The social media platform, Instagram, confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch on Friday that stories under 60 seconds won't be posted in different fractions of 15-second clips, in an update intended for users all over the world. .
Besides the flood of Reels, many Instagram users were angered by the amount of "recommended" content appearing on their feeds from accounts they don’t follow, an issue that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced will only increase going forward. The social media app has gone as far as resembling its Reels to look like TikTok's full-screen display of videos which some users found both an irritating change and a controversial move.
Its updates have not been going much on an upward track for its users, as Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said Monday that it fined Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc
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