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It is a fact now that Instagram is more than wary of TikTok, and Meta is doing whatever it can to stop what happened to Facebook. We already have ‘Reels’ mimicking TikTok’s vertical looping videos. Instagram went a step further and went full-TikTok with a similar UI and algorithm-fed Reels showing up on users’ home feeds for some time. However, that move did not go well with users, and Instagram had to stop its experimentation. Instagram, however, is not ready to give up on the tall vertical format.Instagram wants you to…

Photo and video sharing platform Instagram might have halted its controversial redesign, but that doesn't mean the company plans to stop focusing on full-screen content. According to The Verge, during the…

Photo and video sharing platform Instagram might have halted its controversial redesign, but that doesn't mean the company plans to stop focusing on full-screen content. During the weekly Ask Me Anything, CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed that Instagram will begin testing ultra-tall 9:16 photos "in a week or two." "You can have tall videos, but you cannot have tall photos on Instagram. So, we thought maybe we should make sure that we treat both equally," Mosseri said.Currently, Instagram tops out around 4:5 when displaying…

The head of Instagram plans to temporarily relocate to London this year to help bolster operations there, according to a spokeswoman for parent Meta Platforms Inc., META -0.02% a move that comes amid a wave of user backlash over new features that make the app more like its video-centric rival TikTok. Adam Mosseri, who has led Instagram since 2018, will focus on supporting the platform’s product team as it…

One week ago, 21-year-old influencer and photographer Tati Bruening was scrolling through Instagram and became annoyed over the fact that she was only seeing a seemingly endless stream of Reels, even though she wasn’t in the Reels tab. Where were the photos of her friends? In her frustration, Bruening threw together a meme—half-jokingly, she insists—calling for the powers that be to “Make Instagram Instagram Again.” She posted it to the photo-sharing app and even made an accompanying petition with her demands on…

In response to user fury, Instagram will pause its full-screen test and reduce the number of recommendations it shows users.Photo: Charles Krupa (AP)Less than a day after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg elicited outrage by saying that more than 30% of users’ Instagram feeds would consist of AI-recommended content from people they don’t follow by next year, the photo-sharing app’s head honcho said the company would stop updates in an effort to staunch the flood of complaining from its users.  A Meta spokesperson told Gizmodo on…

In an earnings call, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that AI recommended content from accounts users don’t follow would make up 30% of Instagram and Facebook feeds in 2023.Image: Lionel Bonaventure / AFP (Getty Images)Despite the surge of public backlash over Instagram’s recent changes, fueled by internet powerhouses Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is unmoved. He said the photo-sharing app—if it can still be called that—will show twice as much AI-recommended content by the end of next year in the…

US senators on Monday demanded Meta address reports that its Facebook and Instagram social networks have been censoring information about how to legally get an abortion.Democratic senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren gave Meta until July 15 to answer questions including how many posts about abortion have been removed since the US Supreme Court overturned a long-standing right to such medical care."Reports indicate that multiple posts providing accurate information about how to legally access abortion services were…

Facebook has rolled out a test to support non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with a select group of creators in the US on its platform, as it aspires to capture the multi-billion dollar metaverse industry.Navdeep Singh, who is a product manager at Meta (formerly Facebook), shared screenshots of NFTs on Facebook late on Thursday."We're launching NFTs on Facebook! Excited to share what I've been working on with the world," he posted.Last month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that NFTs will soon arrive on Instagram.Addressing one of…