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28.07.2021 / 17:17

Instagram defaults 16-and-under minor accounts to ‘private’ now

in a blog post on Tuesday. “We believe private accounts are the best way to prevent this from happening.”Perviously, new accounts would default to “public” settings, wherein anyone can search for and view a public profile.

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16.07.2021 / 16:03

The top TikTok musicians on the rise, from Henry Platt to Caleb Hearn

just sold out his first tour. For a few lucky musicians, showing off their talents on the app has led to building up a fanbase, releasing singles and booking TV appearances.Below, more up-and-coming virtuosos who are making the leap from TikTok to stardom.The 21-year-old from North Carolina is a music sensation on the app, where he’s amassed 1 million followers.

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14.07.2021 / 00:27

YungBBQ Is The Dancer Social Media Can't Get Enough Of

Teyana Taylor, and has millions of eyes on her impressions. This moment has been years in the making, Feacher has been taking dance classes since she was a child.

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09.07.2021 / 17:49

Instagram Now Allows Entrepreneurs To Have Black-Owned Business Label On Their Accounts

pronouns to their bio, to focusing on mental health by granting the ability to hide likes, Instagram is zoned in a unique user experience. Their most recent unveiling is specifically for Black business owners.“We’re allowing businesses who have shops to be able to identify as Black-owned,” says product leader Rachel Brooks.

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24.06.2021 / 21:33

The Shaolin senior: Meet China’s ‘kung fu granny’

according to foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.The lifetime practitioner of the martial arts was featured on Chinese state network CCTV while serving as the chief referee at a local tournament, reported South China Morning Post.“I would practice boxing every day and do movements like chopping, pushing and thrusting. Although I am old, I still have the strength,” she told the broadcaster, gesticulating the movements with grace and precision as she spoke.

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11.06.2021 / 18:15

Inspirational YouTuber Alex ‘Kipsta’ Dragomir dead at 17

alerted followers on his Twitter account Thursday night that, after a seven-hour heart transplant operation, he had passed. “Helllo, as you all might already know my brother passed away today he had a very hard operation which lasted 7 hours but his heart couldn’t take it anymore, he was too weak to survive,” she wrote.

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27.05.2021 / 22:45

Children are increasingly selling explicit content on OnlyFans: report

BBC News investigation has revealed a number of accounts launched by minors on the adult website, which boasts more than a million “creators” who share self-produced content to more than 120 million paid followers. In return, OnlyFans takes a 20% cut of all subscriptions.

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13.05.2021 / 04:25

Gal Gadot’s message of Middle East peace creates online firestorm

Gal Gadot‘s message of unity amid ongoing rocket attacks in the West Bank created a firestorm from online critics, who contend the former Israeli Defense Forces fighter is a “propaganda” tool for the Israeli military.The 36-year-old “Wonder Woman” actress took to Twitter to express how her “heart breaks,” because her “country is at war,” as tensions over a disputed Jerusalem region led to deadly exchanges of rocket fire attacks between Israel and Hamas militants.“This is a vicious cycle that has been going on for far too long,” the Israeli native tweeted Wednesday.“Israel deserves to live as a free and safe nation, Our neighbors deserve the same. I pray for the victims and their families.

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07.05.2021 / 20:41

‘Mukbang’ binge-eating videos are now illegal in China

mukbangers who gorge on camera to the enjoyment of millions of fans around the world. Legislators introduced the proposal late last year as part of President Xi Jinping’s campaign against food waste in China and around the world.Censors have already removed such content from Chinese social media sites, Vice News has reported, such as TikTok’s Douyin, a video-sharing platform exclusively for Chinese users.

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07.05.2021 / 16:47

What is Twitter’s new ‘Tip Jar’ and how does it work?

they said in a blog post announcing the new tool. “Tip Jar is an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the conversation on Twitter,” they wrote.

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05.05.2021 / 22:53

TikTok star claims Disney World issued him a ‘lifetime ban’

@showmelovejete, said in a new TikTok that Disney security circled his car while he was parked outside the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.Jeter said that he was at the Disney World hotel to get some food. The influencer alleged that he was a former employee of the iconic theme park but was fired in March.

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05.05.2021 / 17:30

Donald Trump's Facebook Suspension Upheld by Oversight Board Ruling

President Donald Trump's account, four months after Facebook suspended him following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.But the board said it was «not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension.» The board said that Facebook's «normal» policies include «removing the violating content, imposing a time-bound period of suspension, or permanently disabling the page and account.»Facebook now must review the matter within six months, opening the door for a possible return.

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04.05.2021 / 18:04

Adam Sandler has hilarious response to being turned away from IHOP

a viral TikTok video of a hostess turning him away from an IHOP. Last week, 17-year-old Long Island hostess Dayanna Rodas didn’t recognize the “Uncut Gems” star and told him it would be a 30-minute wait for a table at the Manhasset International House of Pancakes.

