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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

With Instagram Reels' launch, Zuckerberg's personal wealth hits $100 bn

With Reels, one can record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos with audio, effects and new creative tools

Facebook makes key Instagram security tool Pysa available to users

Pysa is a security-focused tool built on top of Facebook's type checker for Python called Pyre

Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaire club after launch of TikTok rival

The 36-year-old joins fellow tech titans Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates as the only people in the world who currently have centibillionaire status, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Spotting opportunity, Facebook launches a new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

Instagram Reels will let users record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects

In a bid to integrate, Facebook unveils Messenger Rooms on WhatsApp for web

People can now access Messenger Rooms which allow group video calls of up to 50 people with no time limit via WhatsApp on the desktop

Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram as it was a 'threat' to Facebook

Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, a shocking sum at that time for a company with 13 employees

US lawmakers skewer Zuckerberg with Facebook emails, allege monopoly

Democrat Representative notes that a 2014 email showed Facebook's CFO referring to the company's acquisition strategy as 'land grab'

Ajit Mohan on Facebook's transformation into a more India-centric platform

Facebook is transforming into a more local, more Indian company focussed on connecting friends and family, and small businesses, Mohan tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

Top headlines: Govt okays capital infusion in 3 state-run general insurers

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Instagram begins testing 'Shops' feature with select users for online store

After Facebook, Instagram has begun testing the new Shops feature with select users globally to help set up a single online store for customers

Instagram starts testing TikTok competitor feature Reels in India

Reels offers a new way to create and share short videos on Instagram, says Facebook.