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Instagram is developing a feature that will allow users to remove themselves from someone's "Close Friends" list, Meta told TechCrunch on Friday. The company says the feature is still in the early stages and is not being tested publicly yet. The social network's Close Friends feature lets users share Stories, Reels, and posts with a select group of people, rather than their entire follower base.

Hey there! After so many years of celebrating my birthday as Guy, Fieri said in the video. I figured this year I'd celebrate it as just a guy. Happy birthday to me!

Even though white supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes is officially banned from Instagram, his fans are reposting clips of his misogynist, racist, and neo-Nazi content, garnering millions of views, according to Media Matters. The media watchdog organization said that a network of Fuentes' fans, who call themselves "groypers," have been uploading clips of Fuentes' videos. While the video-sharing platform TikTok has banned searches for "Nick Fuentes" and "groyper," Instagram allows such searches.

The FTC said Tuesday it will appeal the November ruling in favor of Meta in its antitrust case against the social media giant. The FTC said it continues to allege that, for more than a decade, Meta Platforms Inc. has "illegally maintained a monopoly" in social networking through anticompetitive conduct "by buying the significant competitive threats it identified in Instagram and WhatsApp."

Instagram is testing out new tweaks that emphasize friends. It also has a new definition of friends: People who mutually follow each other. The Instagram test involves changing a user's "following" count on a profile to a "friends" count. That means if you follow thousands of people, but maybe only a few hundred of those people follow you back, that'll show up as your "friends" count.

Taking to Instagram over the weekend, Niedzwiecki shared a series of images of the pair over the last year. He captioned the images: "A year captured in moments together. I can't wait for all the years to come." The first image sees the pair standing in front of a vintage-looking car covered in white flowers. Niedzwiecki then shared images of the pair at various events and moments.

New data collected by influencer marketing platform Heepsy examined 51 major international airports and their popularity on social media, finding that Singapore Changi Airport has the greatest combined Instagram reach through hashtags, posts and followers. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 With nearly 1 million hashtags, 224k posts and 509k followers, Singapore Changi Airport has the highest Instagram reach (1.7 million) out of the top 10 most popular airports on social media.

One of the biggest shifts in 2025 was how quickly everyday moments turned into shared cultural moments.

"While I know it can be tempting to use more, a few specific tags actually perform better than a long list of generic ones," Mosseri says on his "Instagram advice" channel. "Quality over quantity is key."

Chris and I have made the difficult decision to end our marriage after 7 years. We love each other very much and will continue to focus on raising our son. We would appreciate people respecting our privacy at this time. blah blah blah not because I dropped some lbs and thought I could bag a basket ball player and not because he's a hot James beard award winning chef who can still pull some hot tail. Amicable and all love and respect! Family forever.

Instagram replaced the 'swipe-up for more' link option from stories with a link sticker. Previously, the Instagram Stories links swipe-up feature could only be used by accounts with over 10K Instagram followers. But now, any Instagram account, regardless of its size, can add a link to Instagram Stories. So you don't have to be an influencer or have verified accounts to take advantage of the Instagram link sticker feature.

"Christmas came early," she gushed in the caption and included a red heart. "I'm overjoyed to share that our baby girl - Della Rose Kwan - has arrived!" She continued, "My heart doubled in an instant the moment I held her in my arms, and watching my daughter walk into the hospital to meet her baby sister brought tears to my eyes."

Instagram has introduced one of its most requested features: the ability to reshare public Stories directly to your own Story, even when you were not tagged in the original post. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the update on Threads, confirming that the new tool, called "Add to Story", is now available worldwide on both iOS and Android. The update marks a significant shift in how content moves across Instagram, finally giving users a streamlined, native way to amplify Stories created by public accounts.

As reported by 404 Media, Instagram is now experimenting with AI-generated SEO titles for users' posts-without those users' input or permission. Take this post for example: Author Jeff VanderMeer uploaded a short video of rabbits eating a banana to his Instagram. The video was posted as-is: There was no caption, location tag, or any other public-facing information. It's just a couple of rabbits having a bite.

As a mark of pure intent, going Instagram official has become a firmly entrenched dating marker. To post a picture of you and your new partner on Instagram on the grid, mind you, not hiding behind the cowardice of a story is to not only declare that you are in love, but also that you are confident enough in your future to share it with the world.

The social media platform now allows users to reshare Stories shared by public profiles to their own Instagram Story. "IG update just dropped: you can now reshare Stories from public accounts to your own Story," Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday, December 8. The update-which is as simple as clicking "Add to Story" after selecting which public Story you'd like to share-has been met with praise from users across the platform.

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau have launched their relationship on Instagram, after the singer posted a photo of the pair smiling cheek to cheek and a video of them eating sushi together while in Japan. Perry's post appeared to confirm the pair are in a relationship, after months of speculation about a possible romance between her and the former Canadian prime minister.

New York City is endlessly photogenic and a recent study has the data to prove it. Covers.com editor-in-chief James Bisson analyzed millions of Instagram posts and confirmed what locals already know. Five of America's twenty most photographed places are right here in the city, more than any other town in the country. While Disneyland and Walt Disney World take the top two spots, Central Park is the number three most photographed place in the country with 8.47 million tagged posts.

Nearly six years after the coronavirus pandemic began, Meta-owned Instagram is bringing its employees back into the office for a full five days a week. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the news to staff in a Monday memo that was then published by journalist Alex Heath's Sources newsletter - Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton confirmed its veracity to SFGATE. The five-day order, just for employees under Mosseri, goes into effect Feb. 2, giving employees a couple of more months with their current three-day mandate.