The offensive picture popped up under search results for the word “crime,” blatantly using the n-word — but the monkey imagery in the screenshot below is just as bad if not worse. It's crazy Giphy let this somehow get by. It wasn't until the social platforms were made aware of …

You may (or may not) have noticed that Instagram and SnapChat have both turned off their GIPHY features since early this morning. This happened after app users discovered an extremely racist GIF when typing in "crime" in both apps' GIF search features. Netizens called for both companies to take … Read …

Instagram and Snapchat have temporarily disabled the Giphy sticker features from their respective apps after users reported of an extremely racist GIF option that could be added to the stories or images. First reports came from a user on Snapchat but later the same racial GIF was spotted on … Read …

Snapchat has introduced the 'tag' feature, which will let its users call each other out in 'Stories'. The tagged person's name, handle and Bitmoji can be seen with the swipe up 'more' option. It also comes with an 'add' button so users can follow them. The option will give Snap …

Snapchat told TechCrunch that, “As soon as we were made aware, we removed the GIF and have disabled Giphy until we can be sure that this won't happen again.” Instagram, on the other hand, told TC that, “This type of content has no place on Instagram. We have stopped our …

Snapchat told TechCrunch all content on the app is supposed to be “rated PG” and that “As soon as we were made aware, we removed the GIF and have disabled Giphy until we can be sure that this won't happen again.” Hate speech is against Giphy's rules, though apparently it …

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

Popular image sharing and multimedia mobile app Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their Giphy GIF sticker features after users saw a … Both Snapchat and Instagram had introduced the feature in February that allows users to include GIFs from the media repository Giphy in their snaps … Read More

Snapchat (NASDAQ:SNAP 17.88 1.25%) confirmed on Thursday via CNBC its plans to eliminate “just over 120” jobs from their engineering department. Jerry Hunter, head of Snapchat Engineering said in a letter to employees “We are doing this after a thoughtful and respectful review of each team … Read More

Popular photo sharing apps Instagram and Snapchat have temporarily removed their Giphy GIF features. The developments come after a 21-year-old Snapchat user from the United Kingdom notified the company of a racist GIF. A similar racist GIF was spotted in Facebook-owned Instagram too. The GIF … Read More