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18.04.2021 / 00:11

Michael Rapaport on his famous feuds with Kevin Durant, Barstool Sports & more

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13.04.2021 / 23:13

Twitter celebrates men’s dangerously short shorts trend

he flashed his gams while leaving the gym in teeny-weeny pants. His thunder thighs grabbed everyone’s attention — and left fans wanting more.

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09.04.2021 / 16:34

Theater review: “Rich Kids” at Woolly Mammoth

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran (★★★☆☆) streams and scrolls live off Instagram. Take seriously the suggestion from the play’s creators to have the app open and your scrolling finger ready in order to fully enter the decadent world of the perpetually-posting scions of Iran’s post-Revolutionary elite.As we’re informed by onscreen interlocutors Peyvand Sadeghian and Javaad Alipoor, the real-life rich kids of Tehran caused a nationwide stir several years ago with an Instagram page dedicated to flaunting their ostentatious wealth.

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07.04.2021 / 00:31

Jill Biden’s fishnets reignite high-power women in pantyhose debate

delicate subject for FLOTUS.

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02.04.2021 / 18:42

Lee MacMillan (1992–2021), social media influencer who shared her adventures

Lee MacMillan was a social media influencer who shared stories of her “van life” travels.If someone you know exhibits warning signs of suicide, he or she should not be left alone. Call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255. The Lifeline provides free, confidential support for people in crisis or emotional distress, 24/7 year-round.

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01.04.2021 / 20:11

Lee MacMillan, Instagram Influencer, Dead by Suicide at 28

KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara, California, on Monday, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office identified MacMillan as the woman that was hit and killed by a train last week near Santa Barbara. According to the report, she was previously reported missing, and police feared she may have been suicidal.A heartbreaking post on her page Tuesday said she took her own life on Friday.«She was the brightest light, a magnetic force of nature and was loved by so so many,» the post reads.

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01.04.2021 / 07:47

Hailey Bieber on the 'Toxic Environment' That Caused Her to Deactivate Twitter

Hailey Bieber is getting candid about the reasons she left Twitter. The 24-year-old model deactivated her account on the social media platform last summer, and in a new video on her YouTube channel with Dr.

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25.03.2021 / 01:17

Quirky #goblincore trend is taking TikTok by storm

one such video, the camera operator steps into their backyard, where they come upon a blue, long-eared goblin-looking person wearing a vest and chewing on a plant.

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15.03.2021 / 19:35

Moses McCormick (1981–2021), multilingual YouTube star

Moses McCormick was a popular YouTuber whose viral videos documented his conversations with people in languages including Mandarin, Arabic, and Japanese.McCormick’s journey as a language learner began when he was 18 and decided to study Chinese because he loved kung fu movies. He went on to teach himself a wide variety of languages, and his YouTube videos showed him conversing comfortably in at least 20 languages.

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23.02.2021 / 21:23

TikTok bans ‘That Vegan Teacher’ after 20,000 sign petition to remove her

using incendiary measures to force her views on the public.Now she is challenging her audience to “rise up” in her defense. “Many of you woke up this morning and found out that my account was banned on TikTok, and I know many of you are jumping for joy and thinking that this is a great victory,” Diekmeyer said in a video posted Tuesday titled “Censorship: Why Good People Must Rise Up And Speak Out,” that she posted to her YouTube account, which has over 31,000 followers.

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12.02.2021 / 20:19

Wendy’s spares no one on National Roast Day — even Armie Hammer

deep-Friars Club. Don’t let the company’s innocent-looking ginger mascot fool you — they are masters of verbally grilling the competition (just ask Steak ‘n Shake).Now, the acid-tongued fast-food firm is on a tear with #NationalRoastDay, a made-up tradition during which Wendy’s dished up a brutal bevy of tailor-made insults to willing participants on Twitter.

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12.02.2021 / 17:52

‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin already back on social media with glam shot

was released from Albion Correction Facility early on Thursday on the basis of good behavior. The femme fatale spent just 21 months behind bars out of her full four- to 12-year sentence.Sorokin, who pretended to be the German heir to a 60 million Euro fortune, wasted no time on her splashy return to social media following her release.

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11.02.2021 / 08:11

Dazharia Shaffer, Rising TikTok Star, Dead at 18

TikTok on Tuesday. «I just want to thank everyone for their love and support of my daughter,» he wrote alongside a video tribute to Shaffer. «Unfortunately she is no longer with us and has gone to a better place.»In a GoFundMe, Alla further mourned his daughter, writing, «I only wish she would have spoken to me about her stress and the thoughts of suicide.

