Today, GIPHY is adding a sticker extension on iOS 17 when using iMessage, Telegram, WhatsApp, or your favorite messaging app. The company explains that it created a brand-new app after Apple ...

The United Kingdom's antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook's acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal hurts social media users and ...

When Facebook confirmed that it had acquired Giphy last week for a cool $400 million, the reasons weren’t immediately apparent. Giphy has only the seeds of an advertising business, and GIFs aren’t a ...

Spotify today announced it’s partnering with GIPHY to let people use official GIFs as well as discover new songs and artists through a new “Listen on Spotify” button. No matter how you pronounce it, ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

In mid-May, Facebook acquired the popular GIF-sharing platform Giphy, raising eyebrows from Madison Avenue to the halls of Congress as the social giant, despite years of mounting criticism toward its ...

Image search engine Giphy bills itself as providing a “fun and safe way” to search and create animated GIFs. But despite its ban on illicit content, the site is littered with self-harm and child sex ...

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