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No more routine update: These are the changes Instagram plans for 2026

Numerous reports from recent weeks reveal the features Instagram is testing to give users unprecedented control.

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

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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


‘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.

'We hold on to hope,' Bibas family says ahead of hostage releases

The family requested that people "respect Shiri, Yarden, Ariel, and Kfir, as well as the entire family, and refrain from spreading rumors or speculations that unsettle us."

 Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were murdered in captivity by Hamas in November 2023.

Emily Damari: 'The happiest girl in the world' after release from Hamas captivity, mother says

Emily is "doing much better than any of us could ever have anticipated," her mother Mandy said.

Emily Damari (L) with her mother, Mandy, January 20, 2025.

Meta drops restrictions which protected LGBTQ community

Meta's global policy chief stated, "It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress but not on our platforms."

 META CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech at the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

'Israel must go': Israeli attacked in Berlin over Israeli-Palestinian peace pin - report

“Israel must go,” one of the attackers reportedly shouted.

 Anti-Israel protest held outside the Axel Springer Campus in Berlin where the JPost conference was being held.

WhatsApp goes down, users report

The messaging had previously appeared to be down for worldwide users in April. 

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Gen Z and the intifada: social media’s role in shaping anti-Israel narratives – opinion

How TikTok and Instagram are shaping Gen Z’s sympathy for Palestine and igniting campus protests.

 3D-PRINTED TIKTOK logo is seen in front of a US flag, 2020. The hashtag #FreePalestine is used in 35 million videos on TikTok, the author points out.

Oxford University Press announces Word of the Year 2024

‘Brain rot’ is a noun defined as, “Supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material."

Oxford Word of the Year 2024

Instagram unveils three new direct message features

The messaging app adds three new tools to upgrade direct messages (DMs). Features include adding nicknames and using new stickers.

 Instagram: Automatic Refresh Will Stop

Australia passes social media ban for children under 16

Impacted companies have argued the legislation should be postponed until after the age verification trial.

 Social media and digital online concept, man using smart phone.