Instagram

• Instagram Permanently Suspends Roughly 30 Meme Accounts With Millions Of Followers
• Teenage Instagram Users Are Exposing Their Personal Information To Access The Platform’s Business Analytics (Report)

  Young Instagrammers are turning their personal accounts into business accounts so they have access to the platform’s comprehensive post analytics. That may not sound like a big deal, but the issue is, a business account must publicly display contact information like a phone number or email address.

  
• Facebook And Instagram Ban User Posts Selling Alcohol And Tobacco

  Facebook and Instagram users are no longer allowed to utilize any of the platforms’ functions to privately sell, trade, transfer, or gift alcohol or tobacco products, per a new policy that rolled out yesterday. The new policy also affects businesses that post content related to alcohol and tobacco sales; from now on, they will have to place restrictions on that content so it can only be seen by users aged 18 and older.

  
• Instagram Will Integrate Ads Into ‘Explore’ Tab Over Coming Months

  For the first time, Instagram is integrating advertising into the app’s Explore section, which can be accessed by tapping on the magnifying glass icon.

  
• Instagram Adds New Custom Gender Options For User Profiles In Honor Of Pride
• Instagram Adds Horizontal Video Support For IGTV 1 Year After Launch
• Facebook Reportedly Testing New Instagram Dashboard Within Its Creator Studio Tool
• Malaysian Teen Commits Suicide After Instagram Users Voted For Her Death In Poll
• Court Filing Reveals Kim Kardashian West Can Command $500,000 Per Sponsored Instagram Post
• Zoe Sugg Launches Video Editing App ‘Filmm’ With ‘A Beautiful Mess’ Founders
• Instagram Planning AI-Powered Pop-Ups To Ratchet Down Anti-Vaccination Content
• Instagram’s In-App Shopping Feature ‘Checkout’ Helped Boost Adidas’ Online Sales By 40%