A report published in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday has revealed that Instagram is harmful for teenage users. The report is based on Facebook studies over the past three years that examined how Instagram affects its young user base, with teenage girls being most notably harmed.
As per the WSJ report, among teenagers who reported suicidal thoughts, about 6 per cent in the US and 13 per cent in the UK traced them back to Instagram.
The researchers noted that many of these problems are unique to Instagram because it focuses heavily on body and lifestyle, meaning “social comparison is worse on Instagram”.
“Thirty-two percent of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse,” the researchers reportedly wrote, as per CNBC.
The research also found “teens blame Instagram for increases in the rate of anxiety and depression”, a reaction researchers described as “unprompted and consistent across all groups”.
YouTube recently gave a shoutout to a Pakistani YouTuber, Irfan Junejo, on its Instagram page.
YouTube shared the picture of Junejo with the caption, ” Head to @irfanjunejo‘s channel to wander into his cinematic universe Link in bio to check out his channel.”
After the shoutout, Junejo took to social media to credit the location in the picture. He wrote, “So…this happened yesterday. YouTube’s official Instagram featured me and asked their 27 Million followers to check out my “cinematic universe”. Lekin…jo location tag main Pakistan likha hua hai na…saray paise uske hain. Represent! . (All credit goes to the location tagged in the picture)”
TikTok star, Hareem Shah recently posted a picture on her Instagram account with the caption, “My Life”.
The Current reached out to Hareem Shah and asked her who the guy in the picture was. The TikToker revealed that the person in the picture is her husband.
She further told The Current that her husband is from Karachi and is a politician belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party but she refused to give us his name.
Earlier, Hareem said that she can’t reveal her husband’s identity until he takes permission from his first wife.
Hareem said in her live session with Geo news that, “I will reveal his identity soon after I will get the permission.” When asked that who is stopping her, she said: “As I have told earlier that my husband is married and as soon he will take permission from his wife and tell his family, we will announce our marriage.”
Hareem allegedly tied the knot to the PPP politician in a private ceremony. But details about her husband were kept under wraps from the media and public.
Yesterday, Prime Minister, Imran Khan took to Instagram and posted a few pictures of his wife, Bushra Bibi, visiting the Punjab Institute of Mental Health in Lahore.
The premier captioned the pictures, “First Lady, Bushra Bibi visited the Punjab Institute of Mental Health, Lahore and was briefed on the facilities provided there.”
First Lady Bushra Bibi visited the Punjab Institute of Mental Health in Lahore on Wednesday. The video of her visit shows Bushra Bibi visiting different departments and checking the facilities at the institute.
Bushra Bibi was briefed about the facilities provided by the institute. The staff told her about the timings when patients are fed and the activities of the women admitted there.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday shared a throwback picture from 1989 in which he is wearing a Batman cap.
The premier shared a photo from almost 32 years ago on his official Instagram account with the caption, “Skardu 1989.”
The picture prompted followers to express how cool the former cricketer looked in the cap.
This is not the first time PM Khan has shared a picture from his archives. Earlier, he posted a picture from 1971 while he was on a tour in England.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan is the most-followed politician on social media in the country with 14.2 million followers on Twitter, 11 million on Facebook, and 5.4 million on Instagram.
Late Monday night, PMLN Chief Nawaz Sharif’s grandson Junaid Safdar uploaded a picture on his Instagram account only to delete it a few seconds later. Our hawk-eye NewsDesk took a screenshot before he deleted the picture taken at his wedding.
The picture shows a glowing Ayesha and a happy Junaid smiling at the camera with the caption “22.08.21❤️”. Junaid deleted the picture from his Instafeed and then made the picture his display picture instead.
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We reached out to Junaid and asked him why he deleted the picture from his Instafeed. “I deleted the pic because they’re emailing me the original with pixel quality…the picture I uploaded was not clear,” he said via message, and also told us to expect pictures and videos next week that capture some “emotional moments”.
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The couple got married in London on Sunday in a lavish ceremony, at The Lanesborough, a five-star hotel in Knightsbridge.
Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued new directives to news and current affairs television channels, on the recent coverage of torrential rain and urban flooding in the country.
The notice issued by PEMRA says: “It has been observed with grave concern that while reporting/airing news/ footages on natural calamities, torrential rains, and flooding, news channels generally rely on videos which are widely circulated on digital platforms such a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp instead of mobilising their own field teams for providing actual /real-time footages to the viewers, which is not only the responsibility of the channels but also mandated.”
The statement further said that these “sloppy videos” create “unnecessary panic and fear” not only among the inhabitants of the cities being reported but for the loved ones living across the country or even abroad.
The authority said, ” All satellite TV channels are once again directed to produce their own footages/packages and train their reporters/ news teams to be vigilant, responsive and active and cover each event/ occasion themselves so that viewers could get real-time factual information rather than relying on videos available on social media platforms.”
Journalists lashed out at the new PEMRA directives.
Jounailt Shahzad Iqbal tweeted, “Ruling party #PTI & Govt use social media for narratives but social media footages of rain in Islamabad that killed two people can’t be used?”
Iqbal further wrote, “It will also mean media won’t be able to air any footage of atrocities in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) or attacks on Palestinians by Israeli forces because we don’t have our reporters in the field.”
Journalist Amber Rahim Shamsi wrote, ” Every channel in the world uses eyewitness footage from emergencies/disasters/conflict zones. It’s a bizarre directive until you realise the motive – keep TV channels on a tight leash when it makes the government look bad.”
Journalist Zebunnisa Burki criticised the new directive and tweeted, “Pemra seems to have gone completely off the rails.”
Journalist Benazir Shah questioned, “Guess PEMRA has not heard of ‘citizen journalism.’ If a video has been verified by channel why can it not be aired?”
Prime Minister Imran Khan shared a childhood picture of the wedding ceremony of his cousin, Jamshaid Burki — a former diplomat of Pakistan.
PM Khan took to Instagram to post a picture with the caption: “Wedding of my cousin Jamshaid Burki Year 1962.”
Earlier, the premier shared a photo of him standing with his uncle at his cousin’s wedding.
Prime Minister keeps sharing photos from his archives with the hashtag, #MemoriesFromPast.
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PM Khan is very active on social media platforms with 5.1 million followers on Instagram. He also has 14 million followers on Twitter, which is the highest number of followers for any Pakistani politician.
Leslie Gilliams, the second runner-up of MasterChef US’ fifth season, wishes to set up a restaurant in Karachi.
The master chef contestant, Leslie Gilliams, shared a screenshot of an Instagram user, Shaikh Mehmed, who wished to invite him to open a restaurant in Karachi, Pakistan.
“I’m thinking of starting a go fund me page so I can open up a restaurant in Karachi Pakistan,” he replied. “I have a lot of fans in Bangladesh and in Karachi, Pakistan. Who wants to be the first to donate?” Leslie wrote in the caption.
Leslie was a strong competitor during his time on the reality cooking show.
He managed to survive six elimination challenges. He has won the mystery box and elimination test once each.