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New Instagram feature allows users to rearrange posts on profile grid

  • Jun 9

Teen safety updates coming to Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

  • Jun 2

What are Instants? Instagram launches new feature

  • May 14
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James Comey indicted over controversial Instagram post

  • Apr 29

Jury awards $6 million in damages in landmark social media trial

  • Mar 26

Another Alysa Liu loses Instagram for sharing Olympic skater's name

  • Mar 13

Woman describes childhood social media addiction in court

  • Feb 27

Instagram to notify parents if teens 'repeatedly' search suicide

  • Feb 27

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Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta's Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social media platforms.

  • Feb 12

Facebook, Instagram pages disabled after being wrongly accused of 'child endangerment,' owners say

In cases the ABC7 I-Team looked into, social media account holders said that they were wrongly accused of "child endangerment" and their Facebook and or Instagram pages disappeared.

  • Feb 5
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TikTok settles as social media giants face landmark trial over youth addiction claims

TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff's attorneys confirmed. TikTok was one of three companies - along with Instagram and YouTube - facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.

  • Jan 27

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16, officials said.

  • Jan 16
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Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 million

Social media platforms must report monthly how many children's accounts they close once Australia begins enforcing its 16-year age limit next week.

  • Dec 5, 2025