Threads was a kind of extension of Instagram when it launched in 2023. However, it has become an independent platform with new features in recent years. Meta recently updated Threads’ word filter ...

Meta is testing a new way to create an account on Threads that will require a Facebook account to authenticate the login and base their profile on. This is not yet available to users as the option ...

Instagram Threads is rolling out users’ most-requested feature to date: the ability to message people directly, without having to switch to another app, like Instagram. The company said direct ...

Threads was a kind of extension of Instagram when it launched in 2023. However, over time, the reliance of Meta’s X rival platform on Instagram has waned. Now, Threads is getting its own DM inbox, ...

Instagram’s Threads app is undergoing changes that will allow users to delete their Threads account while retaining their linked Instagram account. This update comes in response to user frustration ...

“Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow,” Instagram says in its description of the app. “Whatever it is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Threads adds its own DM inbox. It won't link to Instagram messages. Testing starts in three countries. Meta is rolling out a ...

New data from digital market intelligence company Similarweb shows Threads a close second to X when compared by number of worldwide daily active users on iOS and Android. For June 2025, X had about ...

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is on the stand today in Meta’s antitrust trial. In trying to prove the social network is not a monopoly, he shared that the Threads app could have been just a feature ...

Meta is continuing to overhaul its moderation and content rules. Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted today that Instagram and Threads will start including political content in recommendations. It's a ...

Instagram President Adam Mosseri revealed the latest update to Threads’ Hidden Words setting. This update brings new custom filters that allow Threads users to block words, phrases, and emojis in ...