Dive Into Advanced – Instagram is currently experimenting with a new grid layout on user profiles that features rectangular images. Shifting from the previously standard square format. Adam Mosseri, Instagram’s head, announce this change via Instagram Stories, explaining that the traditional square grid was establish during the early days of the app. However, with changing trends, most content now is vertical, such as 4×3 images and 9×16 videos, making the square format less suitable.
According to Engadget on Monday, August 26, 2024, this test is currently limited to a select group of users, and Instagram’s will consider user feedback before deciding whether to expand it further. Mosseri also addressed user concerns during an “Ask Me Anything” session, where some users request that the old square grid layout not be completely eliminate.
Since 2022, the app has featured a rectangular grid design, as revealed by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi. This trial indicates that the change could soon be more widely implement, though not all users are ready to abandon the familiar layout.
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On the other hand, Turkey has lifted its ban on Instagram after the social media platform agreed to comply with the country’s demands regarding censorship and criminal content. Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu announced the agreement in a post on platform X, as reported by Bloomberg and cited by Engadget on Monday, August 12, 2024. Uraloglu mentioned concerns over content related to crimes such as murder, sexual assault, drug trafficking, and torture.
NetBlocks, which initially reported the Instagram ban in Turkey earlier this month, confirmed on Saturday, August 10, 2024, that access to the social media platform was beginning to be restore. Instagram was block for over a week, with users in Turkey suddenly losing access on August 2, 2024.
There was no official explanation for the blockage, though it occurred following claims by Turkey’s communications chief, Fahrettin Altun, that Instagram had censored posts mourning Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader recently killed by Israel.
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