Facebook Owner Reports First Ever Revenue Drop
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Big Sean & Jhene Aiko Share Stunning Photos From Celestial Maternity Shoot
Jhené Aiko and Big Sean are expecting their first child together, and celebrated the news in an incredibly fitting way — a maternity photo shoot. The “I Don’t Need You” singer shared the photos from the dreamy shoot via Instagram on Thursday (July 21). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In the first image, Aiko poses solo for the camera while cradling her baby bump, golden flecks covering her chest, stomach and hip area in an ethereal manner as the galaxy serves at the photo’s back drop. In the second image, the singer is accompanied Sean, who also poses shirtless and looks directly into the camera as a golden yellow and red aura surrounds their bodies. The rapper expressed his excitement in the comments section and wrote, “Thankful For My family”...
Epidemic Sound Sues Meta For $142M, Says Instagram and Facebook Stole Hundreds Of Songs
Meta Platforms Inc. is facing a lawsuit that claims its Facebook and Instagram platforms “intentionally and brazenly” stole hundreds of songs from Swedish production music label Epidemic Sound, encouraging their users to upload more than 50,000 infringing videos every day. Repped by attorneys at the top music law firm Pryor Cashman, Epidemic says the social media giant is offering nearly 1,000 of the label’s songs through its “Music Library” for users to add to their video uploads, but that Meta has refused to secure copyright licenses for that music — and has ignored the company’s repeated demands that it do so. “Perhaps Meta is hoping to get away with it for as long as possible,” Epidemic’s lawyers wrote in a complaint filed Wednesday (July 20) in San Francisco federal court. “Perhaps Me...
Top 5 Most Popular Social Media Platforms in Africa
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Britney Spears Is Sharing Her Voice Again on a Grown-Up Version of ‘…Baby One More Time’: Watch
Britney Spears has lived a lot of life since she recorded her breakthrough 1998 hit song “…Baby One More Time,” and now she’s sharing a more grown-up version of the song in a new video. The pop star took to Instagram on Friday to share two videos of her singing her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit a cappella with some more adult lyrics, swapping out “give me a sign” in the chorus with “give me a f—ing sign.” In the accompanying caption, she says she asked to record this slinkier version of the song for years, but her “TEAM said No.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “This is me yesterday doing laundry and separating clothes … I haven’t shared my voice in an extremely long time … maybe too long … and here’s me playing at my house with a d...
Doja Cat Calling Out ‘Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp Cost Her 200,000 Instagram Followers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty Doja Cat airing out a 17-year-old Noah Schnapp for exposing her crush on his Stranger Things co-star didn’t sit well with social media. Doja Cat Lost Some Instagram Followers For Snitching On Teen The music star found herself the subject of debate on Twitter after she decided to call out Noah Schnapp for sharing direct messages she sent the teen asking him to hook her up with his co-star Joseph Quinn calling it “snake s**t.” Related Stories “The fact that this person, that Noah did that and went and posted a private conversation between me and him is so unbelievably socially unaware,” she said during the live session. “You know what I mean? Like., that’s like borderline snake s**t,” she continued. Many people disapproved of the 26-year-old mus...
Instagram is Testing New Ways to Verify Users’ Ages
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Mark Zuckerberg Officially Launches Meta Pay
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Dua Lipa Sued (Again) for Posting Paparazzi Photos of Herself to Instagram
Dua Lipa is being sued for posting paparazzi photos of herself to Instagram for the second time in a year, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court in California. This time, a New York-based photographer named Robert Barbera is claiming the singer committed copyright infringement after posting photos he took of her in July 2018 to the social media platform. “Without permission or authorization from Plaintiff, Defendant volitionally selected, copied, stored and displayed each of Plaintiff’s copyright protected Photographs,” the complaint, written by attorney Craig Sanders, reads. The photos in question, which were also taken in July 2018 and attached as an exhibit to the suit, show Lipa wearing a black sweater bearing the word “HEROES” in large capital letters. As in the pr...
Meta set to begin testing NFTs on Instagram Stories with Spark AR
Instagram’s parent company, Meta, announced Wednesday that it will begin testing NFTs on Instagram Stories using its augmented reality platform Spark AR. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said of the news, “We’re expanding our test so more creators around the world can display their NFTs on Instagram.” The company also stated in an announcement, “Creators and collectors will be able to share their digital collectibles across Facebook and Instagram after we begin rolling out the feature on Facebook with select US creators at a later date.” Zuckerberg also confirmed that Facebook is set to support NFTs in the future: “We’ll bring this feature to Facebook soon too — starting with a small group of US creators — so people can cross-post on Instagram and Facebook. ...
Nigeria Announces New Regulations for Facebook, Twitter & Other Platforms
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Why decentralized messaging apps will replace today’s social media platforms
The Russian government has cracked down on foreign social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, banning them for extremist activists. For protestors, activists and local civilians, these actions have resulted in a significant barrier to communication with the outside world. Furthermore, they have also raised the question of just how easy of a target these apps are for state authorities. With citizens unable to access these platforms, they have little choice but to flee to the next-best still active platforms. However, it isn’t just Russian activists who have taken to alternatives. Consider, for example, Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging service that has quickly become a place for sharing war footage and other content that may have otherwise been blocked on ...
