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}}'''Instagram''' is a global social-media platform and subsidiary of [[Meta]] since 2012.<ref>https://about.fb.com/news/2012/04/facebook-to-acquire-instagram/</ref> Founded in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram focuses on sharing photos and videos. This content can take the form of a "reel", "post", or a "story". | }}'''[[wikipedia:Instagram|Instagram]]''' is a global social-media platform and subsidiary of [[Meta]] since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Apr 2012 |title=Facebook to Acquire Instagram |url=https://about.fb.com/news/2012/04/facebook-to-acquire-instagram/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 Mar 2025 |website=[[Meta]]}}</ref> Founded in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram focuses on sharing photos and videos. This content can take the form of a "reel", "post", or a "story". | ||
Reels: Short videos similar to the format popularized by TikTok. | Reels: Short videos similar to the format popularized by TikTok. | ||
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Moreover, Instagram has a direct messaging service and a live streaming service built in. | Moreover, Instagram has a direct messaging service and a live streaming service built in. | ||
=== | Instagram has been scrutinized for many consumer violations revolving around the extent of its data collection<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cuthberson |first=Anthony |date=18 Mar 2021 |title=Instagram is ‘most invasive app’, new study shows |url=https://www.the-independent.com/tech/instagram-invasive-app-privacy-facebook-b1818453.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 Mar 2025 |website=Independent}}</ref> and the use of said data. | ||
==Consumer-protection profile== | |||
=== | ===Privacy=== | ||
* | *On signup, Instagram collects details such as the user's name, email, phone number, and profile information.<ref name=":0">[https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388?utm_source=chatgpt.com Privacy Policy]</ref> | ||
* Instagram | *Through the use of the app, Instagram collects the following:<ref name=":0" /> | ||
* | **Interactions including, likes, comments, posts, and direct messages. | ||
**Location Data. | |||
**Device Information. | |||
**Usage Data. | |||
**Content Data including metadata from photos and videos. | |||
**Information from messages including the people the user interacts with the types of messages the user sends. | |||
*Instagram shares data to 3rd parties including advertisers directly and through Meta.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
*Instagram will share data with law enforcement if legally compelled.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
*Instagram will analyze messages for the purpose of detecting spam, harassment, or abusive content. | |||
*Instagram uses user data to serve targeted advertisements to the user. | |||
=== | ===Transparency=== | ||
* Instagram | *The Instagram privacy policy states how most user data is collected and stored. | ||
* Instagram | *Instagram allows users to download a copy of their Data through their front-ends. | ||
* | *It is unclear how much information is collected from user to user messages. | ||
== | ===Freedom=== | ||
*Instagram messages are not end-to-end encrypted. | |||
*Instagram, as part of Meta, has a forced arbitration clause in its terms of service. | |||
*Instagram has the ability to remove content without citing a reason. | |||
*Instagram is granted a license to use, distribute, modify, run, copy, display, and create derivative works of uploaded content.<ref name=":1">[https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870/ Terms of Service]</ref> | |||
== | ==Consumer-protection incidents== | ||
=== | ===Instagram shows gore and violence videos to select users (Feb. 2025)=== | ||
In what Instagram calls an "error", some users were shown videos of graphic death scenes and animal abuse in their Reels feed for about a day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milmo |first=Dan |date=2025-02-28 |title=Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/meta-apologises-over-flood-of-gore-violence-and-dead-bodies-on-instagram |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> | |||
This also serves as an example for the kind of content Meta staff has to review when flagged and raises questions about the mental health impact watching this type of content all day has on the workers tasked with content moderation. | |||
== References == | ===Instagram allows AI to be trained on user data (Mar. 2023)=== | ||
In March 2023, Instagram updated its Terms of Service to allow them to use collected data to train artificial intelligence.<ref name=":1" /> This data includes uploaded photos and videos and the creators were not given compensation. This new TOS was mandatory to accept to continue using the platform. | |||
Opt-out was available in regions where this was legally required, but involved a ridiculously complicated process using a variety of [[Dark pattern|dark patterns]] to dissuade users from taking Meta up on the offer. The form included a freeform text box where the user had to explain their reasons for opting out and suggested that all requests would be manually reviewed and reserved the right to reject the user's wishes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grinkevičius |first=Paulius |date=2024-05-28 |title=Meta uses your data to train AI, and it doesn't want you to opt out |url=https://cybernews.com/tech/meta-trains-ai-on-your-data/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=cybernews}}</ref> | |||
===New iOS Camera Activity Indicator shows camera activity at unexpected moments (2020–2022)=== | |||
Some users reported their camera being accessed while they were not using a feature of the app that ordinarily involves taking pictures or videos. This was revealed by a new indicator in iOS 14 and the same thing was repeated when Android 12 introduced a similar indicator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why does Instagram use my camera whenever i exit the app? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/s85mv2/why_does_instagram_use_my_camera_whenever_i_exit/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why is Instagram accessing my camera at unexpected moments ? (The new privacy feature from Android 12 shows a red dot at the top right when an app is accessing sensitive hardware) |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Instagram/comments/qiyofe/why_is_instagram_accessing_my_camera_at/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram weirdly accessing camera? (more in first comment) |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Instagram/comments/ssqeyi/instagram_weirdly_accessing_camera_more_in_first/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> | |||
In a separate incident '''[I think November 2022]''', users reported suddenly seeing their camera feed behind the Instagram interface when scrolling their feed or interacting with posts '''[SOURCES NEEDED – very difficult to find the reports on this].''' | |||
Instagram claimed that nothing was recorded in these instances. Their responses never addressed concerns that the camera feed might be used for things like analysing the face for emotional reaction to ads, recording location information or similar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Becker |first=Leo |date=2020-07-27 |title=Unerwünschter iPhone-Kamerazugriff: Instagram verweist auf Bug |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Unerwuenschter-iPhone-Kamerazugriff-Instagram-verweist-auf-Bug-4855850.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Heise Online [German]}}</ref> | |||
===Instagram uses personal data for advertisements without proper consent (Nov. 2020)=== | |||
===Controversy regarding the data privacy of minors (Mar. 2019)=== | |||
===Meta shares personal data from millions without consent. (Mar. 2018)=== | |||
==References== | |||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category:Instagram]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:36, 9 April 2025
Instagram
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Social Media |
| Official website | https://www.instagram.com/ |
Instagram is a global social-media platform and subsidiary of Meta since 2012.[1] Founded in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram focuses on sharing photos and videos. This content can take the form of a "reel", "post", or a "story".
