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Instagram and Facebook to test monthly subscription service priced at $11.99

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a government ID and get a…

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Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter back up after brief outage

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook and Instagram were back up for most users after a brief outage, the company said on Wednesday, adding that a technical issue that disrupted…

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Meta’s apps back up after outage

Oct 28 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc META.O said on Friday it has fixed the issue that was preventing users from accessing its social media platforms. "Earlier today, a configuration change caused some people to have trouble…

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Instagram to scale back shopping features amid commerce retreat

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc's Instagram is planning to drastically scale back its shopping features as it shifts the focus of its e-commerce efforts to those that directly drive advertising,…

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Instagram service stops in Russia

Instagram users in Russia have been notified that the service will cease from midnight on Sunday after its owner Meta Platforms said last week it would allow social media users…

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Facebook owner defends policy on calls for violence that angered Russia

LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms FB.O said that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia's attack, as Russia opened a…

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Instagram aims to launch chronological feed option in 2022

The head of Instagram said he aims to launch next year a version of the app with a chronological feed, rather than one ranked algorithmically, in his first appearance before…

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Instagram, ahead of U.S. Senate hearing, tightens teen protection measures

Instagram said on Tuesday it will be stricter about the types of content it recommends to teens in the photo-sharing app and will nudge them toward different areas if they dwell…

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Facebook, Instagram and Messenger suffer outage

Facebook, Instagram and Messenger appear to be down for users around the world. The outage comes just weeks after a major outage for the company, recently renamed to Meta. The…

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Facebook blames “faulty configuration change” for nearly six-hour outage

Facebook Inc blamed a "faulty configuration change" for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as…

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WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram down for thousands of users

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's app, it’s messaging app WhatsApp and its photo-sharing platform Instagram were down for thousands of users, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The portal showed there…

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Celebrity Instagram content linked to negative feelings, Facebook researchers say

Major social media stars including Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber and Charli D'Amelio are among celebrities whose Instagram followers experience more negative feelings about their self-image, according to internal Facebook research…

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Pressure on Facebook to cancel plans for Instagram for younger kids

A group of 40 state attorneys general on Monday urged Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13. "Use…

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Instagram launches feature to tackle hate speech, abuse

Facebook Inc's Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app. The company said…

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Facebook Inc confirms outage on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Messenger break down – UPDATE

Instagram, WhatsApp and FacebookMessenger have gone down for users across the world, according to reports on international media. Facebook Inc said on Friday its services were being affected by a number of issues, after…

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Facebook launches Instagram Lite in 170 lower bandwidth countries

Facebook announced it was launching a "lite" version of Instagram in 170 countries that will enable people with poor internet to access the photo and video sharing social networking service.…

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Instagram influencers are a vaccine priority in wary Indonesia

JAKARTA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Among the first in the queue for coronavirus vaccines in Indonesia has been one conspicuous group - social media influencers. Alongside President Joko Widodo as…

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UPDATE – Facebook and Instagram ban Trump indefinitely

Jan 7 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it would block U.S. President Donald Trump's accounts "indefinitely" and for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed.…

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Instagram’s redesign shifts toward shopping – here’s how that can be harmful

Recently, when I opened Instagram, I noticed that the usual spot for checking notifications is now a Shop tab. The Instagram blog post announcing the redesign said that the change…

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Vatican seeks explanations from Instagram after Brazilian model gets ‘papal’ like

The Vatican said it was seeking explanations from Instagram after Pope Francis’s official account liked a photo of a scantily dressed Brazilian model. The Guardian reports that it was unclear when the…

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Instagram agrees curbs on paid influencers, says UK watchdog

Facebook's Instagram has agreed measures to crack down on hidden advertising by paid so-called influencers on its photo and video platform, Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday.…

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Instagram stopped working

Instagram has stopped working amid what appears to be a major server outage. The Independent (UK) reports that the app appeared to load as normal – but attempting to get…

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Instagram posts about vaping banned for breaking advertising rules

