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Instagram is a social media service owned by Facebook for sharing photos and videos. Instagram launched in 2010 exclusively as an iOS app and didn’t come to Android and the web until 2012.

Facebook acquired Instagram in April of 2012 for $1 billion. Facebook also offered to buy Instagram’s closest competitor Snapchat back in 2013 for $3 billion.

In June of 2017 Instagram shared that it reached 250M daily users, surpassing its rival Snapchat by almost 100M. It also has over 700M total users.

Instagram has been criticized for taking popular features from Snapchat such as face filters, stories, and stickers. The company also has plans moving forward to introduce more business focused features.

Coalition urges Facebook to abandon its plans to create an Instagram for children

Staff Writer Apr 15 2021 - 5:52 am PT

Is this message from Instagram? And how to turn on 2FA

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, an international coalition of 35 children’s and consumer groups, is calling on Instagram to stop its plans to create a version of the app for users under age 13.

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New Instagram test offers 3 options for managing like counts instead of just removing them

Michael Potuck Apr 14 2021 - 8:42 am PT

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Instagram has been playing with like counts for several years now. In about half a dozen countries, the platform has been doing a test where it hides like counts altogether. Now Instagram is giving users the choice to customize how like counts work in a new test.

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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down for many in brief, but widespread outage [Updated]

from 9to5Google Apr 8 2021 - 2:50 pm PT

In an outage that’s affected many over the past 30 minutes or so, major products from Facebook including Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and the giant social network have gone down.

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Instagram launches another TikTok feature with ‘Remix’ for Reels

Staff Writer Mar 31 2021 - 12:14 pm PT

Instagram is officially launching a new feature called Remix for its Reels page. This function had been in beta testing for a while, and now it’s available to all users. It’s the latest step in Instagram’s competition with TikTok.

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PSA: Is this message from Instagram? How to handle DM phishing and turn on 2FA

Michael Potuck Mar 29 2021 - 10:51 am PT

Instagram shared today to be on the lookout for phishing attempts in direct messages. Here’s how to check if you actually have a message from Instagram and how to tighten up your security with 2FA.

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[Update: Back up] It’s not just you: Instagram, WhatsApp, and other Facebook apps are down

Stephen Hall Mar 19 2021 - 10:31 am PT

It’s not just you: Instagram and other Facebook apps are down. We’re seeing messages flowing in on social media and the Instagram web app is currently throwing a server error. Messages and posts are not loading in the app. We’ll keep you updated as we learn more.

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Facebook reportedly working on a new version of Instagram for kids under 13

Filipe Espósito Mar 18 2021 - 8:29 pm PT

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After rolling out an update that restricts the direct messaging feature for teenagers, Instagram may soon introduce a new platform for kids. As discovered by BuzzFeed News, Facebook is working on a new version of the popular photo social network targeted at children under the age of 13.

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Instagram rolling out message restrictions to protect young users

Michael Potuck Mar 16 2021 - 6:04 am PT

Instagram is taking several steps to make the service safer for its youngest users. Rolling out starting this month, adults won’t be able to send direct messages to teens who don’t follow them. On the flip side, Instagram will give warning alerts to teens before sending messages to adults who have a history of “suspicious behavior.”

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Instagram can now automatically add captions to Stories for improved accessibility

Michael Potuck Mar 9 2021 - 12:21 pm PT

Instagram is making its Stories more accessible with a new auto-caption feature that’s starting to roll out to users. The new feature comes with multiple font styles to pick from.

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Instagram announces Live Rooms with video; new audio features coming soon

Staff Writer Mar 1 2021 - 8:27 am PT

Instagram has unveiled a new feature called “Live Rooms,” which gives users the ability to go live on the social network with up to four people. Previously, it was only possible to stream with one other person. The company is also teasing new audio features launching soon.

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Instagram says a fix is coming to restore link previews in iMessage

Chance Miller Feb 18 2021 - 8:07 am PT

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If you’ve noticed that Instagram links are no longer showing previews when sent through iMessage, you’re not alone. Despite speculation it could be due to the growing rift between Facebook and Apple, Instagram has confirmed that this is a bug, and it’s working on a fix.

