…Instagram and Facebook search, a bolder Follow button on Reels, and automatic follow invitations for people who engage with a creator or brand's content. Meta is going to start testing the…
…Meta has spent years trying to make Instagram a better shopping platform to compete with TikTok Shop and other social shopping apps, and AI agents could help by making mobile shopping less…
…EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the open-source, cross-platform European Age Verification Solution it has been testing will be available publicly soon, reports Bloomberg . She said it…
Starting today, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is no longer available for direct messages on Instagram, as Meta has removed the privacy feature years after it began testing it. According to Meta…
…Google is now trying to take more platform-level responsibility for the pipeline. Android 17 gives Instagram a better-supported path into Android’s camera and media stack on supported devices. Night…
…Your Instagram DMs were likely never encrypted to begin with Arin Waichulis | Mar 17 2026 - 3:31 pm PT | Mar 17 2026 - 3:31 pm PT 9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought…
…For example, the board notes that Meta has strikingly different processes for Facebook and Instagram. While both platforms penalize accounts with "strikes," repeated strikes can have different outcomes. On Facebook, accounts may…
…Meta has been using its platforms, like Instagram, as testing grounds for its AI bots beyond simple chatbots, but it seems it overlooked a crucial security guardrail for its simpler AI chatbot…
Meta will start using AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues to see if a user is under 13 and should be removed from Facebook and Instagram, the company announced…
…The company is also making the bot available within Instagram DMs. Meta said it is testing a way for the Business Agent to provide daily briefings of chats that occurred overnight, and…