announced Monday (Aug. 31) that it is taking steps to make sure AI-created profiles are clearer. That means renaming Instagram’s AI creator label to “AI-generated profile” to make it more obvious to users when a profile […]
August 18, 2026
A trial to determine whether Meta purposely made its apps addictive to children is underway in California. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Aug. 18) from Reuters, which said the...
July 12, 2026
Meta has shuttered an artificial intelligence image creation feature after just three days, following public backlash. The tech giant last Tuesday (July 7) introduced a tool that let users generate...
June 22, 2026
Instagram is expanding its ambitions beyond mobile screens, rolling out new television features that position the Meta-owned platform more directly against streaming services for viewer attention in the living room....
