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• Instagram Partners With Jonah Hill On Anti-Bullying Docuseries For IGTV
• Facebook Unveils Several Video Product Updates, Including ‘Live’ Rehearsals, Pre-Scheduled ‘Watch Parties’

  Facebook announced a number of updates to its myriad video products on Monday at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), a trade show for the media and tech industries that is currently being held in in Amsterdam.

  
• Instagram Reportedly Developing A TikTok Copycat Feature Called ‘Clips’

  After copying Snapchat’s hallmark Stories format to wild success, Instagram may be looking to pilfer the latest platform favored by Gen Z: TikTok, which enables users to create 15-second videos comprising lip-syncing, comedy, hashtag challenges, and more.

  
• Facebook Is Developing ‘Threads,’ An Instagram-Adjacent Messaging App That Automatically Shares Location, Battery Life Data (Report)

  Facebook may have just paid a record $5 billion fine for mishandling users’ data, but that’s not stopping it from developing a new Instagram-adjacent messaging app that’s intended to let users constantly, automatically share personal information about themselves, including location data and their devices’ battery levels.

  
• Instagram, Facing Pressure From Facebook, Is Testing Back-To-Back Ads In Stories (Report)
• Facebook Opens Instagram’s AR Filter-Building Tool, ‘Spark,’ To Everyone
• Instagram Is Rolling Out The Ability To Natively Pre-Schedule Grid Posts, IGTV Videos
• Following Platform-Wide Purge, Instagram Hires First Exec To Interface With Meme Accounts
• Snapchat Takes Implicit Dig At Instagram In New Ad Campaign — On 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)
• Facebook And Instagram Ban User Posts Selling Alcohol And Tobacco