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This optional Instagram “AI creator” label is a step in the right direction – but I think it should be enforced
By Alan Palazon published
Opinion Instagram is testing the ability for AI content accounts to label themselves as an “AI creator” but I think the platform needs to enforce it

Two years later, Instagram is finally giving photographers the same protection as videographers with this key change
By Hillary K. Grigonis published
INSTAGRAM Two years after penalizing unoriginal Reels, Instagram is now rolling out similar protections for still photos

Instagram is testing a new app that feels like the exact opposite of instant film photography
By Hillary K. Grigonis published
INSTAGRAM Instagram Instants is a new app for sharing unedited photos that disappear after 24 hours

WTF is the YouTube hype button, and why should you care as a content creator?
By Sebastian Oakley published
Opinion YouTube’s hype button explained: why smart creators can’t ignore it

That photo of a terrified vole is back – here's what it can teach us about going viral
By Tom May published
The unexpected second life of Sha Lu's viral vole shot holds lessons for every photographer.

Jamie Lee Curtis is claiming she invented Instagram again… I disagree, but she did help pioneer smartphone photography
By Alan Palazon published
News Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has once again claimed she invented Instagram. What she definitely did created helped pioneer smartphone photography

Instagram is trialling links in posts – could this make a financial difference for photographers?
By Alan Palazon published
NEWS Instagram has confirmed that it’s trialing clickable links in post captions for Meta Verified subscribers, and I think this could improve creators’ finances

I can’t stand photos being called "content" – it insults photographers and kills creativity
By Gavin Stoker published
opinion If everything is now merely ‘content’, then AI slop is on the same level as the work of greats like Cartier-Bresson – and I’m not cool with that

Think YouTube is just for content creators? This YouTube video now sits in an art museum (yes, really!)
By Hillary K. Grigonis published
YOUTUBE The first-ever YouTube video is now part of a display on the history of design at a London area art musuem

I HATE how social media has forced photography to become videography. This is what I think of the "3-second rule"…
By Alan Palazon published
Opinion Not everyone wants to be taken on the same 15-second, “hook-driven” journey, but the 'technoligarchs' want to steal as much of our attention as possible
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