Instagram users may see a new change coming to the social media platform soon. The company is testing "ad breaks" that force you to stop and look at an advertisement briefly before users can continue ...

Instagram seems to be getting more ads, and these are even worse than the old ones. Credit: picture alliance/getty images Meta's Instagram has concocted a new way to keep you from doomscrolling, but ...

Today isn’t a great day for users of Meta apps. Mark Zuckerberg has told us to expect a “huge corpus” of AI content in Facebook and Instagram, while the company’s CFO Susan Li has said that ads in ...

Instagram is testing a new feature that would make it impossible for users to skip an ad. And it may just be the way some Instagram-obsessed users solve their addiction. Instagram confirmed to ...

Instagram has been testing one of its most controversial features yet: unskippable ads. The new feature, called Ad Breaks, will interrupt the user's browsing experience for 3-5 seconds before they can ...

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Subscriptions for user opting not to see personalised ads on its platforms will start from £2.99 a month for UK users.

Meta’s court filing in an FTC case shows that in 2021 Instagram’s ad revenue topped $32 billion, compared to $28.8 billion for YouTube. Meta’s court filing in an FTC case shows that in 2021 ...

As French police, government officials and top executives at the Louvre Museum continue to scratch their heads over how thieves managed to brazenly steal priceless jewelry in broad daylight, a German ...