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Instagram abusive message response will now see users banned

Ben Lovejoy Feb 10 2021 - 7:16 am PT

A much tougher Instagram abusive message policy will see offending users banned rather than simply having their DM access suspended…

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Instagram prototyping Stories redesign with TikTok-style vertical scrolling

Chance Miller Feb 3 2021 - 11:03 am PT

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Instagram is testing what is likely to be a controversial change to Instagram Stories. As first reported by TechCrunch, Instagram is developing a new feature that would allow users to vertically scroll through Stories, as opposed to tapping or swiping horizontally like the current design, akin to TikTok.

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Instagram considers stopping users from sharing feed photos to stories

Filipe Espósito Feb 2 2021 - 3:38 pm PT

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Instagram is now considering a major change to how the Instagram Stories feature works. The company has been removing the option to share posts from the feed to stories for some users as part of a new test.

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You can now restore your recently deleted Instagram posts, here’s how

Michael Potuck Feb 2 2021 - 11:53 am PT

Instagram is rolling out a useful new Recently Deleted feature today that allows users to recover posts including photos, videos, stories, and more. Read along for more details and how to restore deleted Instagram posts.

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Instagram launches redesigned Stories for Mac and PC with new carousel UI

Michael Potuck Jan 27 2021 - 11:13 am PT

Instagram is out with a small but welcome change today to the design of Stories on desktop. The update brings a convenient carousel view for Stories to more easily watch on your Mac or PC.

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How to create and share your Instagram Top 9 year in review

Chance Miller Dec 28 2020 - 12:43 pm PT

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It’s almost New Year’s Eve, so chances are that your Instagram feed is full of people sharing their annual top 9 year-in-review posts. If you’re looking to create and share your own Instagram Top 9 before the end of the year, here’s how to do it.

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Instagram for iPhone now supports ProRAW photos with some limitations

Michael Potuck Dec 18 2020 - 12:11 pm PT

Apple debuted its powerful ProRAW feature for the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max cameras with iOS 14.3 earlier this week. It’s been called a “massive leap forward” by pro photographer Austin Mann. Now the Instagram iOS app is able to accept ProRAW’s DNG format when uploading photos to the platform – with a couple of caveats…

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Instagram, Messenger and Facebook outages and glitches in some countries

Ben Lovejoy Dec 10 2020 - 3:51 am PT

A significant number of people in are reporting some mix of Instagram, Messenger and Facebook outages this morning. Many of them are in European countries, but issues are being reported in other countries too, including Australia and the Philippines …

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FTC sues Facebook, calls for undoing of Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions

Chance Miller Dec 9 2020 - 12:03 pm PT

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The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it is suing Facebook. The lawsuit accuses Facebook of “illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct.” A separate lawsuit has also been filed by a coalition of 48 attorneys general led by New York AG Letitia James.

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Facebook and Instagram will remove misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines

Filipe Espósito Dec 3 2020 - 7:00 pm PT

Facebook announced today more changes in its policy against fake news on its social networks. The company will now be more aggressive in punishing users who share misleading information on Facebook and also Instagram.

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Facebook again copies Snapchat with new ‘Vanish Mode’ messages in Messenger and Instagram

Michael Potuck Nov 12 2020 - 11:26 am PT

Snapchat features continue to roll into the messaging apps on Facebook and Instagram. The latest is dubbed “Vanish Mode” and as the name suggests, offers users the ability to send texts, photos, emoji, voice messages, and more that disappear after being seen. It’s starting to roll out first to Facebook Messenger and also coming to Instagram chats.

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Big change to Instagram, with two new home screen tabs

Ben Lovejoy Nov 12 2020 - 7:23 am PT

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Today sees a big change to Instagram‘s user interface, with two new home screen tabs: Reels and Shop.

The company says that Reels – the short video format it cloned from TikTok – has never been more relevant …

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On Election Day, Instagram mistakenly tells some users that ‘Tomorrow is Election Day’

Chance Miller Nov 3 2020 - 12:56 pm PT

Today is Election Day in the United States, but some Instagram users are being told otherwise As reported by Protocol, Instagram is mistakenly still displaying a notification at the top of some users’ feeds that simply reads, “Tomorrow is Election Day.”

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