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Instagram’s CEO says the platform is examining how its policies affect black users

By Kim Lyons

Twitter’s version of Stories rolls out in India

Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram removed a Trump campaign video over copyright complaint

By Kim Lyons

Jeff Bezos corrects angry ‘all lives matter’ customer email

Instagram says sites need photographers’ permission to embed posts

K-pop stans are flooding right-wing hashtags like #BlueLivesMatter and #MAGA

By James Vincent

Blackout Tuesday posts are drowning out vital information shared under the BLM hashtag

Get ready for Instagram effects that move to music

Instagram will share revenue with creators for the first time through ads in IGTV

Instagram makes it easier to see when you’re broadcasting music you can’t use

By Nick Statt

Instagram adding Guides for recommendations, starting with wellness and COVID-19

Facebook is buying Giphy and integrating it with Instagram

Instagram now lets people delete comments in bulk and is testing pinned comments

Instagram glitch lets people post extra-long photos

Facebook’s oversight board will include a former prime minister and Nobel Prize winner

Candidates can’t campaign, so they’re trying to go viral

Down-ballot candidates are starting to look a lot like influencers

Facebook usage is surging, but the company warns it may be temporary

People can now host fundraisers over Instagram Live

By Ashley Carman

Facebook to stream a virtual graduation ceremony with Oprah Winfrey as commencement speaker

By Ashley Carman

Facebook will start telling you where page posts are coming from

Instagram’s cofounders built a website to track state-by-state spread of COVID-19

By Kim Lyons

Instagram wants to move all of the Lives you’ve been watching to IGTV

Instagram adds stickers for restaurants to sell gift cards and food delivery

By Ashley Carman

The Interface Live on Zoom: the hidden history of Instagram, with Bloomberg reporter Sarah Frier

By Zoe Schiffer

How a new book about Instagram changes our understanding of the founders’ departure

By Casey Newton

Instagram redesigns IGTV with creators as the focus

Everyone can now access their Instagram DMs on the web

Instagram therapists, and their DMs, are open for business

Instagram will let you browse posts with friends over video chat to promote social distancing

I wanna dance with somebody (on Instagram)

By Zoe Schiffer

Fashion influencers are rethinking their curated aesthetics because they can’t leave their houses

No professional photographers or street corners

Instagram won’t approve new augmented reality effects because of COVID-19 limitations

By Ashley Carman