Instagram saves the best video quality for the most popular content

Have you ever wondered why some of your Instagram videos tend to look blurry while others are clear and sharp? Because on Instagram, the quality of your video apparently depends on how many views it receives. That's according to an AMA video from Instagram boss Adam Mosseri, in which he explained why some videos are … Read more

Celebrity jet-tracking accounts disappear from Threads and Instagram

Jack Sweeney, who used his @ElonJet account on The closed accounts, which used publicly available data to display the flight paths of private jets, initially showed a message on Monday that read, “The link you followed may be broken or the page may have been removed.” Sweeney said Meta provided no direct warning or explanation … Read more

Why is ‘Adam Driver Megalopolis’ blocked in Instagram searches?

When people search for “Adam Driver MegalopolisOn Instagram or Facebook, instead of posting about Francis Ford Coppola's latest film, they are currently seeing a warning with the heading “Child sexual abuse is illegal.” This bizarre fact was pointed out in a post on X yesterday, and to this day I still see it when I … Read more

Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more

Meta has begun laying off employees in various departments, including WhatsApp, Instagram and Reality Labs, according to people familiar with the matter. Rather than a company-wide mass layoff, these smaller cuts appear to coincide with restructuring of specific teams. Some Meta employees have begun to post that they have been laid off. Among them is … Read more

Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control

In threads, the topic “errors in thread moderation” is trending. Some users complain that their accounts are being deleted or restricted because they link to articles with controversial topics. Instagram and Threads boss Adam Mosseri responded directly to some complaints and said he was “looking into the matter.” And I'm one of many people whose … Read more