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• Meta says its new age verification tech isn’t facial recognition. Can that solution manage meddling kids?
• Instagram has a new penalty for unoriginal content aggregators: No recommendations

  Instagram already punishes accounts that repost too much content on Reels. Now it's applying the same policy to photos and carousels.

  
• Threads thinks live chats can bring users closer to culture. It’s using the NBA playoffs as a case study.

  Live chats on Threads are a means of interacting with cultural tentpoles like the NBA playoffs -- and a potential new revenue stream.

  
• Meta says “the era of link in bio is over.” Here’s what’s replacing it.

  Meta believes that product tags on Instagram Reels will bring an end to the link-in-bio era that flourished in the early 2020s.

  
• YouTube and TikTok draw music lovers, but Meta says that Instagram is the home of superfans
• Meta, like TikTok, is putting advertisers in the middle of the cultural moments that consume your feed
• Instagram’s rumored paid tier would let subscribers see who doesn’t follow them back
• Demand for hi-tech Ray Bans is soaring, but supply issues are slowing Meta down
• Meta expands retail footprint with flagship L.A. storefront full of wearable tech and VR devices
• After becoming Hollywood’s creator darlings, Racka Racka is coming to a VR headset near you
• On Meta earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg claims Reels “has an annual run rate of over $50 billion”
• Keep it PG-13: Instagram has new standards for teens