Instagram also pushes its disappearing messages feature to teenagers with an animated reward as an incentive to use it. Disappearing messages can be dangerous for minors and are used for drug sales and grooming, “and leave the minor account with no recourse,” according to the report.

Tech founders took to X to dunk on Meta's new Vibes feature, calling it "AI slop" and a new way to get vulnerable users hooked on mindless content.

Esperanza Gomez, who has over 5 million followers on Instagram, said Meta's decision to close her account affected her ability to work.

He has said his online safety bill, known as KOSA, would hold companies like Meta accountable and make more safety settings available on social platforms.

Those who don't want to pay can keep using Facebook and Instagram with ads. The change comes after regulators in Europe fined Meta for how it handles personal data in its advertising business. Earlier this year,

Zuckerberg and his AI chief Alexandr Wang revealed the new product on social media Thursday, with posts encouraging users to create their own videos, “remix” those of others or, in Wang’s words, “just scroll.” The feed replaces the app’s previous Discover feed, where users could see how other people interact with Meta’s chatbot.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday that the once-humble photo-sharing app, which he had the foresight to buy for a mere $1 billion in 2012, now has more than 3 billion active users. That's an extraordinary achievement, and not just because Instagram had barely cracked 30 million monthly active users at sale time.

Despite several reports around town, a public relations firm says Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is not affiliated with a $12 billion proposed data center project near New Carlisle. “Meta is not affiliated with that project,