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03.02.2021 / 22:30

What is Clubhouse? Everything to know about the invite-only app

used it. The world’s current richest man appeared on the iPhone-only app Sunday night to talk with Vlad Tenev, CEO of online amateur trading broker Robinhood.Musk’s conversation created so much hype that a completely unrelated stock — Clubhouse Media Group — jumped 117%, Reuters reported. Here’s everything to know about the app’s innovative format and functionality, how to get an invite and its brief history. Software analyst Jordan Minor described the network as “if Twitter was a podcast you lived inside of.” “Clubhouse is a space for casual, drop-in audio conversations — with friends and other interesting people around the world,” offers Clubhouse’s brief self-description.

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02.02.2021 / 21:41

TikTok users warned about silhouette challenge’s potential dangers

TikTok silhouette challenge is being discouraged by women, who warn that the trend is being used by men to gawk at naked women. Their PSAs have since gone viral on social media.

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02.02.2021 / 19:19

HBO’s ‘Fake Famous’ reveals the tricks influencers use to gain followers

HBO Max documentary, which premieres on Tuesday. The yearlong social experiment follows veteran technology journalist Nick Bilton as he attempts to turn three 20-somethings with small social-media followings into bona fide Instagram influencers. “When you look on Instagram, there are over 140 million people who have over 100,000 followers,” Bilton told The Post. “How is it that the entire population of Russia can be perceived as famous? It’s not possible.” Bilton, who is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and has worked for the New York Times, was troubled by a survey he saw.

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27.01.2021 / 07:21

Christina Anstead Changes Her Name on Instagram Amid Split From Husband Ant

Christina Anstead has changed her name on Instagram amid her divorce from Ant Anstead. The HGTV star, who split from husband Ant last September, reverted to her maiden name, Haack, in her Instagram bio. However, her handle is still @christinaanstead. Before her marriage to Anstead in December 2018, Christina was known as Christina El Moussa, the last name she shared with her previous husband, Tarek El Moussa.

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22.01.2021 / 23:36

TikTok sea shanty star Nathan Evans releases new song ‘Wellerman’

so-called #ShantyTok. Going viral by crooning traditional sea shanties — “Drunken Sailor” among the most well known — landed former mail carrier Nathan Evans a contract with record label Polydor, the Scottish Sun reported.

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22.01.2021 / 03:37

The 10 most entertaining TikToks to follow

online musicals that rake in $2 million. The app is a hotbed of talent.Check out these 10 TikToks to witness the stars of tomorrow.@lubalin, 2.2 million followersAfter releasing a self-titled experimental EP last September, this Montreal artist — who just released a new single, “long txts,” with electro echoes of The Weeknd — became a viral sensation when he took screenshots of random Facebook exchanges involving baby boomers and turned them into dramatic musical readings.Must-watch video: The second video in his “Internet Drama” series, which has racked up some 31 million views, features Lubalin making a song out of a Facebook exchange about a supposedly stolen broccoli casserole recipe.

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14.01.2021 / 21:10

TikTok’s going overboard with sea shanties — here’s how it all started

timelessly chic fisherman sweaters.The trend apparently began with Scottish musician and mail carrier Nathan Evans, 26, who shares solo performances of today’s hits and folk music on TikTok. A recent clip of Evans’ rendition of “Soon May the Wellerman Come,” originally shared in December, has since been scooped by a number of other songmen of social media, each of whom added their own harmonies to the buoyant ditty.

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01.01.2021 / 01:35

How to make and share your Instagram Top 9 posts of 2020

Mashable puts it, the last days of more recent years have still seen plenty of them posted on Instagram Stories. Want to know how to do your own Top 9? Here’s how to make it happen before we ring in the new year.Both of these free sites serve solely to determine and format your most popular posts.

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31.12.2020 / 01:17

‘Jeopardy!’ star Ken Jennings sorry for ‘insensitive’ tweets: ‘I screwed up’

wrote in the five-part thread. “Sometimes they worked as jokes in my head and I was dismayed to see how they read on screen.“In the past, I’d usually leave bad tweets up just so they could be dunked on.

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23.12.2020 / 20:16

China wants to take away your ‘mukbang’ kink rights

something of a fetish, with beautiful women finding success as they eat their way through giant lobsters, heaping bowls of noodles, burgers stacked upon burgers and more. The law would impose a fine of up to 100,000 yuan (about $15,290) on any content creator, entertainer or business engaging in gross food waste, including television shows and even catering services, the China News Service reported Tuesday, according to English-language Chinese news site SixthTone.com.The binge-eating trend originated in South Korea and quickly spread throughout Asia and the rest of the world, with millions of viewers across YouTube, Facebook and various Chinese social-media sites such as WeChat and Weibo.

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