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The EU Commission says WhatsApp's Channels fall under the DSA's Very Large Online Platform rules, joining Instagram and Facebook, requiring it to address risks (www.euractiv.com)
21 hours ago Facebook Instagram WhatsApp

The US FTC plans to appeal to revive its case accusing Meta of bolstering an illegal monopoly by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp; Meta won the case in 2025 (www.reuters.com)
6 days ago Instagram WhatsApp

Sensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50%+ of all Instagram ads in 2025, up from 35% in 2024; Reels accounted for 46% of time spent on Instagram in the US in 2025 (www.cnbc.com)
6 days ago Instagram Sensor

The UK Gambling Commission says Meta is letting illegal gambling sites advertise on Facebook and Instagram, calling its ad library a “window into criminality” (www.bloomberg.com)
7 days ago Facebook Instagram

Hacker admits to leaking stolen Supreme Court data on Instagram (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
7 days ago Instagram Hacker

Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (techcrunch.com)
8 days ago Android IOS Instagram

Supreme Court Hacker Posted Stolen Government Data On Instagram (tech.slashdot.org)
10 days ago Instagram Hacker

Meta says it shut down nearly 550K accounts in Australia to comply with its under-16 social media ban, including 330K Instagram and 173K Facebook accounts (www.bloomberg.com)
15 days ago Australia Facebook Instagram Ban

Instagram denies breach amid claims of 17 million account data leak (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
15 days ago Instagram

Instagram says there was no breach and it fixed an issue that let an external party send password reset emails, after reports that 17.5M users' data was exposed (www.theverge.com)
15 days ago Instagram

Personal Info on 17.5 Million Users May Have Leaked to Dark Web After 2024 Instagram Breach (tech.slashdot.org)
15 days ago Instagram Darknet

Malwarebytes: a 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses (www.engadget.com)
16 days ago Instagram

How Meta's Reels became a hit, with a $50B+ annual run rate; Sensor Tower: users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts, and 44 on TikTok (www.wsj.com)
25 days ago YouTube Instagram Sensor

You Can't Trust Your Eyes To Tell You What's Real Anymore, Says Instagram Head (tech.slashdot.org)
25 days ago Instagram

Adam Mosseri details trends shaping Instagram and says it'll be more practical to authenticate real media than label AI, as AI gets better at imitating reality (www.engadget.com)
26 days ago AI Instagram

Internal documents: Instagram execs have waged an aggressive campaign to win back teens, boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-12-26 Instagram Algorithm

Adam Mosseri says “maybe we'll need” premium longform video for Instagram, and that TikTok's US sale turmoil has given Meta time to retune algorithms (www.semafor.com)
2025-12-22 Instagram Algorithm

A UK family and a US family sue Meta for the alleged wrongful deaths of their teenage sons, who died by suicide after falling victim to sextortion on Instagram (www.nbcnews.com)
2025-12-18 Instagram

Instagram unveils its first TV app, initially available on Amazon's Fire TV as a test with plans to expand to other TV platforms (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-17 Amazon Instagram

ChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US iOS App Store, up from No. 4 in 2024, followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram (techcrunch.com)
2025-12-11 IOS Google Instagram WhatsApp

Instagram launches Your Algorithm, which shows users an AI analysis of their activity to let them customize the topics shaping their Reels recommendations (www.wired.com)
2025-12-11 AI Instagram Algorithm

Sources: this fall, Alexandr Wang told people that he disagreed with top Meta execs like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI (www.nytimes.com)
2025-12-10 AI Instagram

Instagram appears to be generating often misleading SEO-style headlines and long descriptions for users' Instagram posts, appearing in Google Search results (www.404media.co)
2025-12-10 Google Instagram

The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its “pay or consent” model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but “the case is not closed” (www.ft.com)
2025-12-8 Facebook Instagram

Meta launches a centralized support hub for Facebook and Instagram, with AI-powered search and an AI assistant to answer queries, on its iOS and Android apps (techcrunch.com)
2025-12-5 Android IOS Facebook AI Instagram

Austria's Rebel Nuns Refuse To Give Up Instagram To Stay In Their Convent (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 Instagram Austria

Memo: Adam Mosseri asks Instagram US staff to return to office five days a week, starting February; sources: it's the first such RTO mandate for a big Meta unit (substack.com)
2025-12-2 Instagram

New Research Finds America's Top Social Media Sites: YouTube (84%) Facebook (71%), Instagram (50%) (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-11-24 U.S. Facebook YouTube Instagram Social Media

A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X (www.pewresearch.org)
2025-11-21 Facebook YouTube Instagram WhatsApp Reddit

A US judge rules Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp don't violate antitrust law, as the FTC failed to prove the deals let Meta monopolize the market (news.bloomberglaw.com)
2025-11-19 Instagram WhatsApp

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