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Turkeys are in danger of not being Instagrammed or family photos not shared on Facebook after the two social media sites suffered outages around the world. Users of both services, owned by Facebook Inc, have struggled to use them with users in the UK, east coast of the U.S and Brazil the most affected, according to…

Jennifer Aniston, once one of the few A-list actress holdouts to social media, opened her Instagram account yesterday and as of this morning she’s counting an enormous 8.6M followers, all from one Friends 25th anniversary reunion selfie with her fellow cast members Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew…

Worlds are colliding as Smallville entered the Arrowverse with a reunion of Tom Welling and Erica Durance on the set of the forthcoming five-part "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover. Durance took to Instagram and posted a photo of her and Welling with the caption: “So, I was just minding my own business, and I ran…

Justin Bieber shared a heartfelt message with fans Monday detailing his struggles with growing up in the spotlight, including being “resentful” and using “heavy drugs.” The chart-topping performer, who became an international superstar as a teenager, said in a lengthy Instagram post that early fame led him to make…

At least some of the followers of Ellen DeGeneres’ Instagram account might have thought they hit pay dirt last night when the talk show host’s account was hacked and briefly offered a treasure trove of giveaway items. “My Instagram account was hacked last night (despite my clever password "password"),” DeGeneres…

The 33-year-old Instagram star had a recurring role on Hulu series 'East Los High.'

Facebook and Instagram have experienced a series of crashes today, with users worldwide saying they couldn’t log-in, post content, or share posts. The problems started shortly after 11 Pacific time. Of those who were able to access their accounts, some say they see posts from users not in their networks in their news…

UPDATED with Instagram, Facebook issues resolved: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users are back in business Wednesday evening after the company said it had resolved issues that saw the services down for most of the day. There also have been outages on Twitter today relating to DM delivery and notifications. The…

UPDATE:  Elton John is “mistaken” about LGBT rights in Russia, claims Vladimir Putin. The Russian President was responding to an Instagram post from John, who said that he was deeply upset by prior remarks from Putin that liberal values were “obsolete” and that Putin’s claim of non-interference with LGBT rights seems…

In his first U.S. TV interview since taking the helm at Instagram, Adam Mosseri told Gayle King of CBS News that the company is evaluating its stance on “deepfake” videos. Altered, phony videos showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her speech as if impaired or Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talking about profiting…

UPDATE at 5 PM PT:  It looks like Instagram is mostly back online for users. The site Down Detector shows the spike in complaints of no service has dropped. There has been no word from the company on what caused the outage, which caused upsets among influencers around the world. UPDATED with company statement, some ser…

Jussie Smollett has returned to Instagram with his first post since January, a day before he claimed he was the victim of a hate crime. The Empire actor ended his social media silence Monday with a Pride Month message captioned: “So much PRIDE.” The post included video of a speech given by Choir Boy playwright Tarell…