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Meta expands its AI-powered “Your Algorithm” feature from Instagram to Facebook and Facebook Reels and says it is using LLMs more in its ranking systems (www.theverge.com)
10 days ago Facebook AI Instagram Algorithm

The UK's Ofcom opens an OSA probe into Meta over Instagram Instants, launched in May; Meta says it “briefed Ofcom about this feature on a number of occasions” (www.reuters.com)
17 days ago Instagram

Instagram rolls out a conversational AI video editing assistant for Edits, its dedicated CapCut competitor, after an initial preview at a creator event in June (techcrunch.com)
23 days ago AI Instagram

Sources: YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Instagram and Facebook decline to run paid ads for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, citing “political content” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
27 days ago Facebook YouTube Instagram

Meta unveils mobile app Horizon Create and web app Horizon Studio for building games with AI prompts; the games will run on Facebook, Instagram, and Horizon (www.theverge.com)
29 days ago Facebook Mobile AI Instagram

HypeAuditor: OpenAI doubled its sponsored Instagram posts promoting ChatGPT from 61 in June to 122 in July, rising again to 141 in August, as it seeks new users (www.businessinsider.com)
30 days ago Instagram

A German court rules that Meta is liable for fake ads posted by third parties on Instagram and Facebook and orders it to remove such content and pay damages (www.reuters.com)
2026-9-20 Germany Facebook Instagram

Meta says it is making changes to Meta AI's suggested prompts after a viral Instagram video showed it posing invasive questions about a woman's young daughters (futurism.com)
2026-9-12 AI Instagram

Instagram says it will reduce the reach of accounts featuring AI-generated personas if they don't use a new “AI-generated profile” label (www.engadget.com)
2026-9-1 AI Instagram

Internal memo: Meta's AI agent Hatch “has its own computer” to perform tasks, works when the app is closed, can connect to email, Instagram, OpenTable, and more (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-28 AI Instagram

Meta agrees to pay $18 bn to settle Facebook and Instagram addiction trial (www.rt.com)
2026-8-27 Facebook Instagram

Meta says its new teen safeguards on Facebook and Instagram are exclusively for US users; the changes will be closely watched by officials outside of the US (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-27 Facebook Instagram

Meta agrees to pay up to $18B to settle US states' claims that it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children, misled consumers, and more (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-27 Facebook Instagram

Filing: Meta reaches a settlement to resolve 29 US states' claims under COPPA that it designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children and misled consumers (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-26 Facebook Instagram

State AGs' trial: Adam Mosseri denies Instagram stalled by not making its “Take a Break” teen safety feature the default until nearly three years after launch (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-26 Instagram

An ex-Meta staffer testified that less than 1% of teens used Instagram's opt-in “Take a Break” tool when it launched; the feature is now on by default for teens (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-26 Instagram

Watching TikTok Videos and Instagram Reels Deactivates the Brain's Cognitive Control Network (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-21 Instagram

Former Meta engineering director Arturo Béjar testifies that Mark Zuckerberg prioritized growth and engagement over child safety on Facebook and Instagram (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-20 Facebook Instagram Zuckerberg

Meta launches a Mac app for Meta AI and says Meta AI can now work directly with Instagram and Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-20 Google Facebook AI Instagram

Meta exploited children by deliberately making Instagram and Facebook addictive, huge US trial hears (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-19 Facebook Instagram

In opening arguments, US state AGs said Meta intentionally sought to addict children to Facebook and Instagram in pursuit of profit; Meta rejected the claims (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-19 Facebook Instagram

YouTube will start counting a view as soon as a video starts to play, from August 24, lining up with the system used by Instagram, TikTok, and its Shorts videos (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-18 YouTube Instagram

Meta says it removed 750,000+ Australian accounts believed to belong to under-16s to comply with the social media ban, including 462,000 Instagram accounts (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-13 Australia Instagram Ban

How a wave of disinformation on Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram, and Telegram contributed to a surge of migrants from Morocco to Spain's Ceuta enclave (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-11 Facebook Instagram WhatsApp Immigration Spain

Instagram Is Now Banning Pickup Artists, Pranksters Who Use Meta Glasses (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-7-25 Instagram

Adam Mosseri says Instagram will take down “pickup line” and other videos shot on Meta glasses that feature harassment of strangers in public places (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-7-24 Instagram

Some Instagram and Facebook users say Meta's AI moderation deleted their accounts; Meta says AI makes 13% fewer errors and finds 10% more violations than humans (www.nytimes.com)
2026-7-22 Facebook AI Instagram

Meta Removes Controversial AI Feature On Instagram After Backlash (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-7-12 AI Instagram

EU targets Meta over ‘addictive' Facebook and Instagram design (www.rt.com)
2026-7-12 Europe Facebook Instagram

Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism (variety.com)
2026-7-11 AI Instagram

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