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Instagram top chief defends platform during trial over youth mental-health crisis caused by it

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified in Los Angeles as part of a trial on what plaintiffs call "social media addiction" in children and young adults.

Instagram app.
Instagram app.

Instagram recovers after brief outage disrupts US users

Ms. Rachel attends the Sesame Workshop 2024 Benefit Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 29, 2024 in New York City

Ms. Rachel appears to support antisemitic conspiracy theory in apology post

Instagram: Moving to the Big Screen.

Instagram comes to the big screen: A new Reels app for smart TVs


How to Go Viral on Instagram in 2025


Flashes - the new social network that wants to replace Instagram

Flashes is a new social network aiming to be the real alternative to Instagram. The app, recently launched on the Bluesky platform, offers a photo and video-sharing experience, but will it succeed?

 Flashes

Meta blocks Gazan influencer Saleh Al Jafarawi's Instagram account

Throughout the Israel-Hamas War, Al Jafarawi has used his social media prominence to post about the Gaza war, lauding Hamas and praising the October 7 massacre. 

 Saleh Al Jafarawi.

Instagram, TikTok flooded with misleading health posts, study reveals

Many posts exaggerated benefits without evidence; over two-thirds of promoters had financial interests, leading to biased information.

 Instagram, TikTok flooded with misleading health posts, study reveals. Illustration.

Ex-hostage Omer Wenkert’s first post since release: ‘I defeated the captivity’

"This path in all its layers, is my life and freedom,” Wenkert wrote.

 Freed hostage Omer Wenkert turned to Instagram to celebrate his freedom after captivity.

Love it, hate it: Instagram tests dislike button

The app has launched a button for testers that lets users express dissatisfaction with comments on posts and Reels, not the content itself.

 Instagram is trying to reduce negative discourse on the network

Israelis report the internet has become more violent since war began

Israel Internet Association finds that 73% of Israelis believe the war has increased online violence, with three-quarters now avoiding expressing opinions on social media.

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Watch: Emily Damari captures moment Agam Berger en route to hospital

Former Hamas hostage posted to her Instagram story the moment the military helicopter that was carrying Agam Berger to the hospital.

 Emily Damari poses with a Tottenham Hotspurs scarf.

Instagram launches a competitor to CapCut: A new video editing app called Edits

Instagram unveils Edits – an advanced editing app designed to compete with CapCut, just as ByteDance's video app faces bans in the US. So, when can you download it?

 Instagram's Edits

‘Hate can be an addiction’: Ex-neo-Nazi, Montana Tucker take to the streets

Former neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis and social media activist Montana Tucker took to the Santa Monica Pier on Holocaust Remembrance Day to talk to people about antisemitism and the Holocaust.

 Montana Tucker and Former Neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis Unite to Combat Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.