[ad_1] Facebook is testing a new way to let users claim ownership of images and issue takedown requests if they wish, The Verge reports. Today, Facebook revealed Rights Manager for Images, a tool that gives creators the ability to track and moderate where their images appear across Facebook and Instagram. To begin, Facebook is testing […]
Category: Memes
Snapchat Cameos lets you insert your face into a GIF
[ad_1] If that sounds a touch creepy, well, you’re not wrong. According to a GIF that Snap supplied (above), you can appear as an anthropomorphized cat, someone riding a shopping cart, a giant animated “thumbs down” emoji and more. You can add your own message and, as you’d expect, Snapchat will also create facial expressions, […]
Lil Bub, the internet’s favorite smooshed-face cat, has died
[ad_1] If you needed any more evidence that we are in fact living in the worst possible timeline, here it is: Lil Bub, one of the world's favorite internet-famous cats, has died. Her human dad, Mike Bridavsky, shared the news on Monday. [ad_2] Source link
Recommended Reading: How memes became political weapons
[ad_1] How memes got weaponized: A short historyJoan Donovan,MIT Technology Review Memes are entertaining, but they’ve also become key weapons in politics and the spread of misinformation. This piece starts with just one of many insane stories: “In October 2016, a friend of mine learned that one of his wedding photos had made its way […]
Facebook built a tool to track misinformation about itself
[ad_1] Developed in 2016, Stormtracker has been used to follow viral posts about the company. It’s tracked everything from rumors that Facebook listens to users, to a prank that told users if they didn’t copy and paste a status Facebook would share their private information, jokes about Mark Zuckerberg looking like an alien and more. […]