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Instagram social media platform is testing a new “Blend” feature

04/05/202404/04/2024 Stephanie Beck

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The new feature is being designed to allow friends to privately watch a Reel feed together Instagram has reportedly been working on a new “Blend” feature for its social media platform, which is focused on allowing two users to be able to watch Reels together. The first step would be to have one person invite another into the Blend In this way, the social media platform users will be able to create a Private Reel feed that they will be able to watch together. The feed will be composed of…

Instagram slapped with $400 million fine for weak kids’ data privacy

09/08/202209/07/2022 L. Green

The Meta-owned social media platform was hit with a record fine from Ireland’s regulator. Regulators in Ireland have agreed to hit Instagram with a record fine of $402 million (€405 million) following an investigation into the way the social media platform handled children’s data privacy. A spokesperson for the watchdog group said that the investigation started back in 2020. According to recent reports, Instagram has every intention of appealing against the data privacy fine, citing a Meta spokesperson in a statement issued by email. The watchdog launched the investigation into…

Instagram implements product tagging in US posts

03/24/202203/23/2022 L. Green

The new feature means that accounts no longer need to be for businesses or creators to add the links. Instagram has announced that it has opened its product tagging feature for all users posting in the United States. That means that it isn’t only be business or creator accounts that can use the feature. According to Instagram, the feature is going to be rolling out to everyone “over the next few months.” This will turn Instagram into a platform in which every post can be turned into something shoppable and…