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Will Meta Finally Lift Its Female Nipple Ban?

Avatar photo by Emma Shapiro January 19, 2023January 20, 2023

An oversight board made recommendations against the company’s restrictive female nudity policies. Will Instagram comply?

Posted inNews

Artist Slammed for Matching Instagram Photos to Open-Camera Footage

by Rhea Nayyar September 20, 2022September 21, 2022

Critics of the project say artist Dries Depoorter is engaging dangerously with surveillance culture.

Posted inArt

Artists Tell Instagram: We’re Done!

Avatar photo by Emma Shapiro September 13, 2022September 14, 2022

Artists are resorting to platforms like Onlyfans and Pornhub to show work that was banned from the social media network.

Posted inNews

BeReal App Gets Real Roasted With Memes

by Sarah Rose Sharp July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

The popular BeReal app, which prompts users to post within a two-minute window at a random time every day, has become prime fodder for memes.

Posted inOpinion

Why Does Instagram Think My Artwork is Soliciting Sex?

Avatar photo by Emma Shapiro April 19, 2022April 21, 2022

Instagram’s new “sexual solicitation” notification used in a misguided purge of “sexual” material is not only wrong, it’s also offensive.

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Regarding the Pain of Others, on Social Media

Avatar photo by Carolina Drake April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

While influencers market their brands using images of beauty ideals and upward mobility, grief accounts have started popping up, offering a different message.

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Why Does Instagram Keep Allowing My Images to Be Stolen?

Avatar photo by Lina Scheynius December 15, 2021December 16, 2021

It seems like my plum photo can be used to sell almost anything: beauty products, nutritional supplements, mental health coaching, fashion, concept stores.

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An Antidote to Instagram’s Toxicity Is Already in Our Hands

Avatar photo by Emma Shapiro December 13, 2021December 14, 2021

The body positivity movement is an asset that Instagram seems reticent to put forward as the resource it is.

Posted inArt

All These Artworks Have Been Censored By Instagram

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 17, 2021August 18, 2021

The Facebook-owned social platform has taken down drawings, photographs, paintings, and sculptures depicting nudity, even in partial or abstracted form.

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Instagram Censored a Pedro Almodóvar Film Poster (and Then Apologized)

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 12, 2021January 7, 2022

Instagram temporarily took down the image showing a lactating nipple.

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The Art of AI: Computer-generated Sculptures Are Eerily Real

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 3, 2021August 6, 2021

Artist Matteo Rattini trained a neural network to create images of contemporary sculptures based on Instagram’s algorithm suggestions.

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Artists Concerned Over Instagram’s New “Sensitive Content” Controls

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

The social media giant defines sensitive content as “posts that don’t necessarily break our rules, but could potentially be upsetting to some people.”

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