How to report an Instagram story: A quick guide – Times of India

Introduction Instagram allows users to report a post if they find it offensive or unacceptable to be shared on social media. Social media platforms, including Instagram, offer multiple ways to report offensive content, which could be a message, post, story or account. However, it is up to the social media platform to judge whether the … Read more

Deleted a photo or video on Instagram by mistake? Here’s how you can recover it

Instagram allows users to post videos (reels) and photos to their account. However, sometimes you delete the media from the platform and later want to restore it. Fortunately the social media behemoth allows retrieving deleted media. Content you choose to delete is immediately removed from your account, but it is moved to the Recently deleted … Read more

Former employee tells why ‘newly-launched’ view count feature doesn’t make Twitter ‘alive’ – Times of India

Elon Musk announced earlier this week that Twitter’s View Count feature will show all users how many times a tweet has been seen. The CEO said the feature will show how much more alive Twitter is than it may seem. However, a former employee has claimed that the social media company tested the feature way … Read more

Government Blocked 104 YouTube Sites for Misinformation: Anurag Thakur

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Thakur said section 69A of the Information Technology Act provides for blocking of content … Read more

Meta removed 23 million pieces of harmful content on Facebook, Instagram in November – Times of India

Meta has announced that it took action against a total of 23 million pieces of harmful content created by Indians across its social media apps Facebook and Instagram in November. As per the company’s India Monthly Report, it removed about 19.52 million pieces of content on Facebook and over 3.39 million pieces of content on … Read more

Why Meta Took Down 2.29 Crore Posts on Facebook, Instagram in November

Social media giant Meta took action against more than 2.29 crore pieces of content created by Indian users on Facebook and Instagram in November, according to India Monthly Report released by the company on Thursday. The company took action on over 1.95 crore pieces of content on Facebook and 33.9 lakh pieces of content on … Read more

Lionel Messi’s FIFA World Cup Celebration Post Broke This Instagram Record

Football star Messi added another record to his name two days after he won the FIFA World Cup 2022 Argentina as a carousel of photographs commemorating the triumph has since surpassed all other posts on Instagram in terms of likes. The previous most-liked Instagram post was an image of an egg that received almost 56 … Read more

After the World Cup, Lionel Messi ‘wins’ Instagram as well – Times of India

Two days after winning the World Cup, there is a furious debate about whether Lionel Messi is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) footballer. That might or might not be true but Messi is certainly the GOAT on Instagram. Messi led Argentina to a hard-fought win over France in the 2022 World Cup final and … Read more

Reels in Review 2022 – Here are the top trends on Reels in India – Times of India

Meta has released its annual report, focusing on Reels, detailing the top trends on its platforms for the year. The report, titled “Reels in Review,” shows the increasing popularity of cricketers such as Surya Kumar Yadav and musicians like Shubh, as well as the enthusiasm for films like “Bhediya” and upcoming releases like “Pathaan,” and … Read more

Instagram’s new tool will help people regain access to their hacked accounts – Times of India

Instagram has a new way to combat increasing cybercrimes. The Meta-owned company has launched a new platform that can help users regain access to their accounts that have been hacked. The development comes a few weeks after multiple reports said that cybercriminals have been prowling on the social media website, luring users with fake cryptocurrency … Read more