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A high-profile antitrust trial in Washington is casting a spotlight on the power and practices of Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The Feder...

Mark Zuckerberg Considered Instagram Spinoff to Avoid Antitrust Case

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg floated the idea of spinning off Instagram in 2018, seeing it as a possible way to avoid antitrust scrutiny....

Meta Lowering the Cost of Ad-Free Plans in Europe

Meta announced a price reduction for Facebook and Instagram ad-free accounts in Europe, in an attempt to appease EU regulators....

Instagram Throttles Video Quality for Less Popular Videos

Instagram users finally have an explanation for the discrepancy in the quality between some videos, with the platform throttling less popular ones....

Meta Fined $101 Million for Storing Passwords in Plain Text

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million ($101.5 million) for committing the cardinal of cybersecurity—storing passwords in p...

Instagram Will Not Pursue Long-Form Videos

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has thrown cold water on the possibility of the platform pursuing long-form videos, saying they don't align with the company's...

Instagram Users, Get Ready for Unskippable Ads

Instagram is taking a page out of YouTube's playbook, rolling out a new type of unskippable ad format called "Ad Break."...

Norway Ban’s Meta’s Behavioral Advertising, Threatens $100,000/Day Fine

Meta has run afoul of Norwegian Data Protection Authority, with the latter banning the company's behavioral advertising and threatening a $100,000-a-day fi...

Threads Goes Live, Accounts Linked to Instagram

Meta's Threads has gone live, putting the company in a position to cash in on Twitter's disgruntled user base....

Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Launching Tomorrow, But Not In the EU

Twitter users looking for an alternative will have a new option tomorrow, with Meta launching its Threads app....

Meta Retaliates Against Canada, Blocks News From Its Platforms

Meta has followed through on a threat to block news on its platforms in Canada following the passage of the Online News Act....

Reels Are a Big Hit for Instagram

Reels are a big hit for Instagram, helping to drive engagement for the social media platform. CEO Mark...

Meta Wins Antitrust Case Brought by States

Meta has scored an important victory, winning the antitrust case brought against it by a coalition of state attorneys general....

Instagram Founders’ Second Act Launches Publicly

Artifact, the AI-powered social news feed app created by Instagram's founders, has launched and is available to the public....

Instagram’s Live Shopping Is Shutting Down March 16

Instagram has notified users that its Live Shopping feature is shutting down, effective March 16, 2023....

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