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Instagram is copying Snapchat's Community Lenses feature to let users find AR effects created by other Instagram users.

Instagram upgrades its Explore tab by bringing Stories, and improved focus on IGTV and Shopping.

Instagram is shutting down Instagram Direct, its erstwhile SnapChat competitor, a little over a year after launching the standalone app.

Instagram will finally let you skip to any part of a video you want.

Facebook is going to reduce the rank of pages and groups that spread misinformation about vaccines.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg promises major privacy reform for its services as it looks to focus on end-to-end encryption.

Instagram is testing a new fundraising feature inspired by Facebook's Donate buttons.

Instagram now shows previews of IGTV videos on your feed.

Instagram plans to soon let you unify all your accounts into a single, primary account for easier login,

Facebook is planning to integrate Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger's messaging system into a combined system.

Facebook brings over Instagram's famous camera features over to Messenger.

Instagram gets support for voice messages on Direct.

Instagram can now automatically detect what's in a picture for visually impaired users.

Instagram is testing a new profile design for its platform.

Instagram will finally start removing fake likes and followers from its platforms.

Your Instagram Stories feed is about to get messy soon.

More and more Facebook integrations are coming to Instagram as original founders leave the company.

Instagram revamps its Explore tab with new Topic Channels, adds video calling to Direct.

Instagram takes on YouTube, launches a standalone app for long-form video as its core platform reaches 1 billion users.

In a bid to help its users avoid noise and nonsense, Instagram said this week that it will finally add a Mute feature.

Facebook is getting into dating, Messenger is getting redesigned, Instagram is getting a new Explore design, its new Oculus Go headset is now out, plus more.

Yes, you will soon be able to mute accounts on Instagram.

Instagram introduces an algorithm-powered portrait mode for Stories.

Instagram says new posts will now show up more often in its algorithmic feed as it addresses recent backlash.

Instagram Stories' new Type mode could be the beginning of text-only posts on the platform.

Instagram partnered with Giphy to bring the ability to add GIF stickers to Stories.

Instagram is everything that Facebook isn't, and vice versa. And that's a good thing.