TechCrunch Thursday August 7, 2025
Instagram users now need a public account with a minimum of 1,000 followers to go live on the platform, the social network has confirmed to TechCrunch. Until now, Instagram has allowed anyone to go live, regardless of their follower count or whether their account is public or private. Users who don’t have public accounts and have fewer than 1,000 followers will see a new notice when they try to go live, stating that their account is no longer eligible for Live. The move will be a blow to smaller creators on the platform, adds TC.
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David Schonauer Thursday August 7, 2025
We may be witnessing the dawn of a new kind of supermodel era. As we noted recently, the fashion giant H&M is planning to introduce digital clones of its human models later this year. But another
company has already gone there. In August's print edition of Vogue, a Guess advertisement features a blonde model you might assume is real, unless you see the small … Read the full Story >>
Sky News Australia Wednesday August 6, 2025
An Instagram user was banned for posting a video of her dogs that Meta says breached community standards on “child sexual exploitation” and “nudity,” notes PetaPixel. On June 28, Rochelle Marinato, owner of Pilates World Australia in Gold Coast, Australia, shared an video of her three dogs looking out of a window on her personal Instagram account. Marinato then was informed by Meta her that her personal Instagram account had been suspended, as was Pilates World’s business account, due to its association, according to Sky News Australia.
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The New York Times Wednesday August 6, 2025
“I hope this is enough. But I want to do more.” So said a load master on a Jordanian Air Force plane parachuting food into Gaza on July 31, one of two such missions conducted by the Jordanian Air Force in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates. In all, some 20 tons of food and other basic necessities were parachuted over the territory. But air drops are notoriously inaccurate, notes Diego Ibarra Sanchez, who provided a report and visuals from the mission to The New York Times.
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