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07.July 2026 CI

America is demanding that Meta pay a record fine of $1,4 trillion

U.S. tech company Meta said four U.S. states are asking it to pay a total of $1,4 trillion because it designed platforms to encourage addiction in children.

Social media

29.June 2026 Richard Connor

Instagram and TikTok Addiction: Why We Can't Stop Scrolling

Why is it so hard to put down your phone and stop endless scrolling? Scientists warn that social network algorithms use the way the human brain works, while the development of artificial intelligence could make content even more attractive and harder to resist

A man is holding a mobile phone with the homepage of Instagram.

Mediji

18.January 2026 B. B.

The Instagram accounts of the Nova newsroom were suspended, the Radar portal was left without an account

The Instagram accounts nova.rs_portal, nova.rs_showbiz and nova.rs_sport today, as well as the private account of the page administrator, received a notification today that the account has been suspended for 180 days. In the past period, several media channels as well as accounts serving citizens for timely and truthful information were exposed to massive bot attacks.

Social media: How much of an impact it really has on mental health

Australija

10.December 2025 Matthew Pearson (DW)

Prohibition of social networks for people under the age of sixteen

Under-16s in Australia will be banned from accessing social media from today, with tech companies taking responsibility. What consequences will all this have for young people?

Social media

22.November 2025 IN THE

Shut down "Go-Change" Instagram: Part of the regime's broader strategy, a new wave of pressure on the opposition

The official Instagram account of the "Go-Change" movement, with more than 336.000 followers, was shut down this morning without any warning. The movement says that this is part of the regime's broader strategy to silence critical voices, especially at a time of mass student and civil protests.

Students in the blockade

17.November 2025 KS

"Bot Attack": How Rebellious Students Had Their Social Media Profiles Shut Down

The accounts of students of certain blocked faculties suddenly recorded a huge number of new, phantom followers, so they were suspended. Is this a new type of bot vs student fight?

Message from the President of Serbia

08.August 2025 AI

Vučić: I'm telling you a story about a wise old man

On his Instagram profile, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, tells you the story of a young rebel and a wise old man accompanied by appropriate illustrations and animation. He addressed the "blockaders-terrorists" as a child who broke a school window, so the good uncle put them on his knee to teach them a life lesson

Digital culture

13.May 2025. MT

What are "Brainrot" mimes: The language of the new generations that is meaningless to the elders

"Brainrot" content on social media, like an AI-generated shark singing "trallalero trallala", is not just another chaotic trend, but an ironic response of the youth to the serious world they live in. Although these mimes seem gibberish to the elderly, they form a new kind of common language among teenagers

Social media

11.march 2025 B. B.

Buducnostsrbijeav: Invitation to report Vučić's Instagram account for lying

"Aleksandar Vučić violated the guidelines of the Meta platform", stated the Eco Watch movement in a call to citizens to report the profile of the President of Serbia on Instagram.

The government's response

02.February 2025. NR

Vučić "spontaneously" took burgers to the City Cleanliness workers

While Serbia is boiling over, President Aleksandar Vučić continues to take care of the common man and selflessly posts everything on Instagram

After posting on Instagram

15.October 2024 IN THE

Traffic violence: The driver who physically assaulted a pensioner was arrested

Due to the physical attack on MS (78) on the street, the police detained the suspect SV (36). The elderly man was transported to the Emergency Center, while the attacker was detained for 48 hours

Instagram: One of Meta's most popular apps

Social media

17.September 2024 IN THE

Instagram introduces stricter protection: Parental supervision mandatory for under 18s

Instagram is introducing stricter protection, so the new rules will limit the content and privacy of teenage accounts with mandatory parental approval

Health care

05.September 2024 Ivan Mitkovski

Confessions of mothers of seriously ill children: "We live with doctors' mistakes every day"

Seventeen days of waiting for childbirth, complications, falsified reports and disinterested doctors waiting for bribes... The confessions of mothers from Serbia, whose children will bear the consequences for life, contain serious accusations. Three mothers speak for "Vreme"

Privacy on the Internet

05.August 2024 TS

Without notice: How Meta is training artificial intelligence in the Western Balkans

Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, changed its privacy policy at the end of June. Users from the countries of the Western Balkans are not informed that Meta collects their data for the purpose of developing artificial intelligence tools

Conflict spillover

02.August 2024 IN THE

No condolences, no Instagram: Why Turkey blocked this social network

Instragram blocked expressions of condolence after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, after which Turkey blocked Instagram. The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East is entering a new phase

NATO summit in Washington

10.July 2024 MJ

NATO invited influencers and tiktokers to advertise the summit in Washington

At the summit of the North Atlantic Alliance in Washington, they discussed global war and peace, primarily how to help Ukraine resist the invasion of Russia. The younger audience, mostly uninterested and uninformed about NATO, could follow the summit on Instagram and Tik Tok this time.

Hana Adrović

28.May 2024. Mila Stojanovic

"There is a story that the victim is to blame for everything"

The author of the show "Something different" Hana Adrović tries to respond to the digital violence she has suffered for years with the book "Answer". For Vreme, she tells why she wrote the book and how she met one of the commentators who harassed her

Politics and social networks

23.march 2024 Bojan Cvejic

Zelenski is the king of Instagram, Vucic is the leader in the Balkans

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has the most Instagram followers of any European head of state, including monarchs. Vučić is the most popular in the Balkans

Safety of children on social networks

19.march 2024 Sanja Zrnić

How predators use Instagram to collect photos of children

With numerous calls to action, so-called "challenges", which are used for entertainment on social networks, predators create mass photo albums of children of all ages.

Technology

05.march 2024 IN THE

Social networks Facebook and Instagram are "off", users cannot access their accounts

According to unofficial information shared on the "X" network, there has been a crash on Meta's servers

Post-election fight for election results

25.December 2023 MN

And another address from Vučić: I wasn't afraid of them at all

On Monday, the President of Serbia addressed those who want to hear him for the fourth time in two days, this time on Instagram. He once again had the need to emphasize how brave he is, and there was also talk of foreign mentors of "thugs and abusers".

Politics

02.November 2023 MJ

Vučić spoke on Instagram: I will never sign the independence of Kosovo

Serbia cannot be brought down with lies, that's why I am sure that work and results will always win, concluded Aleksandar Vučić

Navigator

01.November 2023 Zoran Stanojević

Subscription to Facebook and Instagram, only ads and dilemmas

Social media

25.October 2023 Z.S.

USA: Lawsuit against Meta for endangering the mental health of young people

Dozens of US states have sued Meta and Instagram, alleging that they are contributing to the mental health crisis among young people through the addiction caused by their social media platforms, Voice of America reports.

Social media

03.October 2023 Z.S.

Facebook and Instagram may no longer be free

Social networks Facebook and Instagram may no longer be free. If the user wants to use them as before, without advertisements, he may have to pay 13 euros per month

BiH

14.August 2023 BG

Footage of the murder: Could Meta have reacted faster?

"We will remove any content that glorifies the killer or the attack whenever we become aware of it," said the company, which owns Facebook and Instagram.

Social media

04.July 2023 I.S.

Zuckerberg launches his own version of Twitter

The new Threads apps will launch on Thursday. Meta, which includes Facebook and Instagram, described its new product as a "text-to-chat app."