The class divide has now reached social media: What is 'low-income Instagram' and what does it say about the future?

Downward classism has spread to social media, which could be setting up young people for worse mental health problems.
Phys.org

Instagram users overestimate their social media addiction, study suggests

Instagram users may overestimate the extent to which they are addicted to the platform, according to research conducted on 1,204 U.S. adults published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that ...
Business Insider

It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore

Your browser does not support the video element. Your browser does not support the video element. Tati Bruening, a 22-year-old content creator and photographer, just ...

TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube are failing kids with broken safety features, research finds

A new study tested 86 child safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube, and found that more than half were broken, buried, or missing entirely.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Y ...

Social media’s next evolution: User-controlled algorithms

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.

Instagram Plus Is a New Low

Drive yourself crazy for the low price of $3.99 a month!
Wired

How to Clean Up Your Old Posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

As social media platforms have evolved, they've become more and more about the moment—what you're doing now, rather than what you were doing five years ago. While looking back through photos and posts ...