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TikTokers in Montana are going to war against a new law banning the app across the state. They’re banding together and joining lawsuits against the state, accusing their elected officials of suppressing their speech and upending their livelihoods.Nobody’s Really Watching ReelsThis week, less than 24 hours after Republican Governor ​​Greg Gianforte signed the first of-its-kind bill into law, a group of TikTokers filed a lawsuit against the state’s attorney general seeking to reverse the ban. The video creators are the…

Image Source : INDIA TV Facebook and Instagram phasing out the onboarding of new Shops without checkout Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has announced that it will be phasing out the onboarding of new Shops without checkout on Facebook and Instagram enabled. This means that the shops that direct people to an e-commerce site to complete a purchase, rather than…

Image: Courtesy of ArtifactArtifact, the personalized news sharing app founded by Instagram’s co-founders, has added comments and discussion on articles, marking the first public social components of the new app.Nobody’s Really Watching ReelsUsers who want to leave comments on articles will have to create an Artifact account and add a verified phone number. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, who started Instagram together, said in a press release the app is requiring users’ phone numbers in an effort to curtail spam and…

Instagram released Reels in August 2020, but the feature has been reportedly been floundering as audience engagement wanes. Image: Ascannio (Shutterstock)After Instagram made every short-form video post a Reel, the company is looking for ways to make them easier to share. Instagram is now playing with a new feature that lets you view a list of Reels you recently shared—just in case they were so good, you want to spread them around even more. TechCrunch first reported the news earlier this morning, citing a tweet posted by…

Image: Ink Drop (Shutterstock)Instagram announced on Monday that it’s removing the Shop tab from its app, revealing a new navigation bar on the way. The change will come next month and will redirect the Reels tab (because everyone loves Reels!) to the bottom of the screen to replace the Shop tab in addition to the new post button, which will also move to the bottom of the screen.Meta first introduced a test last month that removed the Shop tab, “As part of our continued work to simplify your Instagram experience, we are…

TikTok hosted its own booth at a book fair in Frankfurt, Germany last month, but its own plans for shopping on the app are as ambitious as they are potentially invasive.Photo: ANDRE PAIN/AFP (Getty Images)I hope you’re in the mood for more people trying to sell you stuff while browsing social media, because that’s exactly what you’re getting this Christmas. Semafor first reported that select businesses in the U.S. are being asked to participate in the TikTok’snew shopping experience just as the world tilts ever more…

The new features could better customize users’ explore page.Photo: UNSPLASH (AP)After bombarding people’s feeds with unwanted content, Instagram has realized its mistake. The social media platform is testing out ways for users to have more control over what pops up on their Explore page and regular feed by informing the app on what they don’t want to see.Instagram is testing two new features, as well as highlighting already existing features that can better shape one’s timeline, the company announced on Tuesday. The first…