Users will fact-check Instagram and Facebook. Let’s just hope it works

Table of Contents Table of Contents How far can the damages go? This is not a fix for Meta’s problem A fundamentally problematic solution A month ago, Meta said it was ending its third-party fact-checking program, and said that it would rely on users to flag misinformation. Today, the company has announced Community Notes, which … Read more

Instagram users may soon dislike comments secretly

If you saw a new button next to the like button in the comments section of Instagram for a short while, your eyes didn’t deceive you. Instagram is testing the dislike button, which will allow users to dislike certain comments without anyone knowing you did so. Threads user @crystalotv shared a screenshot on the platform … Read more

Instagram will broadcast the Reels you like to everyone. I dread it.

Table of Contents Table of Contents Likes and the price for intimacy Safe haven, no longer TikTok is currently staring at an existential crisis. If the Presidential miracle doesn’t come through and the social media site shuts down in the US on January 19th, a social media exodus is imminent. I’ve seen that happen in … Read more

Generative-AI-powered video editing is coming to Instagram

Bryan M. Wolfe / Digital Trends Editing your Instagram videos will soon be as simple as typing out a text prompt, thanks to a new generative AI tool the company hopes to release in 2025, CEO Adam Mosseri announced Thursday. The upcoming tool, which leverages Meta’s Movie Gen model, will enable users to “change nearly … Read more