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Instagram Privacy Settings You Should Change Right Now
Meta doesn’t just collect data about you on Facebook and Instagram. The platform harvests information about users from millions of other apps, websites, and services, which all send Meta reams of data to help target you with ads. Meta even receives details about what you do in the real world, away from your laptop or phone screen. Some of that…
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Instagram Reels Is Now Broadcasting Your Likes to Your Friends
TikTokers may have returned to their platform of choice, but with the U.S. ban still on the books, they are facing an existential threat. Meanwhile, Instagram Reels users are encountering a problem of the platform’s own making: Meta, in all its wisdom, is making it easier than ever for users to see who liked a particular reel. That means two…
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Instagram Unveils “Edits”, a Video Editing App to Rival CapCut
On Saturday, TikTok went dark in the U.S. following the ban. And other ByteDance-owned apps like the popular editing solution CapCut also started disappearing from the App Store and the Google Play Store. While TikTok managed to survive the ban for now, the future of other apps remains unclear. Seeing this opportunity, Meta, on Sunday afternoon, released its own video…
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My Seven Favorite Cleaning Accounts to Follow on Instagram
We may earn a commission from links on this page. As it stands, it looks like TikTok will be banned from app stores on Jan. 19. And while I’m not an expert in government, I am a savvy social media user who knows people are worried about their followers, followed accounts, and saved videos disappearing. If you get your cleaning…
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How to Keep Politics Out of Your Instagram Feed
Do you like your Instagram algorithm, but hate that it’s missing political posts from accounts you don’t follow? You’re in luck: Starting this week in the U.S. (and next week for the rest of the world) Meta is going to start adding political content to your recommendations on Instagram and Threads by default. If you’re thinking, “Hey, didn’t Instagram have…
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Instagram Is Finally Fixing Its Crazy-Making Refresh Style
Instagram’s refresh feature has been broken for a while, and despite constant complaints, nothing’s changed—until now. Instagram is finally making some changes to how it handles refreshing, but is it enough? I Miss When Refreshing Instagram Actually Made Sense I miss how Instagram worked in the 2010s. Sure, the app is more polished now, with more features, but at least…
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by massive worldwide outage
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp suffered a massive worldwide Wednesday afternoon, with services impacted in varying degrees based on user’s region. According to DownDetector, the outage occurred at approximately 12:40 PM ET, with many users unable to access the services through the websites and apps or send messages through WhatsApp. When users attempted to access Facebook, they were greeted with errors stating,…
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5 Ways I Take Instagram Stories to the Next Level
Instagram is constantly adding new features to Story posts, which means there are lots of interesting ways to make your Stories stand out, from adding custom effects to creating custom cutout stickers for your posts. It’s pretty easy, yet not too many people know how to level up their IG Stories! Add Music to Your IG Story One easy way…
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Meta must face FTC trial that could separate Instagram and WhatsApp
Meta must face the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit that accuses the company of dominating the social media industry through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, a DC District Court Judge ruled on Wednesday. Meta once again asked the court to dismiss the FTC’s case in April. Boasberg has now ruled largely in favor of the FTC, though he dismissed a claim…
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Will a VPN stop Facebook and Instagram from mining my data?
Are you curious if a VPN can stop Facebook, Instagram, and Threads from mining your data? While a VPN does a great job of hiding your IP address to protect your location, it doesn’t stop these platforms from tracking your activity, such as clicks, interactions, video views, and others. Some VPNs do have tracker and ad-blocking features, which may prevent…
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