Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Instagram, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 19 stories have been published about Instagram which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Instagram · Menlo ParkFacebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them. Such social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effect on Friday. See the Story
Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills
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Business · Menlo ParkFacebook parent Meta says it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads. The company will also share how much advertisers spent in an effort to target people in certain states. The new details could shed more light on how politicians spread misleading or controversial political messages.See the Story
Facebook, Instagram to Reveal More on How Ads Target Users
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Instagram · Menlo ParkThe feature is rolling out today and will be available in 25 countries in the coming weeks. The alert will include important details such as a photo of the missing child, a description, their last known location or the location of the suspected abduction site. Instagram says that these AMBER alerts are rare and specific to a certain area. The company says that since then, the alerts have assisted in hundreds of successful child endangerment cases.See the Story
Instagram launches AMBER alerts
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Business · Menlo ParkInstagram is blocking posts that mention abortion from public view, in some cases requiring its users to confirm their age before letting them view posts that offer up information about the procedure. The issue follows a similar ban on posts offering to send abortion-related pills. The AP found that similar posts about guns and marijuana were not blocked.See the Story
Instagram hides some posts that mention abortion
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Business · Menlo ParkInstagram is testing new methods for users to verify their age. Users can ask friends to confirm their age, or have their face scanned by AI. The company is also testing a language-analysis tool that will determine whether a user is an adult or a teen based on how they write.See the Story
Instagram is testing an AI face-scanning tool that can verify your age
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Business · Menlo ParkInstagram is pausing some of the changes it's been testing on the app. The move comes after users criticized the platform for becoming too much like short-form video app TikTok. The platform, which is owned by Facebook parent company Meta, said it will stop testing a new full-screen feed. Instagram will also temporarily decrease the number of recommendations users see.See the Story
Instagram sidelines TikTok-like features following complaints
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Business · Menlo ParkKim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner criticised Instagram's new focus on video. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, said video content is what users are liking. He acknowledged there were criticisms of the full-screen feed. He also acknowledged that users were complaining about receiving more recommendations - posts from accounts they don't follow.See the Story
Instagram CEO responds to Kardashians’ criticism of app
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Instagram · Los AngelesSami Sheen, is the daughter of actor Charlie Sheen, 56, and his ex-wife Richards, 51. In an Instagram post reacting to "negative comments", Richards shared her support for her daughters account, adding that she cannot be judgemental. Sheen has reportedly voiced his disapproval of his daughter having an account.See the Story
Actress Denise Richards supports daughter Sami Sheen having OnlyFans account
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Business · Menlo ParkA preteen girl’s “addictive” use of Instagram resulted in an eating disorder, self-harm and thoughts of suicide over several years, according to a lawsuit against the platform’s parent company, Meta.See the Story
Family sues Meta, blames Instagram for daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm
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Instagram · WashingtonLos Angeles is considering a ban on new gas stations. The move comes amid a flurry of activity in recent years to bring about more widespread adoption of electric vehicles. The game industry has been largely silent on the issue of abortion rights over the past month and a half. Sony reportedly prohibited its internal studios from making similar statements.See the Story
Facebook says ‘incorrect enforcement’ removed posts on abortion pill access
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Instagram · Mountain ViewKylie Jenner complained about Instagram's recent changes to its algorithm. The changes prioritized short videos from brands and strangers over content from people and companies users choose to follow. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he believes more and more of Instagram is going to become video over time.See the Story
Instagram hits pause on plan to push more video, but TikTok success suggests it likely won't last
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