Instagram will evolve into a TikTok-like service, with push into video content

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Facebook plans to test a suite of changes to Instagram that could make the social media platform much more like TikTok in form, with an emphasis on recommended video content.Credit: Solen FeyissaSpecifically, the company plans to start showing full-screen, recommended videos in a user’s primary feed, Facebook’s Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a Twitter video on Wednesday, as …

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Federal judge blocks Florida social media law, cites First Amendment

By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) In a blow to conservative efforts to wrangle social media companies, a federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Florida law that would penalize firms like Facebook and Twitter for “de-platforming” or silencing politicians.Scheduled to go into effect on Thursday, SB 7072 placed prohibitions on tech companies that ban or “de-platform” political candidates and news outlets from their services. The measure, a groundbreaking piece of legislation, saddles offenders with daily fines, opens the door to direct litigation from users, and creates an antitrust blacklist.U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle of the Northern District of Florida put the law on hold by issuing a preliminary injunction and in an order suggested the legislation would be found …

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