Apple iOS 14.5 update adds limits to Facebook and Instagram advertising
May 17, 2021Apple’s App Tracking Transparency policy came into effect on April 26 with the release of iOS 14.5. The new regulations…
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Instagram takes on Clubhouse with Live Rooms audio options
May 17, 2021In March, Instagram upped the number of accounts that could go live together from two to four. Now participants can…
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Auto-caption sticker now available for Instagram Stories
May 17, 2021Creators can now add captions to their Instagram Stories with stickers that transcribe speech to text. Automated caption stickers are…
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Instagram’s latest equity update addresses racial bias, transparency
May 17, 2021In the second update from Instagram’s Equity Team, formed in September 2020, the company shared new measures taken to eliminate…
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Instagram continues testing option to “turn off” like counts
May 17, 2021In a recent Twitter thread, Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared an update on the company’s ongoing tests on public like…
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Instagram introduces Remix Reels inspired by TikTok Duets
April 21, 2021At the beginning of April, Instagram added a “remix” option to Reels that allows creators to react to an existing…
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IGTV ads land in Australia and UK
April 21, 2021Instagram began testing IGTV ads last year in the United States and will now expand tests to select creators in…
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Instagram Lite now available on Android in more than 170 countries
April 5, 2021As of March, a lite version of the Instagram app is now available for Android users in more than 170…
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Story drafts may soon come to Instagram
April 1, 2021In late March, Instagram’s top boss Adam Mosseri and the app’s official comms Twitter account teased the release of a…
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Instagram unveils Rooms, where up to four people can go live
March 1, 2021A year after Instagram Live exploded on the platform, Instagram has opened live broadcasting up to four participants and rebranded…
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Instagram’s nudity policy amended to allow health-related content
March 1, 2021Facebook has updated Instagram’s nudity policy, following the Oversight Board’s decision to overturn the company’s removal of an Instagram post. …
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Affiliate feature for creators appears to be in the works
March 1, 2021Screenshots shared by mobile developer and reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi show that Instagram developers are preparing a new feature for…
