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Instagram is testing multiple audience lists for Stories
During a broadcast on his page, Instagram head Adam Mosseri has revealed that the social media app has started testing the ability to share Stories to multiple audience lists.
Meta's ad-free Instagram and Facebook plan could cost EU users nearly $17 per month
Meta may charge Instagram users in Europe a $14 per month subscription fee unless they opt in to targeted ads.
Generative AI image editing is coming to Instagram
At its Connect event, Meta revealed new AI image editing and sticker-creation features for Instagram.
Threads will allow users to delete accounts separately from Instagram
Threads is solving a major pain point for some users by decoupling from Instagram and allowing people to delete one account without deleting the other. The particulars are still being ironed out but it should launch by December.
Meta's paid verification for businesses will cost almost double what it does for individuals
Meta is expanding its subscription service to businesses on Facebook, Instagram and, eventually, WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s “Conversations” event.
WhatsApp Channels are expanding to 150 countries
Channels will now be available in more than 150 countries.
You can now search Threads for signs of life
Meta’s Threads is officially rolling out a keyword search feature in the United States, alongside many other countries including India, Canada, Mexico and the UK. This has been one of the most asked-for features since the platform launched in July. Keyword search appeared last week as a beta in New Zealand and Australia, and it looks that beta was a success given today’s announcement.
TikTok job postings point to social features to help it compete with Meta
TikTok appears ready to move the platform closer to a full-fledged social network. The company has posted new job listings for positions focused on social networking features and expanded direct messaging.
Facebook and Instagram may offer paid, ad-free plans in Europe to sate EU privacy concerns
Meta may add a paid subscription option to Instagram and Facebook in Europe, according to The New York Times. The ad-free tier is meant to address European Union (EU) regulations that have diminished some of Meta’s most lucrative data-collection methods. The company said in April that advertising in the EU made up 10 percent of the company’s total revenue.
Instagram reportedly making Reels longer to take on TikTok and YouTube
It looks like Instagram is about to significantly increase the maximum length of Reels, according to reputable mobile developer and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi. The current hard limit for these videos is three minutes, but screenshots provided by Paluzzi indicate a forthcoming leap to 10 minutes. This would effectively transform the social media site into a more robust video-sharing platform like YouTube.
The web version of Threads is finally here
if you’ve been impatiently refreshing threads.net in your browser waiting for Thread son the web to be available, you should check again as access seems to have been greatly expanded.
Facebook and Instagram will offer chronological Stories and Reels to comply with EU law
Meta will soon offer Stories and Reels in chronological order, among other changes, to comply with the European's Digital Services Act.
The Threads web app could arrive this week
Threads by Instagram will get a web version as soon as this week.
Instagram's musical photo carousels are a lot like TikTok's Photo Mode
Instagram now lets you add music to photo carousels. Unveiled in partnership with pop star Olivia Rodrigo to promote her single “bad idea right?”, the feature allows you to pick licensed music to soundtrack your slideshows. In addition, the company announced that you can create Collabs with up to three co-authors and post audience-response prompts to Reels.
Threads now lets you share posts directly to Instagram DMs
As Elon Musk awaits his doctor’s permission to fight Mark Zuckerberg in an on-again / off-again cage match, the two billionaires’ companies continue to spar in the consumer adoption arena. Meta forged ahead with Threads’ aggressive update schedule today as it tries to challenge Musk’s erratic X (rebranded Twitter). Zuckerberg announced today that the young platform now supports sharing posts to Instagram DMs, custom alt text for photos and videos and a new mention button.
Instagram is cracking down on DM spam
Instagram hopes to curb DM spam by limiting what people can send in requests.
Facebook and Instagram’s news blackout in Canada starts today
Starting today, Facebook and Instagram users in the country will no longer be able to view or share news links or see videos and photos posted by publishers and broadcasters. Meta says it will take a few weeks for the drastic change to fully come into effect.
Instagram seems to be working on labels for posts 'generated by Meta AI'
Meta appears to be working on several new generative AI features for Instagram, including labels that allow creators to identify images “generated by Meta AI.”
Threads adds a chronological feed as Twitter burns to the ground
Threads is about to get vastly more useful as Meta has started rolling out the option to see a chronological feed of posts from the people you follow. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted that the app now includes translations as well.
Instagram beats copyright infringement lawsuit involving embedded photos
A three-judge panel with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Meta-owned Instagram after a pair of photographers accused the social media giant of copyright infringement. The basic gist of the case was that Instagram violated copyrights by letting outside websites and publications embed images without the explicit consent of content creators.