Tag: instagram
Parents slam video sharing sites for inappropriate content
Half of parents in the UK have criticised video sharing platforms, including Snapchat and Youtube, for failing to prevent children from accessing distressing, violent or adult-only content. A survey of 1,500 UK parents, conducted by AgeChecked, found that 58% of parents believe that video sharing sites and apps aren’t doing enough to keep young people safe.…
Are social media companies doing enough? 1 in 8 kids under 10s spend 4 hours a day on there
The latest research in support of Safer Internet Day which took place earlier this month, reveals that while 16 year olds spend the most time on social media each day, kids as young as 8 are sharing images and chatting online. That's despite 13 being the age limit to own a social media account. According…
Following strangers on Instagram can depress you, says study
Following celebrities on Instagram can have negative psychological effects, as found by research published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking. As Clapway reports, the peer-reviewed study, published in the journal's May edition, found that "there is growing evidence that following strangers on [social networks] and comparing oneself to others have important implications for well-being." It…
10 Ways to make your Instagram photos more awesome on your iPhone: Layout, Aviary & VSCO
Gone are the days of editing your Instagram photos into vintage, super contrast-y blurs. There are a whole new range of tools at your disposable to make the most of borders, enhance photos based on what your subject is or even fade out colours rather than pumping them up. Here are ten of our favourite ways to make Instagram photos more awesome.
15 of our favourite beauty, fashion and food accounts to follow on Instagram
Sometimes you need inspiration, sometimes you need hot tips – and sometimes you just want to gaze at impossibly beautiful photographs of sunsets, lipsticks, full skirts and flat whites while you’re standing in someone’s armpit on the bus. So we’ve rounded up our favourite fashion, beauty and food Instagrammers to give your feed a spring boost. Flex that scrolling thumb and enjoy.
Stephen Fry quits Instagram after press ‘hounding’, Katie Hopkins suggests Miliband should gas his wife
Stephen Fry has quit social media site Instagram, telling his fans he was “hounded off” it by the press. The comedian and actor, who has a huge following on social media with 92,000 Instagram followers, said: “Newspapers, as ever, suck all the joy out of everything. Closing down. It was, briefly, fun. Bye.” In his description…
