Instagram, Snapchat drop Giphy feature as racist GIF spotted
Instagram, Snapchat drop Giphy feature as racist GIF spotted … SAN FRANCISCO: Popular image sharing and multimedia mobile app Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their Giphy GIF sticker … A 21-year-old Snapchat user from England first spotted the racist animation in the library. Read More
Instagram and Snapchat remove Giphy feature after users spot racist GIF
Popular image sharing and multimedia mobile app Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their Giphy GIF sticker features after users saw a racist GIF as an option to add to their photographs. "We are very sorry. This GIF should have never appeared in Snapchat. Our team has worked with … Read …
GIPHY’s stay on Snapchat and Instagram cut short by companies because of racist GIFs
A 21-year-old Snapchat user from England first spotted the racist animation in the library. The GIF "appears to suggest that millions of deaths are caused by black people committing crimes with a number counter continually rising". A similar racist GIF was spotted in Facebook-owned Instagram indicating … Read More
Amid sluggish growth, Snapchat lays off 120 employees from its engineering team
Tough times at Snapchat seem to continue as the company Snap has confirmed issuing the pink slip to 120 of its engineers. The message has been conveyed to Snap's employees through an email that the company's engineering chief wrote to his 'team' that has come to light. Some of the …
Racist GIF Causes Snapchat To Drop Its Giphy Feature
Snapchat users may have noticed that its Giphy feature has been temporarily removed from the app. Snapchat dropped the feature after shocked users saw a terribly racist GIF pop up in its search section. This was despite the fact that Snapchat had reportedly set a PG+13 filter to the feature. …
GIPHY removed from Snapchat and Instagram after racist GIF appears
Snapchat and Instagram have both temporarily removed GIPHY integration from their products following the appearance of a racist GIF. A statement put out by Snapchat says: "We have removed GIPHY from our application until we can be assured that this will never happen again." Instagram made a … Read More
Snapchat removes Giphy feature due to racial slur GIF
Snapchat has temporarily removed its Giphy GIF sticker feature after a user saw an extremely racist GIF as an option. Snapchat confirms to TechCrunch "As soon as w were made aware, we removed the GIF and have disabled Giphy until we can be sure that this won't happen again. The …
Video surfaces of Odell Beckham Jr. on Snapchat involving suspicious substances
A Snapchat video went viral late Friday night showing a man that appears to be Odell Beckham Jr. in a bed holding an apparent marijuana blunt while a women sits in the same bed with a card holding a white substance. Beckham Jr. can be heard mumbling "trying to get …
Snapchat splits from 180 employees
CAPE TOWN – Messaging and multimedia mobile application, Snapchat has confirmed that it is letting 180 employees go, citing the need to streamline the company, reports The Verge. The announcement was reportedly announced by Snapchat's engineering chief, Jerry Hunter to employees in an … Read More
Here’s what to do if Snapchat’s tagging feature isn’t working
In case you haven't already heard, Snapchat is testing out a new feature that you've probably been waiting for since, well, the beginning of Snapchat. Similar to Facebook and Instagram, Snapchat users will finally have the ability to tag their friends in videos and photos. But if you're currently on …