Jannatun Tazri

  Millions of women routinely check Instagram after giving birth, only to see posts by other new moms showing off how fast they got back into svelte shape. Of course, photos like those can be a real downer for women who don't have the time or resources to lose pregnancy weight that quickly. Are they "failures" for not doing so? CLICK HERE No, say Australian researchers who published the new findings recently in the journal Healthcare. The study will also be presented Oct. 18-22 at the International Congress on Obesity in Melbourne, Australia. The investigators found that the average woman probably does not post Instagram "postpartum body" shots. Those who do post may give Instagram users a skewed version of what a postpartum figure is supposed to look like. The sexy, slim body photos that new moms typically see "are presenting an 'idealized' version of the postpartum body, which may contribute to body dissatisfaction in postpartum women who view suc...

  Anonymous online student gossip has been a problem for years. The Streetchat app and JuicyCampus website, both now defunct, allowed users to share unchecked, malicious rumors about their peers. The anonymous messaging app Yik Yak had similar features until it shut down in 2017, following complaints of bullying and harassment. Yik Yak relaunched last year with new "community guardrails" to prevent abuse and public humiliation. CLICK HERE But online gossip shared by students never went away. Instead, rumor-spreading tactics went mainstream on social media, particularly on Instagram through "secrets," "tea," and "confessions" accounts. Anonymous students start an account inviting their classmates to share what they know. The results can be devastating for students targeted by false or cruel claims about their sexuality, gender identity, home life, physical appearance, disabilities, and other sensitive subjects. Their parents, along with school sta...

  Summary Law firms Related documents New industrywide MDL combines cases against Meta’s Instagram and Facebook, plus TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube CLICK HERE Plaintiffs accuse the social-media apps of defective design, failure to warn of potential harm (Reuters) - More than 80 cases alleging that TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites are designed to hook young users – even at the cost of their physical and mental health – will be grouped for pretrial proceedings in federal court in Oakland, California, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ruled Thursday. The panel opted for industrywide multidistrict litigation (MDL) for the lawsuits, even though 70 percent of the cases so far name only Meta Platforms’ Facebook or Instagram as defendants. Meta supported plaintiff Brianna Murden’s motion to create the MDL. The parent companies of Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube vehemently opposed it, arguing that their services operate differently from Meta’s and that a “behe...