Instagram: Difference between revisions
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===Meta shares personal data from millions without consent. (Mar. 2018)=== | ===Meta shares personal data from millions without consent. (Mar. 2018)=== | ||
=== API restrictions (June 2016) === | |||
Starting with June 2016, Instagram imposed restrictions on their API that made it difficult for third-party front ends and search engines to work.<ref>[https://zeldman.com/2016/06/04/instagram-third-party-developers-drop-dead/ Instagram to third-party developers: drop dead]</ref><ref>[https://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/02/instagram-third-party-apps-websites-dead/ Third-Party Instagram Apps and Websites Cease to Work - Mac Rumors]</ref> Third-party tools like Hashtag Pirate had searching capabilities well beyond Instagram's built-in search tool, such as filtering by multiple tags and limiting by media type (photo or video).<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.10.24-183022/https://web.archive.org/web/20171112094946/http://hashtagpirate.com/news/instagram-blocked-access/ Instagram blocked access] - Hashtag Pirate, June 3, 2016</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||