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Ever since TikTok hit the market, it’s been digging deeper and deeper into Instagram’s user base. Because of this, Instagram has been putting much more energy and effort into a video. Well, in an extremely ironic move, it appears that TikTok is looking to make its own photo-sharing app, much to Instagram’s dismay. You’re definitely going to want to take this news with a grain of salt. This news was discovered via an APK deep-dive into the latest version of the TikTok app. So, there is not a 100% guarantee that this is…

Threads, the social media app akin to Twitter, is stepping up its game by introducing two highly anticipated features - the ability to save drafts and snap photos directly within the app. This update, announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri, aims to enhance user experience and streamline the process of sharing thoughts and moments seamlessly.New features on ThreadsThe rollout of these features follows a period of testing with a select group of users and represents a response to user demands for increased functionality.…

This is a common conundrum for social media accounts; your posts appeal to very different sets of people. Well, there’s a way for you to reserve certain posts only for people you choose to see them. Instagram is rolling out the ability for people to create a Flipside profile. You have an Instagram account that you mostly use to post your light-hearted and cheerful art. However, you also enjoy making images that are dark and macabre. Rather than creating an entirely different Instagram account, you may want to consider…

Image Source : META BLOGPOST Instagram introduces "nighttime nudges" feature for teenagers What is Instgaram's Nighttime Nudges Feature: Meta, formerly known as Facebook, introduced a new feature named "nighttime nudges" to help teens manage their time on Instagram. This feature aims to remind teenagers when they have spent more than 10 minutes on Instagram late at…

Last December the state of New Mexico sued Meta for failing to protect children, claiming that Facebook and Instagram algorithms recommended sexual content to minors. Now, an unredacted internal Meta presentation has been revealed, with the company's own employees estimating that 100,000 child users were harassed daily, The Wall Street Journal reported.According to a 2021 internal document, Facebook's "People You May Know" (PMYK) algorithm was singled out as a primary connector of children to predators. When employees…

Artifact, the buzzy news app from Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, is less than a year after its launch. In a note on Medium, Systrom said the app’s “core news reading” features would be online through the end of February, but that it would remove commenting and posting abilities immediately.Besides its famous founding team, the app was known for AI-centric features as well as commenting and posting abilities. The app had won praise from journalists who appreciated reporter-friendly features like…

Meanwhile, Instagram is expanding its Close Friends feature beyond Stories and Notes to feed posts and Reels. Meta-owned Instagram has launched a new AI media editing tool called "backdrop" that will let you edit an image background of your choice through prompts for Stories.The company initially launched the feature for users in the US."Our AI media editing tool backdrop is available on Instagram in the US! With backdrop, you can reimagine your image’s background with just a few taps and a prompt like…

Meta-owned Popular photo sharing service Instagram is facing a new problem. A bug in the social media platform is reportedly removing the audio from older videos that were uploaded several years ago. According to a report by the Verge, social media giant Meta has confirmed that it's working on a fix to bring back the audio of the affected videos. The report claims that the bug is only affecting videos that are 'very old'. Users have also reported facing this issue with some of their videos which are nearly a decade older.…

Hot on the heels of the news that more than 100 companies have removed their ads from X, the competition is starting to get serious. Meta-owned Instagram launched Threads earlier this year, although it didn't go live for one key group of people — those who live in countries that are part of the European Union. That could be about to change.Threads only launched outside of the EU due to concerns over local rules surrounding how apps and services have to function, and the interlink between Threads and the Instagram app…

Listen to article(2 minutes)Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor. The Meta Platforms-owned social app does the same thing for users its algorithm decides might have a prurient interest in children, testing by The Wall Street Journal showed.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Listen to article(2 minutes)Instagram’s Reels video…