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Over the years, Meta-owned apps have faced their fair share of backlash over concerns regarding their shady privacy practices. Instagram has certainly not been exempt from this. Now, the company is ...

Many people rely on Instagram for communications with its instant chat via the DMs (direct messages) and there is now a way to take your DM game up a notch with the latest feature that allows ...

Instagram today announced several updates for direct messages on its platform, including location sharing, nicknames, new sticker packs, and more. There's now an option to share a live location with a ...

Now you can pick a specific time and date to send memes to your friends. Now you can pick a specific time and date to send memes to your friends. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, ...

Instagram is still thought of as a feed of algorithmically-suggested photos first and foremost, but the app is also pretty popular for messaging, too. If you want to take some of the stress out of ...

New features like translations and music sharing will slide into your Instagram DMs starting today. New features like translations and music sharing will slide into your Instagram DMs starting today.

LONDON, UK — Instagram said it's deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media ...

Threads users who want a direct messaging feature might be getting one they didn't exactly ask for. Meta is testing a sort of DM feature in which users can send messages, but only to Instagram users.

Instagram will automatically blur nude images in direct messages sent to users under 18 by default and encourage adult users through a notification to turn on the ...