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Instagram taking steps to ensure users are over 13 years old

The app will now ask users to provide their birth dates to confirm their age.

On Dec 4, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

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Instagram is hiring a meme liaison after the big meme page purge (updated)

The company is trying to smooth things over with memers.

On Aug 6, 2019 by Katie Balevic

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Instagram just purged all your favorite meme pages (updated)

The company deleted at least 30 pages, surpassing a combined 33 million followers, for violating its terms.

On Jul 27, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

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Here’s why you’re getting all those terms of service update emails

Companies have until May 25 to make changes.

On Apr 27, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

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Privacy lawyer rewrites Instagram’s terms so anyone can understand them

Stop wondering what Instagram's TOS really says.

On Jan 9, 2017 by Christina Bonnington

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Artist turns Apple’s terms of service into awesome graphic novel

Now you'll read the terms you agree to.

On Nov 8, 2015 by Selena Larson

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Spotify didn’t mean to creep you out; it’s not like that

Opt in. All in.

On Aug 21, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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A creepy karaoke app sends your terrible singing straight to YouTube

On StarMaker, users' videos are automatically uploaded to YouTube for the whole world to see.

On Apr 9, 2015 by Luke Winkie

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College kids are posting their wildest party photos on this X-rated Snapchat clone

Get ready to hear about Yeti.

On Mar 26, 2015 by Miles Klee

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Kickstarter issues new rules for failed projects

But risks for backers remain.

On Sep 22, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Facebook added key section to ToS 4 months after controversial experiment

Tagging Pinocchio.

On Jul 1, 2014 by Tim Sampson

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PayPal doesn’t want you to share your mobile devices

But it's not an all-out ban. 

On Apr 19, 2014 by Elizabeth Robinson

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Google’s updated terms make clear that it scans your emails

Amid an ongoing legal case, Google makes its controversial email scanning practice explicit to users.

On Apr 15, 2014 by Tim Sampson

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3 things you should know about Airbnb’s new terms of service

Make sure you're covered before you rent out that extra room. 

On Apr 10, 2014 by Joanie Ferguson

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The inevitable fall of the Reddit moderator

Reddit's new Terms of Service agreement canonizes the site's moderators between a rock and a hard place. 

On Dec 13, 2013 by L. Rhodes