Meta's Oversight Board identified several weaknesses in rules and processes that pose a risk of unnecessary harm to users, especially women, who are victims of non-consensual explicit deepfakes.
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Meta AI is now available in more countries and languages, and offers new features like "Imagine Me" for creating personalized images, as well as enhanced photo editing capabilities.
The EU's Consumer Protection Cooperation Network has asked Meta to send over a proposal for possible changes to its current "pay or content" mode for Facebook and Instagram by September 1.
A new sticker for Instagram might be on the way. The Meta-owned company was spotted working on a WhatsApp sticker for its platform, according to a screenshot shared on social media.
Meta-owned social media platform Instagram is readying a new feature to interact with Stories. It's reported that Instagram is working on a "Super Like" option people can use to appreciate content.
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Meta says the candidates are subject to the same rules as regular users. It's a blatant lie
Meta is failing its users by not fact-checking Trump and other political figures. It does so under the false argument of free speech and self-imposed reach limitations that it can easily lift.
A Samsung moderator has revealed that the company is working on adding a dedicated Instagram Super HDR on/off toggle for the Galaxy S24 series, to view the Instagram feeds in a new way.
Instagram is now working on a new feature that will soon let you cross-post Instagram Stories to WhatsApp. Cross-posting is currently available on Facebook, but the feature could expand to WhatsApp.
Instagram is working on a feature called Folder Management to organize your chats in its app. The unreleased feature will put messages in different folders that you can rename and re-order.
Instagram is reportedly testing unskippable ads on its platform. Multiple users have reported seeing a feature called "Ad break" that runs advertisements of about three to five seconds in length.
A future update to Instagram might let you create personalized chat themes using AI. It's also reported that the social media giant is working on the ability to give users early access to features.
Meta might let you share content from Instagram to Threads in a future update. The company is testing a cross-posting feature globally, which can automatically create a Threads post.
Instagram has launched a set of four new stickers, namely, Add Yours Music, Frames, Reveal, and Cutouts. These are interactive stickers you can share in your story, prompting inputs from other users.
Inaccurate enforcement by social media platforms and unequal investment in global election integrity efforts are a threat to election processes around the globe, Meta's Oversight Board warns.
The latest photo-sharing social media app from TikTok, TikTok Notes, is currently rolling out to Android and iOS in select regions and users can use their TikTok accounts to sign up for Notes.
Meta's Oversight Board investigates whether Facebook and Instagram uphold consistent standards of content moderation across the world when users share explicit AI images of female public figures.
Meta is testing a new nude photo detector that will blur the images so you don't have to see unsolicited pictures. The company also hopes that this and other changes can reduce financial sextortion.
Meta announced today that it would begin labeling content it identifies as made by AI-based tools on its Instagram, Threads, and Facebook social media networks in May, along with more fact-checking.
Meta has added new video controls, unifying all forms of videos, long, short, vertical, or horizontal, to a singular vertical format by default with new video controls, such as fast-forward.
The EU's regulatory body, the European Commission, has launched an investigation against Apple, Alphabet, and Meta to see if they have violated compliance with the Digital Markets Act.
Meta could cut down its ad-free subscription fee in the EU by 40%. The social media giant has offered to reduce its subscription price amid rising criticism from consumer groups and regulators.
Widely-used social media data tool CrowdTangle will officially shut down just weeks before U.S. Presidential election. Meta claims it created an even more powerful successor, but can we believe it?
Instagram is reportedly working on the ability to post backdated content in the app. An alleged screenshot suggests that the feature is in development but there is no word on its release date.
Meta's Facebook social media service seems to be coming back online after an extended outage. It also appears that Meta's Instagram and Threads services are also slowly coming back online.
Meta announced some new features for Instagram direct messages, including a way to edit previously sent messages up to 15 minutes after you send them, along with pinning up to three chats.
Meta is under fire for ignoring reports of sexually exploitative content of children being posted by parent-owned accounts. These parents used children for financial gain and attracted pedophiles.
Meta has a fee for consumers to reject sharing their data with advertising companies in Europe. However, today 28 EU privacy watchdogs have spoken against this ad-free subscription model.
Meta has announced that its Instagram and Threads social networks will no longer "proactively recommend" political content. Users can go into their settings if they do wish to see that content.
Meta will now label photos on its platforms as "Imagined with AI" when they are fully generated by AI tools. It aims to clearly identify photorealistic media as AI-generated rather than authentic.
Sextortion cases have boomed over the last 18 months due to the proliferation of training materials pushed by a single group called Yahoo Boys. Instagram, Snapchat, and Wizz are most targeted.
Meta has announced new safety measures for teenagers who use Instagram and Facebook, preventing them from getting DMs from anyone they don't follow, no matter what their age might be.
Instagram is working on a feature called Notes Prompts which will prompt your followers to respond to your Note. The feature is currently being tested with a limited number of users.
Meta's new changes give EU users more control over how they use data on Facebook and Instagram. A new option allows users to separate or keep Instagram and Facebook accounts connected.
Instagram is reportedly working on a LinkedIn-style feature where you will be able to add a reason while sending a follow request to other users. The feature might arrive in a future update.
Artifact, the news aggregator app launched by Instagram co-founders, is shutting down. The app will offer core news reading capability for some time but remove the ability to create new posts.
Instagram captions might improve in a future update with the ability to auto-translate captions in various languages. It's reportedly working on a new toggle button to enable the feature.
Meta has been under the radar of the Turkish competition board since 2022 after it stated that Meta violated the competition law. Today, it has placed another fine that needs to be paid daily
A future update to Instagram might bring support for animated emojis in DMs. The Meta-owned social media giant is reportedly working on the feature, which is already available on Telegram since 2019.
Now you can create customizable Story templates on Instagram. The social media app is rolling out a new feature that lets other people use your Story as a template and make their additions.
Instagram has made a new tool available to users in the US today which enabled generative AI powered background editing, giving people the ability to change the background in a posted image.