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

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

Threads is working on a community groups feature

Threads is working on a new community feature that will apparently allow users to band together around specific topics and interests. TechCrunch Reports. Developer Chris Messina discovered references to “loops” in the code for Threads' latest app update, which vaguely describes something similar to the “Communities” feature on X or even subreddits. The code mentions … Read more

Meta blocks links to the hacked JD Vance dossier on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook

Meta restricts links on threads, Instagram and Facebook that lead to Ken Klippenstein's newsletter, which contains a dossier from JD Vance that was allegedly obtained in an Iranian hack of the Trump campaign. The company appears to have removed posts containing the link and is apparently blocking links to PDFs of the dossier hosted elsewhere. … Read more