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Irish privacy regulator investigates Instagram over children's data

Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it launched the investigations in September after receiving complaints about the company

British regulators say Instagram to crack down on hidden influencer ads

British regulators said Friday that Instagram will clamp down on hidden advertising by social media influencers

Instagram most preferred social media platform among Indian youth: Report

Instagram has emerged as the most preferred social media platform among the Indian youth while YouTube garnered most attention amid pandemic, with 98% of those surveyed installing it in their phones

TikTok, Snapchat preferred more than Instagram by US teens: Report

Snapchat and TikTok are more popular social media apps than Instagram among US teenagers, said a new report

US Big Tech under attack: Key allegations in House antitrust report

A House panel released a report proposing reforms to curb the power of the four largest US internet companies

Marking 10-year anniv, Instagram to hide offensive comments, expand warning

Facebook-owned Instagram that completed 10 years with over one billion users announced fresh updates to make its platform safer like hiding potentially offensive comments and expanding nudge warnings

To click or not

What makes social media platforms the default go-to for millions of people looking to kill time, seek validation, or distract themselves from their loneliness?

Check Point says critical vulnerability found in Instagram, issue fixed

Check Point added that the patch for this vulnerability has already been available for six months now

Now, you can record, trim, share 30 seconds video through Instagram Reels

Launched in India in July this year, Reels is a short-video service from Instagram that lets user create and share short-videos with their followers on their Instagram Feed

Facebook being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, again

This time through the unauthorised use of their mobile phone cameras

TikTok asks Facebook to support its challenge against Donald Trump's ban

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said recently that he felt a TikTok ban would set a "bad long-term precedent" for the tech industry

Instagram mulls charging a fee for tagging links in photo captions

A newly-discovered patent filing suggests that Facebook-owned photo sharing platform Instagram may be considering charging a fee to add links to photo captions

Social media influencers have a new worry: Govt guidelines on endorsements

Community battling the fallout of India's bank on TikTok asked to take responsibility for products they endorse

Instagram, a cautionary tale

The key protagonist of this story is Kevin Systrom, a Stanford graduate, who built a mobile website called Burbn in 2009

9 in 10 Americans feel Instagram Reels is similar to TikTok: Survey

As the US sale of TikTok gets entangled in legal issues, nearly nine in 10 TikTok users said its Facebook-owned rival app called Instagram Reels is basically giving them a similar experience

Facebook tests new feature that lets users auto-share Instagram stories

To see Instagram Stories on Facebook as part of the test, people will have to link their two accounts

Twitter, Instagram flooded with fraudulent Covid-19 posts: Study

Researchers have found that thousands of social media posts on popular platforms Twitter and Instagram were tied to financial scams and possible counterfeit goods specific to Covid-19 products.

Data of 235 million Instagram, YouTube, TikTok users exposed: Report

According to security researchers from pro-consumer website Comparitech, an unsecured database was behind this data breach

Facebook begins merging Instagram and Messenger chats, says report

Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion

Facebook could face up to $500 billion in fines in new lawsuit: Report

The lawsuit was filed on Monday in state court in Redwood City, California, DailyMail.com reported on Wednesday