It looks like Meta is distancing itself — and users — from political content even more. It's easy to see why. Social media sites have been rife with misinformation and disinformation during past ...

Launched in 2023, Threads is a microblogging platform owned by Meta, the parent company of Instagram. Because of this connection, and because the company wants its existing user base to start using ...

Adam Mosseri says he’s ‘looking into it,’ as posts and accounts disappear — including mine. Adam Mosseri says he’s ‘looking into it,’ as posts and accounts disappear — including mine. Social media ...

Meta doesn’t want its new app Threads to become another Twitter, full of heated political debates and the resulting toxicity that entails. In an announcement today, the company detailed how it will ...

It’s an important question that Meta has conspicuously left unanswered, despite the Mark Zuckerberg-led social giant vowing last week to clamp down on the topic across both Instagram and Threads — an ...

Tama Leaver receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. Meta’s Instagram and Threads apps are “slowly” ...

Instagram Threads is rolling out users’ most-requested feature to date: the ability to message people directly, without having to switch to another app, like Instagram. The company said direct ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Lots of users want a way to privately message on Threads. Meta’s stance seems to be: we already make one. Lots of ...

Threads users who want a direct messaging feature might be getting one they didn't exactly ask for. Meta is testing a sort of DM feature in which users can send messages, but only to Instagram users.

Instagram and Threads will no longer proactively recommend content about politics, Instagram announced Friday. “We want Instagram and Threads to be a great experience for everyone,” the social media ...