"Instagram rolled out Instants globally on May 13, a disappearing-photo feature built directly into the app's direct-message inbox - and within 24 hours, child-safety organizations were telling parents to disable it. The timing was notable: the launch arrived two weeks after the European Commission issued preliminary findings that Meta violated the Digital Services Act by failing to keep children under 13 off Instagram and Facebook, with a potential fine reaching 6% of Meta's total global annual turnover."
"A small stack of photos sits in the bottom-right corner of the Instagram inbox. Tapping it opens the camera. Taking a photo sends it - with no preview, no filter option, and no editing step. Recipients can view the photo once before it disappears; anything unopened expires after 24 hours. A standalone Instants companion app launched the same day in select countries on iOS and Android, giving users direct camera access without opening Instagram at all."
"The most consequential detail in Instants is also the one most users will overlook. The feature defaults to sharing with "Friends," which Instagram defines as all mutual followers - every account a user follows that also follows them back. Close Friends, the tighter list most users associate with private sharing, is a separate option that must be manually selected before the shutter is pressed."
Instagram rolled out Instants globally on May 13 as a disappearing-photo feature inside the direct-message inbox. Within 24 hours, child-safety organizations urged parents to disable it. The launch followed European Commission preliminary findings that Meta violated the Digital Services Act by failing to keep children under 13 off Instagram and Facebook, with potential fines up to 6% of global annual turnover. Instants lets users capture and send photos without preview, filters, or editing, and recipients can view once before expiration. Unopened photos expire after 24 hours. A companion standalone app also launched in select countries and quickly reached top rankings. The feature’s default audience is mutual followers, not Close Friends, requiring manual selection for tighter sharing.
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