Threads introduces 'ghost' posts that disappear after 24 hours

engadget - Meta's Threads is getting its own version of ephemeral posting with a new feature the company is calling "ghost posts." The temporary posts will be published within Threads' main feed like any other post, but will disappear after 24 hours. And while other…

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Instagram adds watch history for Reels on Android and iOS

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Instagram has launched a Watch History feature enabling users to revisit Reels they previously watched, modeled after YouTube’s equivalent. The tool appears in the app’s settings menu and supports filtering by date, range, or author on Android and iOS dev…

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Instagram adds a watch history for Reels

Will Shanklin / engadget - Instagram's latest feature should make it easier to resurface videos you've viewed. On Friday, Adam Mosseri revealed a new watch history for Reels. "Hopefully, now you can find that thing that you were trying to find that you couldn't find before," the In…

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Instagram Gets New Generative AI Features. What to Know and How to Use Them

Blake Stimac / cnet - You can now tweak your Instagram Stories with more AI video and photo restyling effects.

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Threads now has group chats

Jess Weatherbed / theverge - Meta is adding group chats to Threads, allowing users to message multiple friends in shared conversations instead of sending separate DMs. Threads users can create a group chat by starting a new message and adding up to 50 people who follow their Threads …

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Instagram is making all teen accounts ‘PG-13’

Emma Roth / theverge - Instagram is making a major update to teen accounts that will only allow them to view content similar to what you would see in a PG-13 movie. Under the new system, Instagram will continue to hide content containing nudity, sexual content, or suggestive po…

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Instagram introduces new ‘Ring’ award for top creators

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The move comes as Meta has been scaling back its creator payout programs over the past few years.

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Dutch court rules Meta violated European law by pushing users to profiled feeds

therecord - The decision comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the Dutch nonprofit Bits of Freedom, which argued that by controlling users’ feeds Meta has been improperly skewing what news consumers receive.

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Ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram are coming to the UK – for a price

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Meta has announced that it is launching a subscription service in the UK that will let users of Facebook and Instagram pay to avoid ads. The plan has already been rejected by the European Union, but this does not affect post-Brexit UK. Separate subscripti…

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Instagram hits 3 billion monthly users

Jess Weatherbed / theverge - Instagram now has 3 billion monthly active users, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This milestone comes almost four years after Instagram reportedly hit 2 billion monthly users in December 2021, catching up to other Meta platforms. Zuckerberg announ…

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