Instagram starts rolling out option to prevent photo embedding

What the menu looks like without the embed option (Source: Petapixel)

Instagram has begun rolling out the option for its users to prevent others from embedding their posts. The change comes after repeated requests from the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA) to remedy this issue. 

ASMP General Counsel Thomas Maddrey sent a letter (signed by six other organizations) to Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. They were informed of what the ASMP called "the rampant problem" of third parties using the embedding feature to bypass copyright protections. Now, Instagram acceded to the request, giving its users the option to let others embed their works. It's first rolling out in the US but will get global support in 2022.

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This is how Instagram plans to bring back the chronological feed

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Instagram's head Adam Mosseri shared more details about the social media site's plan to bring back its chronological feed. In a Q&A on his Instagram Story released on Friday, he said the company is experimenting with two versions of the feature, which it is targeting to release "early next year."

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Instagram says it's working to bring back the chronological feed sometime in early 2022

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Ever miss the days of seeing your Instagram feed in chronological order? You might finally get your wish. Instagram's head Adam Mosseri claims the company is actively working on bringing the chronological feed option back into the app. Mosseri testified before the US Congress today, which focused on the app's impact on children. A topic that keeps resurfacing is how addictive it could be for users. One aspect that makes it that way is the algorithm, which surfaces what you want to see (or what it thinks you want to see).

Mosseri said that Instagram has been "actively working on" bringing a chronological option "for months," and it hopes to launch the feature sometime "in the first quarter of next year." If you used Instagram before 2016, you have seen your feed in chronological order. It was that year when the company switched to the algorithmic option. 

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Instagram starts rolling out live test of 60-second Stories

Instagram was spotted testing longer videos for its Stories. And now, it looks like a live test is being conducted. If this feature goes live, longer clips shared in the Stories will no longer be split into 15-second segments.  According to Instagram, the company is testing this option with a small group of users. The goal is to streamline the app's different video tools and functions, which Social Media Today pointed out will need to compete against TikTok.