Reels: Short videos similar to the format popularized by TikTok.
Posts: A collection of images or videos.
Stories: A temporary post that allows photos, videos, and text.
Moreover, Instagram has a direct messaging service and a live streaming service built in.
Instagram has been scrutinized for many consumer violations revolving around the extent of its data collection[2] and the use of said data.
Consumer-protection profile[edit | edit source]
Privacy[edit | edit source]
- On signup, Instagram collects details such as the user's name, email, phone number, and profile information.[3]
- Through the use of the app, Instagram collects the following:[3]
- Interactions including, likes, comments, posts, and direct messages.
- Location Data.
- Device Information.
- Usage Data.
- Content Data including metadata from photos and videos.
- Information from messages including the people the user interacts with the types of messages the user sends.
- Instagram shares data to 3rd parties including advertisers directly and through Meta.[3]
- Instagram will share data with law enforcement if legally compelled.[3]
- Instagram will analyze messages for the purpose of detecting spam, harassment, or abusive content.
- Instagram uses user data to serve targeted advertisements to the user.
Transparency[edit | edit source]
- The Instagram privacy policy states how most user data is collected and stored.
- Instagram allows users to download a copy of their Data through their front-ends.
- It is unclear how much information is collected from user to user messages.
Freedom[edit | edit source]
- Instagram messages are not end-to-end encrypted.
- Instagram, as part of Meta, has a forced arbitration clause in its terms of service.
- Instagram has the ability to remove content without citing a reason.
- Instagram is granted a license to use, distribute, modify, run, copy, display, and create derivative works of uploaded content.[4]
Consumer-protection incidents[edit | edit source]
Instagram shows gore and violence videos to select users (Feb. 2025)[edit | edit source]
In what Instagram calls an "error", some users were shown videos of graphic death scenes and animal abuse in their Reels feed for about a day.[5]
This also serves as an example for the kind of content Meta staff has to review when flagged and raises questions about the mental health impact watching this type of content all day has on the workers tasked with content moderation.
Instagram allows AI to be trained on user data (Mar. 2023)[edit | edit source]
In March 2023, Instagram updated its Terms of Service to allow them to use collected data to train artificial intelligence.[4] This data includes uploaded photos and videos and the creators were not given compensation. This new TOS was mandatory to accept to continue using the platform.
Opt-out was available in regions where this was legally required, but involved a ridiculously complicated process using a variety of dark patterns to dissuade users from taking Meta up on the offer. The form included a freeform text box where the user had to explain their reasons for opting out and suggested that all requests would be manually reviewed and reserved the right to reject the user's wishes.[6]
New iOS Camera Activity Indicator shows camera activity at unexpected moments (2020–2022)[edit | edit source]
Some users reported their camera being accessed while they were not using a feature of the app that ordinarily involves taking pictures or videos. This was revealed by a new indicator in iOS 14 and the same thing was repeated when Android 12 introduced a similar indicator.[7][8][9]
In a separate incident [I think November 2022], users reported suddenly seeing their camera feed behind the Instagram interface when scrolling their feed or interacting with posts [SOURCES NEEDED – very difficult to find the reports on this].
Instagram claimed that nothing was recorded in these instances. Their responses never addressed concerns that the camera feed might be used for things like analysing the face for emotional reaction to ads, recording location information or similar.[10]
Instagram uses personal data for advertisements without proper consent (Nov. 2020)[edit | edit source]
Controversy regarding the data privacy of minors (Mar. 2019)[edit | edit source]
[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Facebook to Acquire Instagram". Meta. 9 Apr 2012. Retrieved 17 Mar 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Cuthberson, Anthony (18 Mar 2021). "Instagram is 'most invasive app', new study shows". Independent. Retrieved 17 Mar 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Privacy Policy
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Terms of Service
- ↑ Milmo, Dan (2025-02-28). "Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ Grinkevičius, Paulius (2024-05-28). "Meta uses your data to train AI, and it doesn't want you to opt out". cybernews. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ↑ "Why does Instagram use my camera whenever i exit the app?". Reddit. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Why is Instagram accessing my camera at unexpected moments ? (The new privacy feature from Android 12 shows a red dot at the top right when an app is accessing sensitive hardware)". Reddit. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Instagram weirdly accessing camera? (more in first comment)". Reddit. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Becker, Leo (2020-07-27). "Unerwünschter iPhone-Kamerazugriff: Instagram verweist auf Bug". Heise Online [German]. Retrieved 2025-03-18.