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 …
News on social media is a fractured mess, Pew study indicates
Pew Research and the Knight Foundation just put out a pair of lengthy reports on how Americans are …
Meta is testing a new ad in the Instagram feed that you can’t scroll past
Instagram ads may soon be much harder to ignore. As TechCrunch , Meta is testing a new type …
Spain blocks Facebook and Instagram from deploying election features
Spain has blocked from rolling out election-focused features on and in the country. Data protection agency AEPD used …
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 …
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can now upload photos directly to Instagram Stories
Meta has updated its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to give it more hands-free capabilities, starting with a new …
EU investigating Meta over addiction and safety concerns for minors
Meta is back in hot water for its methods (or lack thereof) for protecting children. The European Commission …
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 …
The European Union is investigating Meta’s election policies
The EU has officially opened a significant investigation into Meta for its alleged failures to remove election disinformation. …
Instagram’s algorithm overhaul will reward ‘original content’ and penalize aggregators
Instagram is overhauling its recommendation algorithm for Reels to boost “original content” in a move that will have …
Threads is getting its own Hidden Words feature
Meta is bringing some of its existing safety features to Threads, including the Hidden Words tool. The platform …
Meta is shutting down Threads in Turkey following injunction against data-sharing with Instagram
Meta is on April 29 after an interim injunction from the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) against automatic data-sharing …
Meta is stuffing its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs
On Friday, people around the web noticed a new addition to their Instagram: Meta AI, the company’s general-purpose, …