British American Tobacco (BAT) is among four e-cigarette sellers banned from promoting their products on public Instagram pages after adverts appeared alongside pictures of well-known celebrities. BAT claimed its posts that…

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Instagram extends self-harm ban to drawings and cartoons

Social media company Instagram has said it will remove images, drawings and memes showing methods of self-harm or suicide from its platform. The move follows the death of British 14-year-old…

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Photo Story: ‘Made-for-Instagram’ museum opens in Duesseldorf

A girl enjoys a ball bath as she is being photographed at the made-for-Instagram museum 'Cali Dreams' in Dusseldorf, Germany. No artworks are shown in this museum, rather each visitor…

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Facebook suspends Instagram accounts operated from Russia, that targeted Americans with divisive political messages

Facebook said on Monday it has suspended a network of Instagram accounts operated from Russia that targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year's U.S. presidential election, with…

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Statement by WHO Director-General on Facebook and Instagram and Vaccine Misinformation

The World Health Organization welcomes the commitment by Facebook to ensure that users find facts about vaccines across Instagram, Facebook Search, Groups, Pages and forums where people seek out…

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Instagram is one source to blame for rise of eating disorders – Nutritionists

Nutritionists have told Sky News they believe certain accounts on social media platforms like Instagram are to blame for the rise in people with eating disorders like orthorexia. Rhiannon Lambert…

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Instagram starts hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries

Instagram is hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries, including Australia and Japan, in order to "remove pressure" on users. The trial which begins Thursday, means users…

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Instagram to introduce new anti-bullying features

Instagram is introducing new features which will automatically challenge users before they post something which might be considered bullying, and allow victims to secretly block their tormentors. Instagram has been…

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Instagram plans to venture into online shopping

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, has laid out his long-term vision to ramp up retail and tap the desire of the photo app’s 1bn users to indulge in “window-shopping”.…

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Midday Corporate Dispatch – Corporate and Financial News

The Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), operated by a Maltese company since the 1990s, is investing €30 million over the next three years to consolidate its position as the main recipient…

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Facebook and linked Social Media platforms go down on Sunday

For the second time in a month, Facebook was not loading for millions of users in the northeastern US, Europe and parts of Asia on Sunday. Downdetector.com, a website that…

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Harry and Meghan launch official Instagram account

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have launched an official Instagram account: @sussexroyal. The couple debuted with a picture of the couple's monogram – a combination of H and M…

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Facebook to launch new portal for housing and employment adverts

Facebook announced that it will introduce changes to its ad platform that prevent advertisers for housing, employment or credit from discriminating based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and several…

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Facebook not functioning properly- Instagram down

Instagram has stopped working, with users unable to load the app. The problems came at the same time as parent company Facebook is also being hit by technical issues. WhatsApp,…

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Facebook removes hundreds of accounts in UK, Romania

Facebook for the first time Facebook has taken down accounts linked to domestic groups in their country. Politico reported that it had removed hundreds of false accounts that promoted…

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Queen Elizabeth posts her first post on Instagram

Queen Elizabeth II has posted on Instagram for the first time, posting about a new summer exhibition at the Science Museum in London. Queen Elizabeth II's new entry into social media…

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Zuckerberg announces messenger changes

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that Facebook will enable its user to send messages between Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. The Independent reports him saying that the social media…

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Facebook plans to link messenger service of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook

Facebook is planning to link the messaging services of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger into one encrypted system, in the first major push to integrate the services since the founders…

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Police crack down on Instagram baby selling racket

Police detain midwife, potential buyer, young woman and man who allegedly ran the account Indonesian police say they have cracked an Instagram baby selling racket, arresting four people for their…

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Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram accounted for almost three-quarters of the cases with sexual predators targeting children. A fifth of the cases involved children under 10.

The Telegraph: More than 3,000 offences of grooming children online for sex have been committed by paedophiles in only the first year since a new law on sexual communication was…

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