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The head of Instagram Adam Mosseri appeared to double down on the company's commitment to video in the face of large-scale criticism of recent changes to the app.

Epidemic Sound has sued Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta for storing, curating, reproducing, and distributing its music without authorization to the tune of upwards of 80,000 infractions per day.

Meta's Oversight Board has announced that the company has agreed to commit an additional $150 million, which is in addition to the initial $130 million when it was founded in 2019.

Photographers will go to great lengths to get the perfect shot for their client, but one customer was left stunned by how dedicated his photographer was to doing a great job on a photo shoot.

Instagram has announced that starting now and rolling out over the next few weeks, anyone will be able to "remix" any public photos on the app and turn them into Reels.

The sunk cost fallacy is elongating photographers’ inevitable painful breakup with Instagram. It is time to stop hoping that Instagram will go back to being the one and only social media marketing tool that photographers need.

As it continues to double-down on video, Instagram will now enable brands to turn their Reels into ads, with a new "Boost post" option built into the app.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new searchable map for Instagram where users can discover nearby local businesses.

A new study has found that Instagram and TikTok make one in three adults feel negative about their finances.

Instagram has added the ability to make purchases from businesses directly through chats. In the same thread, businesses will be able to confirm purchases, create payment requests and collect payment.

Instagram revealed that creators will be able to lock their photos and Reels behind a paywall for subscribers using the "subscriptions" feature.

A new selfie trend has taken off among Generation Z in 2022. Featuring huge foreheads, super long arms, and tiny bodies: meet the 0.5 selfie.

A Google executive says that younger users are now increasingly turning to apps like Instagram and TikTok instead of Google Search or Maps to discover new places or search for information.

Instagram is testing a new Live Producer tool that allows creators to go live from a desktop using external streaming software in a move that shows the app's continued focus on video in 2022.

New York has passed a law that will ask those seeing a concealed handgun permit to submit their social media accounts so they can be reviewed for "character and conduct."

This is the heart-stopping moment a photographer was swamped by a terrifying avalanche as it hurtled towards his trekking tour group while he was taking photos.

A photographer says he has tricked the Instagram algorithm into once again pushing his photos by leveraging the platform’s preference for Reels to his advantage.

Meta has announced that it has filed separate legal actions in federal court against a company and an individual who scraped data from Facebook and Instagram.

Instagram is testing a change that turns all video posts uploaded to the platform into Reels in what is likely a move to increase engagement with its top-performing offering.

Following massive losses in its Reality Labs division, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly told employees that the company is experiencing "one of the worst downturns [it has seen] in recent history."

Two photographers will seek to revive a class-action lawsuit against Instagram that claims it contributes to copyright infringement by letting outside websites embed images.

Singer Dua Lipa is facing a lawsuit after she posted an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer’s permission, according to a copyright infringement lawsuit.

Instagram has announced that it is testing three new ways to verify the ages of its users in the United States, including a partnership with Yoti that estimates age based on a facial scan.

Model and actor Emily Ratajkowski has been accused of posting an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer’s permission, according to a copyright infringement lawsuit.

If you have ever uploaded a photo to your social media feed and found that the image quality isn’t as good as you’d like it to be, you're not alone. Most sites that allow you to upload images will use their own set of parameters to resize and compress uploaded images to save file space and bandwidth.

Facebook isn't the only Meta property that is leaning harder into adopting more TikTok-like features. Instagram is also currently testing a full-screen feed that strongly mimics the company's rival.

According to a new report, Facebook has decided to make its feed feel more like TikTok in an attempt to better compete against what has become the biggest threat to the social media giant's bottom line.

Mark Zuckerberg posted a bizarre picture of himself working on a Mac laptop, that shows Apple's logo Photoshopped out, underlining the hostility between the two tech titans.

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has been served with eight different lawsuits that contend the company deliberately adjusted its algorithm to hook young people.

Grainery is a new photo-sharing app designed for film photography enthusiasts. Its beta version is out now and will launch on iOS and Android soon.

Instagram has announced four updates to the platform that are rolling out to users today: Reels can be up to 90 seconds long, audio can be imported to Reels, stickers can be added to Reels, and users can now pin content to their profile grid.

A Texas law that would have banned social media giants from regulating certain forms of online speech has been blocked by the United States Supreme Court.

Instagram has announced that it will push AMBER alerts to users' feeds to allow them to see and share notices of missing children in their area. The feature is rolling out today and will be available in 25 countries in the coming weeks.

California may soon hold social media companies responsible for the harm caused to children who become addicted to their products thanks to a new bill that passed the state Assembly.

A new photo app has surged in popularity thanks to an unusual premise: it only allows users to post one photo per day and only at a randomized specific time.

Need to download a photo from Instagram? Perhaps you uploaded a photo long ago and have since lost the original file, or perhaps you are interested in downloading a public domain space photo from NASA to use as your phone's wallpaper. Whatever the reason, the good news is that it is easy to download Instagram photos.

Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel has been sued for copyright infringement after allegedly posting an image of storm-ravaged Puerto Rico on her Instagram account without permission from the photographer.

Actor Jason Momoa apologized for taking photos in the Sistine Chapel after disgruntled fans pointed out to him that the series of images he posted on his Instagram violated the rules that are normally enforced for everyone else.