25 stories tagged instagram, newest first.
139 points by nidnogg | 57 comments
Al Jazeera news report that Meta employees acknowledged in internal messages that Lula's Instagram accounts were restricted during Brazil's election while Bolsonaro's were recommended.
418 points by robtherobber | 528 comments
Techdirt article by Mike Masnick arguing the brief suspension of the No Kings Instagram account shows why activists shouldn't rely on Meta's platforms.
392 points by DeepLogin | 200 comments
MeidasNews article reporting that Meta took down the No Kings Instagram account during a nationwide protest day; the page shows an access-restricted bot block.
148 points by cdrnsf | 116 comments
Business Insider article reporting on OpenAI's strategy of paying social media influencers to promote ChatGPT and portray the company as beneficial.
643 points by speckx | 233 comments
Newsletter article reporting Meta confirmed thousands of Instagram accounts without 2FA were hijacked by tricking its Meta AI chatbot into resetting passwords.
2099 points by ssiddharth | 466 comments
Blog post describing an Instagram account takeover wave, including the Obama White House account, reportedly done by abusing Meta's AI support bot.
436 points by thm | 385 comments
CNBC article reporting that the European Commission plans to regulate addictive design features on TikTok and Instagram that target children.
540 points by giuliomagnifico | 219 comments
Axios scoop reporting that Meta removed ads on its platforms soliciting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuits.
344 points by mindracer | 177 comments
Instagram Help Center article on end-to-end encryption, noting E2E encrypted messaging will no longer be supported after May 8, 2026.
399 points by geox | 307 comments
News article on a US trial where jurors heard claims that Meta and Google engineered addictive platforms; the page shows only a Cloudflare security check.
347 points by binning | 146 comments
TIME article reporting on court filings alleging Meta downplayed risks its platforms posed to children and misled the public.
419 points by imakwana | 413 comments
NBER working paper by Allcott, Gentzkow and others studying how deactivating Facebook and Instagram affects users' emotional state.
411 points by c420 | 302 comments
Axios Pro article reporting on the start of the FTC's antitrust trial against Meta in federal court.
964 points by jbegley | 625 comments
Drop Site News investigative article reporting leaked data showing an Israeli government campaign of takedown requests to remove pro-Palestine posts on Facebook and Instagram.
683 points by tom_usher | 268 comments
A March 2025 blog post arguing that algorithmic social media feeds manipulate what people consume and think, and urging readers to take back control from them.
340 points by n1b0m | 485 comments
Guardian article reporting that Meta is removing its AI-generated Instagram and Facebook profiles after backlash, including over a persona called 'proud Black queer momma'.
457 points by ViktorRay | 230 comments
Financial Times article reporting that Google and Meta made a secret advertising deal to target teenagers, shown behind a subscription paywall.
638 points by geocrasher | 577 comments
Meta's official status page showing the status and outages of its business products such as Ads Manager, updated March 5, 2024.
433 points by pg_1234 | 219 comments
Neowin news article reporting that Meta now allows EU users to unlink their Facebook, Messenger and Instagram accounts.
467 points by cratermoon | 426 comments
Guardian article on a Human Rights Watch report claiming Meta's Facebook and Instagram systematically censor pro-Palestinian content worldwide.
643 points by pbrw | 631 comments
Dig.watch news update reporting that the EU data protection regulator banned Meta's personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram, with possible fines up to 4% of turnover.
370 points by cmrdporcupine | 211 comments
Blog post reporting that the BBC has abandoned Meta's Threads while continuing its presence on Mastodon.
388 points by BerislavLopac | 332 comments
Tweet by Łukasz Langa noting Meta's Threads backend runs on Python 3.10 via Instagram's Cinder fork with a JIT, lazy imports, and other tweaks.
899 points by Xeophon | 1016 comments
Apple App Store pre-order listing for Threads, Instagram's text-based social app for sharing ideas and trends.
363 points by keepamovin | 268 comments
A blog post coining the 'Fuck You' pattern, describing how Instagram forces logins and blocks anonymous browsing even when users try to bypass the modal.