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Instagram’s new profile design trashed by users – how to adjust your grid and what updates are next?

The platform has also announced a new video-editing app that sounds eerily similar to TikTok’s CapCut

Evening Standard

Instagram capitalises on US apps ban with a timely, useful clone

With several major Chinese applications halted in the US, Meta has pounced with its own clone.

TikTok ban live updates — TikTok is back ahead of expected executive order

TikTok says it is restoring service to U.S. users based on a proposed executive order by Trump. We're here with the latest news as it happens.

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Instagram tries to capitalize on TikTok uncertainty with new 'Edits' app

Meta's building quite the reputation for trying to steal users while their competitors are down.

Android Central

Instagram founder teases AI video tool that can adjust “whatever you can think of,” but fails to add an AI label and the internet has words

Instagram is testing Movie Gen, an AI that can adjust the background, clothing, and other items in a video

Digital Camera World

Threads' imminent free update could make it the number one place to post

Threads isn't just copying Bluesky. It's adding new features for popular posters too

Instagram commits to user experience by removing the annoying 'rug pull' feature

Users have experienced an annoying reload of the feed whenever they open the Instagram app and are invested in a showcased video. This annoyance, however, has been removed now.

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Instagram just fixed its worst habit, and I couldn’t be happier

Instagram will no longer refresh every time you open the app – meaning less frustration for users.

TechRadar

Threads free update to add "Marmite" new feature – you'll either love it or hate it

Threads is adding an optional online status feature to encourage real-time engagement.

Meta 'working' to get Threads' engagement bait problem 'under control', says Instagram boss

It may be perceived as less toxic than X, but Threads has a problem of its own

Evening Standard

New teen accounts on Instagram are a welcome step, but real ‘peace of mind’ requires more

As Australia and other countries debate the merits of banning kids under 14 from social media, Meta has announced a significant “reimagining” of teenagers’ experience of Instagram.

The Conversation

"This could be annoying" –Instagram's boss warns it's about to break your curated feed!

Instagram is experimenting with discarding the iconic square grid for the profile grid.

Digital Camera World

Threads is one, and it may be the best social media platform you're still not using

Threads is the less chaotic and generally happier real-time social media space, but it often still feels incomplete.

TechRadar

Threads Hits 175 Mn Users On First Anniversary

Threads, Meta's alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has hit 175 million monthly users a year after its out-of-the-blue launch.

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Fortune

The Twitter men’s wear guy says your dress shirt and chinos are ‘really ugly.’ He offers one simple way to upgrade your work look

Start with a tailored sport coat, Derek Guy says.

TechRadar

Instagram is tagging real photos as 'Made with AI' – and photographers aren't happy

Instagram's binary approach for pointing out images that have some AI involvement in their creation is causing confusion and some photographers don't like it.

Fortune

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri reveals he argued a lot with Mark Zuckerberg in the early years

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said Mark Zuckerberg is ‘very results-focused’ and has ‘very high expectations’

Android Central

Threads gain new ability to limit users from quoting posts

Threads is rolling out new functionality to its users to create a positive environment on the platform.

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Your Instagram video feed is going to be better soon — here's how

Instagram is updating its system to try and downplay the influence of content thieves and aggregators.

WEKU

The Rise of 'Grid Zero': Why more Instagram users are hiding their profile

Many users are concealing their public photos and sharing instead in private spaces. It's something of a protest against the over-sharing culture of social media. And Gen Z is driving the trend.

Evening Standard

TikTok Notes: plans for new photo-based social network, reports claim

Is TikTok pulling a reverse Instagram by shifting from video to still images?

WEKU

Meta is limiting how much political content users see. Here's how to opt out of that

Meta is now limiting the amount of political content it recommends to Instagram and Threads users. Here's why it made the change — and how to opt out of it.

International Business Times

Meta Announces Major Shift In Handling Political Content On Instagram And Threads

Meta announces a shift to reduce political content recommendations on Instagram and Threads, sparking debate over transparency.

Android Central

The Instagram Flipside feature could let users share alternate profiles privately

Instagram is reportedly rolling out a new feature that lets users have a separate profile for their close friends and family.

The Guardian - US

‘Fundamentally against their safety’: the social media insiders fearing for their kids

Parents working for tech companies have a first-hand look at how the industry works – and the threats it poses to child safety

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