You can now choose the kind of content you see on Instagram Reels

Instagram has rolled out Your Algorithm, a new feature that lets users control the kind of content they see on Reels by adding or removing topics, giving people more say over what shows up in their feed.
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Instagram says it fixed the issue behind shady password reset emails

Numerous Instagram users received suspicious password reset emails amid reports of a massive data scrape. The social media company says it has resolved the issue but denies a data breach.
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Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests

Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.

Instagram data of 17.5 million users resurfaces online after 2024 incident

Previously scraped Instagram user data has resurfaced, enabling realistic phishing and account takeover attempts, underscoring the long-term risks of exposed personal information.
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You can’t trust your eyes to tell you what’s real anymore, says the head of Instagram
You can’t trust your eyes to tell you what’s real anymore, says the head of Instagram

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is closing out 2025 with a 20-images-deep dive into what a new era of “infinite synthetic content” means as it all becomes harder and harder to distinguish from reality, and the old, more personal Instagram feed that he says has been “dead” for years. Last year, The Verge’s Sarah Jeong wrote […]

New York to start treating social media like cigarettes with warning labels

A new New York law mandates mental health warning labels on addictive social media features, allowing state enforcement and reflecting growing global concern over youth online safety.
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How to tweak your online platform algorithms
How to tweak your online platform algorithms

Love them or hate them, more than half of the world’s population interacts with algorithmic recommendations in some way every day. Algorithmic recommendations play an integral role in how users discover new content across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. It can be nice to be fed a stream of fresh posts, pictures, and […]

Threads is about to become a hub of podcast chatter

Meta wants Threads to be the place where podcast fans and creators meet. With native episode previews and growing creator involvement, podcast conversations may soon live directly in your feed.
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Instagram now limits you to five hashtags per post

Instagram is cracking down on hashtag spamming, limiting posts to just five hashtags each.
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