We’re launching best practices, a new section in the Instagram professional dashboard, to give creators the information they need to optimize their content. The post Introducing Best Practices, an Education Hub for Creators on Instagram appeared first on Meta ..read more

Teen Accounts limit who can contact teens and the content they see, and help ensure their time is well spent. The post Introducing Instagram Teen Accounts: Built-In Protections for Teens, Peace of Mind for Parents appeared first on Meta ..read more

We’re rolling out AI Studio, a place for people to create, share and discover AIs to chat with – no tech skills required. The post Create Your Own Custom AI With AI Studio appeared first on Meta ..read more

Today, we are launching new stickers in Instagram Stories, giving you more ways to connect with friends over the things you care about most. Whether you want to share your favorite song of the day or create your own custom stickers from your photos or videos, we hope these new tools inspire you to get creative in Stories.  Share Your Favorite Songs With Add Yours Music Combining the fun of the Add Yours feature with the music sticker, the Add Yours Music sticker allows you to share a song that fits your mood with your followers, who can add their music too.   Click to view slid ..read more

Today, we are excited to announce a number of new DM features to help you better connect with friends, express yourself, and organize your inbox. Edit Your Messages Whether it’s a typo or something just doesn’t sound right, you can now edit messages up to 15 minutes after sending. To make a change, press and hold on the sent message, then choose “edit” from the dropdown menu. Click to view slideshow. Pin Chats to Top of Inbox For chats you have with your best friends or family, or simply ones you want at the top of your inbox, soon you’ll be able to pin up to three group or 1:1 chats for easy ..read more

From branded content to partnership ads, Instagram is one of the best places for brands and creators to collaborate, and now, we’re making it even easier to work together. In 2022, we began testing the creator marketplace in the US, a tool for  brands and creators to connect and collaborate around partnership opportunities. Since then, we’ve introduced new features and onboarded thousands of creators and brands in the US to creator marketplace. Now, we’re expanding the creator marketplace to eight new markets. Over the next few weeks, we plan to invite creators and brands based in Canada ..read more

We want teens to have safe, age-appropriate experiences on our apps. We’ve developed more than 30 tools and features to help support teens and their parents, and we’ve spent over a decade developing policies and technology to address content and behavior that breaks our rules. Earlier this month, we announced new steps to further limit teens’ ability to see potentially sensitive content on Instagram and Facebook, as well as new nudges to encourage teens to close Instagram at night. Today, we’re announcing more steps to help protect teens from unwanted contact, and to make it simpler for paren ..read more

We want teens to have safe, age-appropriate experiences on our apps. We’ve developed more than 30 tools and resources to support teens and their parents, and we’ve spent over a decade developing policies and technology to address content that breaks our rules or could be seen as sensitive. Today, we’re announcing additional protections that are focused on the types of content teens see on Instagram and Facebook.  New Content Policies for Teens We regularly consult with experts in adolescent development, psychology and mental health to help make our platforms safe and age-appropriate for ..read more

We’re always trying to build the best tools to help creators express their creativity, connect with their audiences and feel supported on our apps. Today we’re sharing a number of improvements to reels, feed photos, carousels, and stories, as well as new insights to help you better understand how your content is performing.  Key updates: Save time editing your videos with new tools like undo and redo that make it easier to edit individual clips Make new memes by adding clips with audio to your reels from our new media clip hub Flex your creativity with new text-to-speech voices and upda ..read more

Today we’re sharing updates on several products across Facebook and Instagram to help creators make money. Testing a New Bonus This Holiday Season We’re testing a new invite-only holiday bonus on Instagram for creators in the United States, South Korea and Japan. The holiday bonus will reward creators for sharing their creativity through reels and photos (both single image posts and carousels). Select creators will be invited to test this new bonus until the end of the year. Creators who receive an invitation can activate the holiday bonus to begin monetizing. Creators will earn based on the ..read more