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Instagram fixes outage that tells users their account is suspended

Twitter was also trending with hashtag #InstagramDown, as hundreds of users experienced similar issues logging in to their accounts

Instagram suffers global outage, second in one week; users report issues

Twitter is also trending with hashtag #InstagramDown, as hundreds were experiencing similar issues logging in to their accounts

Instagram down for several users, days after global WhatsApp outage

According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, at the peak of the outage, over 7,000 users reported being unable to log in

Kohli posts leaked video of his hotel room, asks people to respect privacy

In the video, titled 'King Kohli's Hotel Room', a man is seen walking around the room in Perth showing Kohli's personal belongings

Instagram users report problems with server connection, logging in

50 per cent users said they were facing issues with logging in, while 33 per cent reported issues with server connection and another 17 percent have issues with app

Meta's Instagram reaches 2 billion users, closing in on Facebook

The company disclosed the number during an otherwise-gloomy earnings report Wednesday, when a shaky ad market clouded Meta's forecast and sent its shares tumbling

Meta slams Apple for 'undercutting others' with change in App Store terms

Apple's policy change, disclosed this week, requires users and advertisers to make an in-app purchase when they pay to "boost" posts in apps like TikTok and Meta's Instagram

A deep dive into what is really going on between The Wire and Meta

It all started when the news service had alleged that Meta gave some of its users, namely BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya, special privileges to take down any post from Instagram

Instagram introduces new feature to protect users from abuse: Details here

The company is starting to test automatically turning on Hidden Words for Creator accounts

Instagram video shared by The Wire set up to manufacture evidence: Meta

Meta said that the video shared by The Wire, which purportedly shows an internal Instagram system, appears to have been "set up specifically in order to manufacture evidence"

After US, Instagram brings age verification options to India: How it works

The new options enable age verification on Instagram through supported documents or recorded selfie video. In lieu of new options, the previous social vouching option has been deprecated

Instagram introduces new age verification feature for users in India

People will now be able to ask others to vouch for their age or use tech to confirm their age based on video selfie. Earlier, verification was possible only by uploading driving license or other ID

Instagram, Twitter restrict Kanye West's account over anti-Semitic posts

Kanye West's Twitter account has been restricted by the company. Not just that, his Instagram account has also been restricted.According to Variety, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed the news. However, the reason for which his account was restricted by the micro-blogging site hasn't been specified by the company yet.Many have been linking the decision to restrict his account to his last two tweets which have been largely criticized as anti-semitic.Twitter has removed the first tweet for "violating the Twitter rules." Later, West asserted in the post that he couldn't be antisemitic and claimed that Jews had "toyed" with him.He wrote, "I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death [sic] con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE". The tweet has now been deleted."The funny thing is I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also. You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda," West added.Later, he tweeted, "Who do you think ...

Curb Instagram influencers, fake therapists: Karnataka HC to govt

The Karnataka High Court has advised the government to come up with some regulatory measures to check the growth of pseudo-therapists and 'Instagram influencers'. The court cautioned that many people were falling prey to such therapists online. While rejecting a petition of one such 'influencer' who sought to quash a criminal case against her, the High Court had said in a September 2 judgement: Therapists of this kind are many on the social media. In reality, they are not bound by ethics or not regulated by norms. Cases of this nature have begun to emerge in large proportion wherein people wanting to get therapy fall prey to pseudo-therapists. The court said,"In public domain, there is a huge number of such therapists. On the social media, therapists pose as if they are in the field of therapy. It is also in public domain that they are pseudo-therapists who are Instagram influencers. Justice M Nagaprasanna was hearing a criminal petition by Sanjana Fernandes aka Raveera, a ...

Meta rolls out new ad placements, formats on Instagram to help advertisers

When a person engages with an ad, the company will deliver ads underneath that it thinks may be of interest, powered by machine learning

How to recover your hacked Instagram account: Check details here

There are some revealing hints that indicate that your Instagram account has been stolen

LinkedIn India launches new Instagram channel to help young professionals

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with over 850 million members worldwide, and over 92 million members in India

CBI makes social media debut ahead of 3-day Interpol General Assembly

Social media shy CBI has made a maiden appearance on Twitter and Instagram ahead of the upcoming Interpol General Assembly in which 195 countries are likely to participate, officials said on Sunday. The agency created its accounts on both platforms with user ID CBI_CIO for the three-day-long 90th General Assembly starting October 18, they said. Unlike its peers, the Enforcement Directorate and the National Investigation Agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had kept social media at an arm's length, sticking to the age-old practice of issuing press releases. The General Assembly will focus on cyber crime, financial crimes and Child Sexual Abuse Material peddled on the internet among other issues, officials said. Having already organised a General Assembly in 1997, India was given an out-of-turn chance to organise the event through a vote on the eve of the 75th anniversary of its independence. Home Minister Amit Shah had made a proposal in this regard to Interpol Secreta

Massive growth in reels in past two years, says Meta's Ajit Mohan

Reels make up more than 20 per cent of the time people spend on Instagram, globally.

Twitter to roll out immersive media viewer with vertical video scrolling

The move comes at a time when other social media apps like YouTube and Instagram have shifted their strategy and adopted TikTok like short video formats and UI for shorts and reels respectively