Meta's Threads app connects deeply with your Instagram presence, sharing everything from login credentials to privacy ...

Instagram Threads will begin testing video ads, Meta announced on Thursday. The test, which will make Threads look more like its competitor X, is an expansion of Threads’ advertising initiatives, ...

Threads is going deeper into the fediverse, the interconnected social platform ecosystem based on an open protocol called ActivityPub that includes apps such as Mastodon and BookWyrm. Instagram head ...

Threads adds its own DM inbox. It won't link to Instagram messages. Testing starts in three countries. Meta is rolling out a direct messaging feature just for Threads that, importantly, won't connect ...

Instagram Threads is rolling out users’ most-requested feature to date: the ability to message people directly, without having to switch to another app, like Instagram. The company said direct ...

Threads and Instagram are continuing to decouple. Meta's social network has updated its Hidden Words setting to make it separate from Instagram. Prior to this update, users had one global Hidden Words ...

Meta is testing a new way to create an account on Threads that will require a Facebook account to authenticate the login and base their profile on. This is not yet available to users as the option ...

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Meta is under fire from parents after photos of young girls in school uniforms were reportedly used in ads designed to get ...

Nearly two years after launching Threads, Meta is finally giving in to users on one of the most requested features for the service: direct messaging. The company is beginning to test a dedicated inbox ...

Up to five links can now be added to Threads profiles. Up to five links can now be added to Threads profiles. is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess ...