Meta’s popular social network Instagram is in the process of developing a feature that will provide convenience to its users. Share your posts on ‘Stream’ only with your closest circle of friends.
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This innovation will give users more control over the privacy of their content by providing the option to restrict access to posts to a specific group of people.
The social network already offers people the ability to create a personalized ‘Best Friends’ list, aimed at making it easier to share content privately with the people closest to them.
This functionality has been particularly popular in stories and reels that only list members have access to.
But, Instagram has decided to take this feature one step further and expand it to general ‘feed’.
Users who gained access to this new feature shared their experiences on social networks, especially X (formerly Twitter). According to them, Instagram has started testing the ‘Best Friends’ feature on certain profiles and provided the option to post with this group during the publishing process.
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The feature in question It’s available in a new section in the post settings called ‘Audience’, which is visible before sharing. Users can choose to share their post with all their followers or restrict the post to just their ‘Best Friends’ list.
A spokesperson for Meta, Instagram’s parent company, told ‘TechCrunch’ that they are testing this functionality in “select countries” to allow people to share their posts with close friends.
They also emphasized that they are constantly exploring new ways to allow users in the Instagram community to express themselves and connect with each other.
In response to European Union (EU) data protection regulations, Meta is developing plans to introduce payment options on Facebook and Instagram that will allow EU users to have an ad-free experience.
In this way, Mark Zuckerberg aims to comply with the policies established by the EU and comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA), which came into force on August 25 and bans some data collection and ad serving methods. about personal information of minors.
The need to comply with EU regulations is also reflected in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and a recent decision by the EU Court of Justice limiting Facebook’s access to user website search data.
‘Sources close to Meta, quoted by The New York Times, announced that this subscription option for payment plans is intended to allow EU users to use these platforms without advertising.
*This content was prepared based on information received from Europa Press with the help of artificial intelligence and reviewed by the journalist and editor.
Source: Exame
