Facebook and Instagram to get paid verification as Twitter charges for two-factor SMS authentication

Facebook and Instagram users will soon have to pay to get verified on the social media platforms, as Meta follows in the footsteps of rival platform Twitter. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a Facebook post on Sunday that the service will launch first in Australia and New Zealand later this week. The company said it would cost US$11.99 per month on the web or US$14.99 on iOS and Android (or in Australia, $19.99 on the web or $24.99 on iOS and Android). Zuckerberg said that in addition to the…

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How to activate ‘Hidden Words’ feature on Instagram to filter out rude comments

Instagram rolled out the Hidden Words feature recently. It allows you to automatically filter negative and inappropriate content in comments and direct messages. The photo-sharing app claimed that users who enable Hidden Words for comments notice 40 per cent less offensive and rude comments overall. Meta owned Instagram has several unexplored features. The photo-sharing platform recently got some new security features to safeguard the users from negative and offensive message comments and requests. One of such features is the Hidden Words feature. For those who do not know, Hidden Words…

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