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Meta to Lay Off 10,000 More Employees, Wind Down NFT Efforts

Meta announced today that it will lay off another 10,000 employees, following a November layoff…

Facebook

Meta Launches Verified Subscription for Facebook and Instagram

Meta is trialing a new Meta Verified subscription that provides a verified badge for Facebook…

Instagram is Testing a Native Repost Feature

Instagram will soon copy Twitter's Retweet feature and let users reshare posts in their feed.

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Videos? Instagram is a Terrible Place to Share Photos (Premium)

Influencers are freaking out because Instagram is pivoting to video. But come on. Instagram has…

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Facebook and YouTube Ban Russian News Channels RT and Sputnik in Europe

Facebook and YouTube have banned the Russian news channels RT and Sputnik in Europe in…

Meta Could Shut Down Facebook and Instagram in Europe Due to Data Sharing Ban with U.S.

Meta is considering shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if the company isn’t allowed…

Microsoft Suspends Advertising on Facebook

Two separate reports state that Microsoft has stopped advertising on Facebook’s services because it publishes…

Opera Now Integrates with Instagram

The desktop versions of the Opera web browser now integrate Instagram into the sidebar alongside…

Instagram’s IGTV App Just Got a Massive Upgrade

Instagram continues to push IGTV forward, introduces new redesign that adds a Discover tab to…

Instagram Introduces New Measures to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation

As part of Facebook's commitment to prevent coronavirus misinformation, Instagram is taking new steps to…

Instagram Could Be Copying yet Another Snapchat Feature

Instagram is testing yet another feature copied straight from Snapchat. This time, it's a new…

Facebook Could Soon Let You Cross-Post Stories to Instagram

Facebook continues to unify its Stories experience, will soon allow users to automatically cross-post their…

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WhatsApp Now Has Two Billion Users

Facebook-owned WhatsApp now has 2 billion users around the world, joining Facebook itself in the…

Instagram Reportedly Generated $20 Billion in Revenue Last Year

Instagram reportedly generated $20 billion in ad revenue for Facebook in 2019, beating YouTube's $15…

Instagram Now Lets You Share Multiple Photos on Stories

Instagram continues adding new Stories mode, it's now introducing a new mode for sharing multiple…

Instagram Now Asks You to Think Twice Before Posting Offensive Captions

Instagram continues to improve its online safety tools, now uses AI to review potentially offensive…

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