This story, originally published on Jan. 22, 2018, has been updated. You're probably familiar with the popular photo sharing social media app Instagram, but have you ever heard of a "Finsta?" » ...

“Our public Instagrams are the real finstas,” a friend said to me as we walked to the dining hall. She was referring to the trend of finstagram, private “ fake Instagram” accounts whose ...

The lines between what’s real and what’s fake are blurred on social media. The severity of phoniness varies, as does the impact such phoniness has on users. While some social media sites are cracking ...

Kids are setting up so-called Finsta accounts as a way to escape the pressure of a perfectly curated post. When my daughter was in middle school, I happened to overhear her and a friend discussing ...

Are shadow accounts on Instagram a relic of the past for today's teens? Credit: Getty Images/Tatiana Buzmakova From 2015 to 2018 finstas ruled the teenage digital landscape. Slang for fake Instagram ...

Your parents never thought to consider that you might have a burner social media account, but after Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal awkwardly asked Facebook to crack down on secret profiles, ...

FARGO - Before the age of technology, diaries provided a much-needed space for teens to explore their feelings and identities. In 2017, social media has become the modern diary, providing an outlet ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Just when parent think ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It’s Instagram with a twist, and it may not ...

If you ask anyone under the age of 21 where they post most frequently on Instagram, chances are they'll tell you it's to their finsta. Finsta stands for "fake instagram." It's a separate, locked ...

Sophie Turner's known finsta account was launched in April 2018 and active for just that month. The account had nothing to do with her acting career, hubby-to-be Joe Jonas, or her favorite pastime: ...