Instagram is rolling out new Layout feature that will let you include multiple photos in a single story. When you open the Stories camera and select the Layout option, you’ll be able to choose between two and six photos to combine in a grid-based collage. This feature speaks to Instagram’s power, because while this layout […]
Instagram is once more stepping up its efforts to fight misinformation, and that now includes automatically flagging some bogus posts. It’s expanding its fact-checking program worldwide, and as part of that move will label any known false Facebook material if it’s shared to Instagram. Next year is the 2020 US presidential elections and, like the […]
Some Facebook and Instagram users are experience outages on Thursday, with the social media sites experiencing intermittent malfunctioning on Thanksgiving morning. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook’s family of apps, including Instagram,” Instagram tweeted in the morning. “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.” #Instagramdown […]
Instagram has been testing out a change that hides the “likes” counter on posts around the world for months, but not in the US. According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, that’s about to change. During an interview at the Wired 25 event today Mosseri explained that it will start testing the change in the US […]
Instagram has pledged to remove images, drawings and even cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide. The move is its latest response to the public outcry over the death of British teenager Molly Russell. Russell took her own life after seeing graphic suicide-related images on both Instagram and Pinterest. Instagram is extending its ban on […]
Instagram has been tightening the reins on third-party apps for a while, and now it’s putting more of that control in your hands. It’s adding more powerful controls over data sharing that let you quickly shut down a sketchy app. There’s a new authorization screen that clarifies what a third-party app wants, and new privacy […]
Instagram has updated its iPhone app to take advantage of native dark mode support in iOS 13, and it makes scrolling through your feed and tapping through Stories much easier on the eyes if you’re not a fan of Instagram’s popping color palette and bright white borders. Unfortunately, for as nice as it looks, Instagram […]
Instagram is getting rid of its Following tab, which has become widely known as a creepy stalking tool. The feature had been intended to help users find cool new accounts to follow, but has raised privacy concerns over the sinister ways some people use it. The Following tab allows you to browse what posts have […]
Facebook-owned Instagram was rumored to be working on a standalone messaging app called Threads two months ago. Now, the company has formally unveiled Threads which seeks to be used primarily by you and your closest friends. It’s meant to tie into the “Close Friends” feature that launched last year on Instagram itself. Instagram’s new social […]
Instagram is working on a new feature that will give you the power to choose who can send you messages, based on what app researcher Jane Manchun Wong has discovered. Further, one of the options you can choose from is the ability to receive messages only from people you follow. Spam bots are all over […]
Instagram has pulled the marketing company Hyp3r from Instagram’s ad platform after “a combination of configuration errors and lax oversight” on its behalf allowed HYP3R to scrape massive amounts of data on Instagram Business Insider reported. HYP3R didn’t collect any private information. However, it still resulted in detailed profiles of users that it didn’t have […]
Facebook and Instagram appear to be experiencing an outage in some parts of the world, with users complaining that they were unable to log in, upload pictures, or update their status. According to DownDetector, the outage appears to have begun just before 10:00AM ET, and the problems appear to have popped up around the United […]
Facebook the social network giant is going to add “Facebook” to their names. Instagram will soon become “Instagram from Facebook” and WhatsApp will turn into “WhatsApp from Facebook.” The company already follows this approach with its Workplace app. The Information first reported the planned changes, which Facebook confirmed directly. The new titles will appear in […]
Instagram has detailed some changes for its account disable policy today. Under its policy, it disables accounts which have a certain percentage of violating content. A new policy is now being rolled out where aside from removing the accounts with a certain percentage of violating content, it will also remove accounts that have a certain […]
Instagram has expanded its test of removing like counts and appears to have restricted the test even further by showing no likes at all. For the past several months, Instagram was running a test in Canada that hid likes from public view. The platform is now hiding Likes and video views for select users in […]