The Meta-owned platform moves beyond short-form content to test long-form storytelling and TV integration.
The 10-year agreement with 52 state attorneys general introduces mandatory child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook.
Every automated edit remains reversible, with creators retaining full control over timelines, segments, music, and text overlays.
Marking its first text-logo update since 2016, Instagram debuts a modernized hybrid wordmark blending cursive flow with structured print lettering.
France’s new law, backed by Emmanuel Macron and enforced by ARCOM, could reshape how teenagers discover culture and trends online.
Users navigate to any existing post, select edit, and choose a new track from Instagram’s music library.
Tapping a conversational assistant, Inspirations tab and a live insights dashboard to lock creators into Meta’s short-form video ecosystem.
Instagram’s Your Algorithm lets users fine-tune LLM-powered recommendations from topics to moods, marking Adam Mosseri’s latest push for transparency.
Letting adult users trade a monthly fee for greater privacy control under the EU’s stringent data privacy and security law.
The new AI creator tag lets artists flag synthetic media as Meta faces Oversight Board criticism over deepfake disclosure.
Meta rolls out a long-awaited fix-for-typos tool while also pulling end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs.