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Snapchat & Instagram Disable Giphy for Suggesting Racist GIF

Both Snapchat and Instagram have only integrated Giphy functionality recently and have been freely used by users looking to jazz up their stories and social media posts. It'll be interesting to see how users will react to Giphy not being available now and if both Snapchat and Instagram will look …

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Snapchat and Instagram Drop Giphy Integration After a Users Noticed a Racist GIF

Snapchat and Instagram have removed Giphy features from their platforms, TechCrunch reported on Friday, March 9. The decision was reportedly made after users noticed a racist GIF that appeared within the search function on both social media apps. According to the outlet, when the term "crime" was … Read More

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Chris Soules Returns to Instagram Almost One Year After Fatal Car Crash

Nearly a year after the former Bachelor star allegedly fled the scene of a fatal car crash, he posted on Instagram for the very first time. Using the Instagram Story feature on Saturday, Soules captured a video of a dog and cat walking through the snow. "Buddies," he captioned the …

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50 Cent Clowns Juelz Santana On Instagram Over Newark Airport Incident

Juelz Santana has now become the brunt of 50 Cent's jokes for running scared. Yesterday evening at Newark Airport checkout, TSA officials found a burner stuffed in Santana's luggage, and his reaction was to dead bolt out of there. Juelz smashed the pedal, leaving behind his bags and well.. the …

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Instagram and Snapchat yank Giphy integration due to racist GIF

Instagram and Snapchat have each removed their Giphy sticker feature after a user discovered a racist GIF could be added to story posts, according to TechCrunch. Instagram and Snapchat each added a Giphy integration to their stories features earlier this year, which allowed users to add GIFs from a … Read …

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Snapchat, Instagram Pull Giphy Integration After Users Find Extremely Racist GIF

Facebook subsidiary Instagram and stumbling competitor Snapchat have both disabled GIF-embedding service Giphy after an extremely racist … As a result of the animation's spread on Giphy, both Instagram and Snapchat have chosen to disable integration with the service—just weeks after adding it. Read More

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Baby Number 3: Lionel Messi Takes to Instagram to Reveal Reason Behind His Malaga Withdrawal

Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi has revealed he will miss tonight's clash with Malaga due to the birth of his third child. Messi took to Instagram to express his delight following the news of the birth of his son, Ciro. Read More

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What Is Going on with Macaulay Culkin’s Instagram?

Mack, as he is affectionately called by his friends and goddaughter Paris Jackson, has finally joined Instagram. On March 2, Culkin made an appearance on The Tonight Show to speak to Jimmy Fallon about his upcoming projects and a major plot hole he discovered in Home Alone, the 1990 movie …

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Snapchat and Instagram remove Giphy feature over racist GIF

Twitter user Lyauna Augmon said she searched "crime" in Instagram's Giphy feature and the above GIF came up as a suggestion. The same GIF also appeared as a suggestion in Snapchat's Giphy feature. In a statement to TechCrunch, Snapchat said it removed Giphy after it heard about the problem. Read …

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Investigators search Instagram records

Sheriff's office investigators have extracted data off an Instagram account believed to contain evidence in an internet stalking of a child and possible child pornography case. Online records show the affidavit requesting the search warrant was filed in January and that data was extracted in February. Read More