Pinterest is banning false and misleading climate change information and conspiracy theories in content and ads on its social media platform, it said on Wednesday.

Ifeoma Ozoma, who accused Pinterest of discrimination, has become a key figure in helping tech employees disclose, and fight, mistreatment at work.

In what would be a blockbuster acquisition, PayPal is reportedly exploring the purchase of social media company Pinterest, according to Bloomberg. According to the publication, San Jose, California-based PayPal has “recently approached” Pinterest about a potential buyout.

Advertisements promoting diets or slimming products and that idealise certain body types will be removed from the platform

NYT sources claim Pinterest and VSCO could team up.

Google wants to know: what are you keen on?

Pinterest provides its millions of users with excellent collections of images and related content as per their requirements and needs. The times change, people’s needs change and because the web is made up of competitors and alternative interest have its competitors too.

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It’s almost like they’re aware that social media is stressful

The social network tells the group it was kicked off for spreading "harmful misinformation."

Pinterest Inc. is seeking to raise as much as $1.28 billion in an U.S. initial public offering that could value the company below the amount it reached in its last private valuation.

Instagram is threatening to attack Pinterest just as it files to go public the same way the Facebook-owned app did to Snapchat. Code buried in Instagram for Android shows the company has prototyped an option to create public “Collections” to which multiple users can contribute.

Plus: Big advertisers ban YouTube (not over vaccines), the National Cancer Institute wonders how to respond to health misinformation, and how to fill a data void.

You may notice something unusual when you search for "vaccines" or "vaccinations" on Pinterest: no results. The social media site has blocked all searches using terms related to vaccines or vaccinations as part of a plan to stop the spread of misinformation related to anti-vaxx posts. When you attempt a search on "vaccination," Pinterest instead shows a message reading: “Pins about this topic often violate our community guidelines, so we’re currently unable to show search results."

Many apps are used by 1-4 billion people worldwide. These applications are useful also for the people who have small businesses.

The company rejects Silicon Valley’s aggressive, hype-driven way of doing business. But its slow and steady approach has frustrated some investors and employees.

Pinterest is trying to further tap its popularity as a place to plan events, this time adding ways for users to collaborate across boards that are baked directly into the app. Group boards will have their own designated feed, where users will be able to communicate with others collaborating on that board and also get updates on new member additions or added pins. There are also the other typical social structures you’d expect on an app these days, including @-mentions or liking comments.

Ordinary Americans unwittingly played a key role in spreading Russian content.

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Pinterest is a strong contender to go public in 2016, having already been valued at $11 billion after raising $1.3 billion in funding. The visual scrapbook platform should be printing money. Its predominantly female audience browses Pinterest's various boards for inspiration about their next fashion purchases, vacation destination, or on how to decorate a house — and they also act as free brand representatives by "pinning" their favorite products, making them visible to others.