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Meta reaches $18 billion of settlements over children's social media addiction

Meta agreed for the next decade to restrict teenagers' use of Facebook and Instagram to two hours a day and block all usage from midnight to 6 a.m., absent parental consent.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Witness Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, leaves the courthouse, as Meta faces a landmark trial in federal court over claims from 29 states that the company illegally collected and used children's data in violation of federal law, in Oakland, California, US, August 25, 2026.

Instagram head Mosseri, at children's addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety feature

Social media and the algorithm move faster than facts and claims can be verified.

Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?

Ido Amiaz loses by TKO to Shimon Smotritsky in an unofficial boxing match in Tel Aviv after issuing a challenge to fight Zionists. August 18, 2026.

‘Come fight me Zios’: Anti-Israel influencer's boxing challenge ends in 40-second TKO


How to Go Viral on Instagram in 2025


Flashes - the new social network that wants to replace Instagram

Flashes is a new social network aiming to be the real alternative to Instagram. The app, recently launched on the Bluesky platform, offers a photo and video-sharing experience, but will it succeed?

 Flashes

Meta blocks Gazan influencer Saleh Al Jafarawi's Instagram account

Throughout the Israel-Hamas War, Al Jafarawi has used his social media prominence to post about the Gaza war, lauding Hamas and praising the October 7 massacre. 

 Saleh Al Jafarawi.

Instagram, TikTok flooded with misleading health posts, study reveals

Many posts exaggerated benefits without evidence; over two-thirds of promoters had financial interests, leading to biased information.

 Instagram, TikTok flooded with misleading health posts, study reveals. Illustration.

Ex-hostage Omer Wenkert’s first post since release: ‘I defeated the captivity’

"This path in all its layers, is my life and freedom,” Wenkert wrote.

 Freed hostage Omer Wenkert turned to Instagram to celebrate his freedom after captivity.

Love it, hate it: Instagram tests dislike button

The app has launched a button for testers that lets users express dissatisfaction with comments on posts and Reels, not the content itself.

 Instagram is trying to reduce negative discourse on the network

Israelis report the internet has become more violent since war began

Israel Internet Association finds that 73% of Israelis believe the war has increased online violence, with three-quarters now avoiding expressing opinions on social media.

 Hand using mobile smartphone with icon social media and social network.

Watch: Emily Damari captures moment Agam Berger en route to hospital

Former Hamas hostage posted to her Instagram story the moment the military helicopter that was carrying Agam Berger to the hospital.

 Emily Damari poses with a Tottenham Hotspurs scarf.

Instagram launches a competitor to CapCut: A new video editing app called Edits

Instagram unveils Edits – an advanced editing app designed to compete with CapCut, just as ByteDance's video app faces bans in the US. So, when can you download it?

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‘Hate can be an addiction’: Ex-neo-Nazi, Montana Tucker take to the streets

Former neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis and social media activist Montana Tucker took to the Santa Monica Pier on Holocaust Remembrance Day to talk to people about antisemitism and the Holocaust.

 Montana Tucker and Former Neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis Unite to Combat Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.