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Instagram has been running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India, with terms like “rape video” and “child video” and linking to Telegram channels (www.bbc.com)
2 days ago India Instagram Child Abuse

Meta Loses Bid To Dismiss US States' Claims That Facebook, Instagram Addict Children (yro.slashdot.org)
4 days ago Facebook Instagram

California Sheriff Says Their Drone Disarmed a Suspect, Shares Video on Instagram (yro.slashdot.org)
8 days ago Instagram Drone California

Instagram is testing horizontal video on Instagram for TV, plans to experiment with longer-form storytelling and episodic series, and launches on Samsung TV (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
13 days ago Samsung Instagram

The UK social media ban will apply to Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, and will require platforms to stop children from livestreaming (www.bbc.com)
20 days ago Facebook YouTube Snapchat Instagram Ban

Meta confirms that a widespread outage is affecting its services, including Facebook and Instagram (www.reuters.com)
23 days ago Facebook Instagram

Instagram expands Your Algorithm to its main feed, letting users choose topics they want to see, and is working to support requests for people, moods, and more (www.theverge.com)
25 days ago Instagram Algorithm

Docs: ~34K Instagram accounts, including Obama's White House account, were affected in the attack tied to Meta's AI chatbot; 3,500+ usernames were changed (www.nytimes.com)
26 days ago AI chatbot Instagram

In a notice to Maine's AG, Meta says ~20K Instagram accounts may have been hacked during the months-long abuse of its Meta AI chatbot, starting April 17 (this.weekinsecurity.com)
27 days ago AI chatbot Instagram

Notice: Meta says ~20,000 Instagram accounts may have been hacked in a recent attack that abused an AI-powered account recovery support tool to reset passwords (www.securityweek.com)
27 days ago AI Instagram

Over 20,000 Instagram accounts stolen in Meta AI support hack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
27 days ago AI Instagram

Meta is alerting Instagram users whose accounts were taken over using Meta AI chatbot; some hackers claim to still be able to exploit Meta AI chatbot (techcrunch.com)
2026-6-4 AI chatbot Instagram

Meta launches Meta Business Agent globally on WhatsApp and Instagram DMs, after a two-year pilot of the customer support AI bot in India, Mexico, and others (techcrunch.com)
2026-6-4 Mexico India AI Instagram WhatsApp

Meta expands Teen Accounts safety features to limit harmful content on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, including about nutrition, weightlifting, and anxiety (www.nytimes.com)
2026-6-3 Facebook Instagram

Instagram users locked out after Meta AI abused to steal accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-6-3 AI Instagram

Meta expands Teen Accounts safety features to limit harmful content on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, including on nutrition, weight lifting, and anxiety (www.nytimes.com)
2026-6-2 Facebook Instagram

Hackers Simply Asked Meta's AI To Take Over High-Profile Instagram Accounts (meta.slashdot.org)
2026-6-2 AI Instagram

Hackers say they used Meta's AI support chatbot to change emails tied to Instagram accounts amid a wave of high-profile account takeovers; Meta fixed the issue (www.404media.co)
2026-6-2 AI chatbot Instagram

Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, will test $7.99/mo. and $19.99/mo. Meta AI plans, a $49.99/mo. creator plan, and more (techcrunch.com)
2026-5-28 Facebook AI Instagram WhatsApp

Instagram rolls out Instants, which lets users share ephemeral photos, as an in-app feature in Instagram and as a standalone app in select countries (9to5mac.com)
2026-5-14 Instagram

EU To Crack Down On TikTok, Instagram's 'Addictive Design' (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-13 Instagram

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will take action against “addictive design” on TikTok and Instagram, including “endless scrolling” (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-12 Instagram

Surveys: half of US adults under 50 get health info from influencers or podcasts; 86% of the health influencers are on Instagram, 62% on TikTok, 45% on YouTube (www.pewresearch.org)
2026-5-8 YouTube Instagram

Sources: Meta is building an OpenClaw-inspired agent internally called Hatch, to be powered by its Muse Spark model, and an agentic shopping tool in Instagram (www.theinformation.com)
2026-5-6 Instagram

Meta says it will expand Instagram teen account safeguards to 27 EU countries, and plans to roll them out on Facebook in the US, ahead of the UK and EU in June (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-5 Facebook Instagram

Meta is using AI on Facebook and Instagram to detect under-13 users by analyzing bone structure, height, and visual cues, but says it's “not facial recognition” (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-5 Facebook AI Instagram Facial Recognition

Instagram is expanding its recommendation restrictions beyond Reels to photos and carousels, targeting accounts that post unoriginal content like tweet roundups (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-30 Instagram

The European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings against Meta, saying Instagram and Facebook fail to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-29 Europe Facebook Instagram

Instagram launched Instants, an app for sharing disappearing photos, in Italy this week, after rolling out an Instants feature in its main app in some regions (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-4-24 Italy Instagram

The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America sues Meta, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scam ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.wired.com)
2026-4-22 U.S. Facebook Instagram

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