Selfies

• New Meta-funded tool helps teens remove explicit images online

  A new tool helps teens remove explicit images and videos of themselves from the internet, including from participating platforms Instagram, OnlyFans and Pornhub.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2023
  
• Influencer Sophia Cheung dies while trying to take waterfall selfie in Hong Kong park

  Sophia Cheung, 32, was well-known on social media for her sometimes risqué, picturesque selfies.

  Trending

  Jul 19, 2021
  
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• Selfies scratch social approval itch for narcissists: U of A psych prof’s study

  "It does suggest some interesting avenues in which social media seems to provide some benefits and they're not necessarily that unhealthy."

  Education

  Jan 2, 2020
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• Toronto siblings go viral after taking ‘fake smile’ photo as Leafs get hammered by Penguins

  "I bleed blue-and-white. When they’re down 6-1, I’m going to be sad."

  Sports

  Nov 18, 2019
• Instagram users urged to stop taking selfies in toxic Russian pond

  The pond gets its unusual colour from all the ash and calcium salts that pour into it from a nearby Siberian coal plant.

  Trending

  Jul 10, 2019
• Montreal authorities annoyed by selfie-seekers in flooded areas

  Montreal's fire department says "don't come by if you have no reason to be here."

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2019
• COMMENTARY: Our obsession with taking photos is changing how we remember the past

  Our reliance on smartphones and selfies can have some rather profound risks when it comes to personal memory, writes researcher Giuliana Mazzoni.

  Jan 6, 2019
• Lethbridge selfie project celebrates Canada 150

  A Lethbridge woman and her coworkers are asking residents to snap and send selfies on June 24 to be used in a time capsule, which will be bolted to a beam inside Casa for the next 50 years.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2017
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• People are taking disaster selfies in front of Grenfell Tower. Here’s where not to take self-portraits

  Residents have placed signs on fences around the site following last week’s inferno that killed at least 79 people, asking people not to take photos and selfies.

  World

  Jun 21, 2017
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• President Trump takes selfie with Israeli politician accused of selling drugs, prostitutes

  U.S. President Donald Trump is seen posing with an Israeli politician who in 2015 was accused of selling drugs and prostitutes out of his casino.

  World

  May 22, 2017