The Meta GWI beauty report 2023 reveals a fascinating narrative of how Instagram reels, influencers, and Meta's vast reach have redefined consumer behaviour. From discovering products to making weekly purchases, the screen has become the new shopping cart.

Meta's role in the surge of online beauty & fashion buying

WION's Business Desk brings you this daily round up of global stories from the world of business and economy. Instagram reels reshape beauty, fashion shopping landscape in India: Meta GWI Beauty Report According to a new Meta GWI Beauty Report for 2023, Instagram Reels have a significant influence on Indian consumers' decisions about beauty products.

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Instagram is working on a new feature that will allow users to turn off read receipts in Instagram DMs.

Instagram testing new feature to turn off read receipts in direct messages

Instagram is one of the most popular apps. To make it more attractive, the company is adding new features to the platform. Here's a look into the upcoming features of Instagram.

Did you know about these new Instagram features?

Selena Gomez is done with social media. A few days after Selena announced her break from Instagram, the actress revealed that she was going to delete the Meta-owned platform over the backlash she received on her decision to take a break from social media due to the Hamas-Israel war.

Israel-Hamas war I Selena Gomez is deleting Instagram after backlash: Do not support what's going on

There's a new member in the one billion-user club. We are talking about Linkedin, the job-focused social network platform. The Microsoft-owned platform now has over 1 billion members, putting it in the league of Facebook & Instagram.

Linkedin crosses 1 billion users | World Business Watch

Meta said it has blocked a prominent pro-Palestinian account on Instagram citing security reasons. Eye on Palestine (@eye.on.palestine), which has more than 6 million followers and is popular among Palestine supporters, was not available as of Thursday (Oct 26).

Meta blocks pro-Palestine account on Instagram, users accuse it of shadowbanning

Adam Mosseri, the CEO of Meta-owned Instagram, has revealed that the firm is testing a new feed that resembles the X-like feed and shows users material from paying subscribers, or Meta Verified. Instagram users would be able to filter their feeds to only display content from Meta Verified accounts thanks to this functionality.

Meta verified users to soon get their own feed on Instagram

Instagram announces new feature only for Meta-verified users, to get personalised feed

Dozens of US states, on Tuesday (Oct 24) filed a lawsuit against Instagram’s parent company Meta alleging that the social media platform contributes to the youth mental health crisis, is profiting “from children’s pain,” and misleading people about the safety of its platforms.

Over 30 US states sue Meta, accusing it of fuelling a youth mental health crisis

Noah Schnapp best known for playing Will Byers in Stranger Things has spoken out in support of Israel amid the country's ongoing war with Hamas. Noha took to Instagram to write a long note and said he wants peace for both Palestinians and Israelis.

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp slams pro-Hamas supporters on social media

Meta landed itself in a huge controversy after what it dubbed a bug resulted in online mayhem wherein the word "terrorists” was inserted into the profile bios of some Palestinians on the social media platform Instagram, media reports said adding that the tech giant has since issued an apology.

Instagram lands in controversy as Palestinians' bio adds 'terrorists' on translation

Meta has announced some new Instagram features that will soon be available for users. The company, which recently conducted the Delhi edition of Instagram University, aims to make the experience simpler and better for users.

Coming soon: Meta teases new Instagram features

The Federal Reserve Board opened up its Threads and Instagram accounts on Monday in an effort to make its news and instructional materials more easily accessible. Chair Jerome H. Powell will make a little greeting video the first post on Instagram. Instagram posts typically consist of images, videos, answers to frequently asked questions, information for economic education, and more.

From Secrecy To Sharing: FED's Instagram journey

On Meta platforms such as Instagram and Facebook users are constantly bombarded with sponsored posts and advertisements only to capitalize on the vast global reach that Meta enjoys. The platform is now exploring a plan that could make users in the European Union shell out as much as $14 to access ad-free versions of Instagram or Facebook. Would you be willing to pay that much money to avoid ads?

Would you agree to personalised ads for the free version?

Advertisements on Instagram can severely influence the perception of teenage girls about their own bodies and force them to undertake appearance-altering measures, research published in the Journal of Psychology has claimed.

Instagram ads might lead teen girls to undertake appearance-altering measures: Report

Britain urged Meta not to roll out end-to-end encryption on Instagram and Facebook Messenger without safety measures to protect children from sexual abuse after the Online Safety Bill was passed by parliament.

UK urges Meta not to roll out end-to-end encryption on Messenger and Instagram

In a chilling incident, a 37-year-old man in Lucknow, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, strangled his wife of 15 years to death in front of their two children inside his SUV.

India: Man strangulates wife in front of kids, was jealous of her Instagram followers

In a shocking incident, a man in Bosnia shot dead his ex-wife and streamed the killing live on his Instagram account. While on the run, he killed two other people before killing himself on Friday to avoid being apprehended, the Associated Press reported citing police.

Bosnia: Man kills ex-wife, livestreams slaying on Instagram, ends life to evade arrest

Recently, I had a conversation with someone grappling with major depressive disorder (MDD). This person had consciously chosen to steer clear of both Instagram, which she branded as a cult of aesthetics, and X, which she completely dismissed as a mere megaphone for the uninformed.

How social media is leading us down toxic rabbit holes of endless scrolling

Popular social media platform, Meta-owned Instagram, suffered a massive outage Tuesday (July 25) globally, a record third time in a month. Reports said more than 50,000 users faced problems while accessing several features on Instagram.

Instagram down! Popular Meta platform suffers outage again, third within a month

In a report, Meta's app, threads app has a depleting number of active users. While the signup rate was high after Meta's app was launched, it has now hit a speed breaker.

Threads loses half of its active users in one week: Report

Threads touched a hundred million users in less than five days of its launch but the buzz around the app only meant to last a fortnight. The question which arises now is - does the app have something more than there is to offer? Can it beat Twitter?

One week of the threads: What's the USP?

Meta's newest offering threads is on a dream run. The social media platform, which is being called 'twitter killer', has now got over 100 million users in just 5 days. It has now beaten open AI's ChatGPT to reach the milestone in the quickest time.

Threads fastest to 100 mn users | World Business News

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