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Instagram is testing 'flipside,' a finsta feature that already kind of exists
Instagram is testing yet another feature meant to give users an alternative to finstas, called "flipside."
New York City has designated social media as a ‘public health hazard’
New York City has officially become the first city in the US to designate social media as a “public health hazard.”
Facebook and Instagram will block DMs to teens unless they're from a friend
Facebook and Instagram users under 16 — or 18, in some places — can no longer receive DMs from anybody they don't follow by default, even if they're sent by fellow teens.
Meta’s Oversight Board raises concerns over automated moderation of hate speech
Meta's Oversight Board has raised concerns over the company's ability to effectively moderate hate speech with its automated systems.
Meta is letting users uncouple Messenger and Marketplace accounts in the EU
It follows regulations in the Digital Markets Act, which goes into effect in March.
Instagram will start telling night owl teens to close the app and go to sleep
Teens who use Instagram late at night will soon see full screen prompts suggesting that they close the app and get some rest. Younger users won't be able to turn off these 'Nighttime Nudges.'
Facebook and Instagram's algorithms facilitated child sexual harassment, state lawsuit claims
An unredacted Meta internal presentation has revealed that the company's own employees recommended that 100,000 child users were harassed daily.
Instagram and Snapchat can use Samsung Galaxy S24's native camera features
Samsung has integrated some of its native camera features into Instagram and Snapchat, in order to boost the quality of uploaded photos and videos.
Instagram's founders are shutting down Artifact, their year-old news app
Artifact, the buzzy news app from Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, is shutting down less than a year after its launch.
Meta reportedly laid off 60 technical program managers at Instagram
According to Business Insider, Meta recently told at least 60 of its employees at Instagram that it's eliminating their position altogether.
Meta will hide topics like self-harm and eating disorders from teens
As part of a new privacy update, Meta will hide content related to self-harm, eating disorders and other topics from teens on Instagram and Facebook.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says sorry for all those trashy Threads recommendations
In a video on Friday responding to questions from an Ask Me Anything post, Adam Mosseri said Threads is aware of issues with "low-quality recommendations" and is "working on improving it." Users have been complaining in recent weeks about a rise in hateful content.
Opting into 'link history' on Facebook and Instagram means agreeing to (more) ad targeting
Link history allows users to keep track of all of the links they visit via Facebook and Instagram’s in-app browsers. It also aids Meta's targeted advertising.
Instagram rolls out new customizable Story templates
Instagram is rolling out a feature that allows users to create their own templates for Stories using text, GIFs and images. Other users will be able to riff on and add to someone else's template.
Elizabeth Warren is demanding more transparency from Meta on how it's handling content about Palestine on Instagram
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest public figure to question how Meta is moderating content during the Israel-Hamas war.
Instagram now offers AI-generated backgrounds on Stories
The tool, backdrop, is available for US users.
Instagram is making it easier to remove spammy followers
Meta is rolling out a suite of new tools on Instagram that give users more control over how much spam content and bots they will see on their feeds.
Instagram Notes can now include two-second looping videos
Instagram is adding two-second looping videos and direct replies to Notes, the status update-like feature that lives at the top of users’ inboxes.
Meta is going to fact-check content on the Threads app
Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform.
Meta's AI image generator is available as a standalone website
Meta has launched a standalone version of its image generator as it tests dozens of new generative AI features across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The image generator, called Imagine, was first previewed at the company’s Connect event in November and has been available as part of Meta’s AI chatbot.