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Meta takes down 63,000 Instagram accounts linked to extortion scams
Meta has taken down tens of thousands of Instagram accounts from Nigeria as part of a massive crackdown on sextortion scams.
Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study
Meta is letting a group of researchers examine Instagram data to determine if there's a link between social media and the state of a teenager's mental well-being.
Meta rolls back restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Meta announced it removed all of its extra guardrails on President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts.
YouTube Shorts gets Instagram's 'Add yours' prompt stickers
YouTube is rolling out "Add yours" stickers on Shorts.
What Meta should change about Threads, one year in
Threads has grown to 175 million users, but it's still not really clear what it's actually for.
Meta changes its labels for AI-generated images after complaints from photographers
Meta is updating its “Made with AI” labels after widespread complaints from photographers that the company was mistakenly flagging non-AI-generated content.
How small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline
Frustrated Facebook and Instagram users are heading to small claims court in a last-ditch attempt to get help from Meta.
You can now restrict Instagram Lives to Close Friends
Instagram has rolled out an option to limit the audience of a Live to Close Friends. You can also now add music to carousel posts that feature videos.
Instagram is reportedly recommending sexual Reels to teens as young as 13
Instagram is recommending Reels with sexual content to teenagers as young as 13 even if they aren't specifically looking for racy videos, according to separate tests conducted by The Wall Street Journal and Northeastern University professor Laura Edelson.
News on social media is a fractured mess, Pew study indicates
Pew Research and the Knight Institute just put out a pair of lengthy reports on how Americans are experiencing news and politics on social media.
Ex-Meta engineer sues company, claiming he was fired over handling of Palestine content
Ferras Hamad, who used to be an engineer working with Meta's machine learning team, has sued the company for firing him over his handling of Palestine-related Instagram posts.
Meta is testing a new ad in the Instagram feed that you can't scroll past
Meta is testing a new type of non-skippable ad in the Instagram feed, which the company is calling an “ad break.”
Spain blocks Facebook and Instagram from deploying election features
Spain has blocked Meta from rolling out election-focused features on Facebook and Instagram in the country, citing data protection concerns. A data protection agency called the company’s planned treatment of user information "unnecessary, disproportionate and excessive."
Instagram makes its status update feature more interactive
Instagram has created Prompts, Likes and Mentions for Notes.
Instagram is expanding its anti-bullying features for teens
Instagram is expanding two of its safety features in an effort to ramp up its bullying protections for teens.
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can now upload photos directly to Instagram Stories
You can share photos to Instagram Stories directly from the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses without having to take out your phone.
EU investigating Meta over addiction and safety concerns for minors
Meta faces an EU probe into its handling of addiction and safety for young people using its apps.
Threads gets its own fact-checking program
Meta has brought fact-checking directly to Threads.
Meta is testing cross-posting from Instagram to Threads
Meta is testing the ability to cross-post photos from Instagram to Threads.
Meta is expanding its paid verification service for businesses
Meta is expanding its paid verification service for businesses, adding three new tiers to the program that offers extra perks to companies willing to pay a monthly subscription.