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- Jun 11, 2026
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A New Way to Connect on Reddit: Video in Comments is Now Available for Users
Reddit adds video in comments, giving users a new way to reply with voice, expression, and visuals across eligible SFW public communities and profiles. The feature expands comment options beyond text, images, and GIFs while keeping videos non-autoplaying and safety-checked.
Starting today, Reddit users will have one more way to engage with each other: video in comments. This feature is available to all Reddit users and offers a new expressive and authentic way to contribute to conversations.
Video in comments gives users the option to bring voice, expression, and presence into conversations, making replies feel more immersive and allowing them to demonstrate their points visually rather than relying on descriptions in certain scenarios. This commenting feature expands upon the existing engagement options, which already include images, GIFs, and text.
“We are continually evolving Reddit to deliver a more immersive and authentic human experience," said Chief Product Officer Maria Angelidou-Smith. "The ability to reply with video gives users more creative ways to engage in communities they love."
Reddit users can explore a variety of ways to participate in daily conversations with this new contribution format, including:
- Sharing a quick cooking video of a recipe hack.
- Showing off a newly perfected makeup technique.
- Demonstrating your fancy soccer footwork in response to a sports thread.
- Watching video responses from your favorite celebrities during an AMA.
As part of Reddit’s alpha test of video in comments, users have been testing video replies in eligible communities such as Mel C hosting a video AMA in r/popculturechat or users sharing handwriting samples in r/fountainpens.
How it works for users:
- In eligible communities where the feature is on, users will now see a video icon alongside images and GIFs in the comment box on all platforms. Users can record or upload a video reply in these communities or to their profile.
- Videos do not autoplay and respect users’ audio settings.
Video comments will be checked through Reddit’s safety systems before being displayed. Eligible communities are suitable-for-work (SFW), public communities.
Original source - Jun 11, 2026
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Going All in for Global Football Fans Across Meta Apps
Facebook adds football-themed experiences for the summer tournament, including Football Mode, AI jersey try-on, expressive stickers, themed chat features, and real-time Live Updates in Messenger and Threads, while Instagram and WhatsApp surface curated match-day content.
This summer, the world’s biggest football tournament is coming to North America, and will be discussed in real time by billions of people across our platforms. We’re partnering with creators, athletes, and teams to highlight the conversation and culture around every match — from pre-game hype to post-game debate.
Partnering With Creators, Athletes, and Teams
We’re working with broadcasters, national teams, commentators, creators, and players to bring unique points of view on the tournament to our apps. Key moments, behind-the-scenes content, pre-game preparations, post-game analyses, celebrations, and commiserations will live on Meta apps designed for sharing and discussing with your friends, family, and fellow fans.
New Features for Fans Across Meta’s Family of Apps
Threads
Threads is built for real-time conversation around the things people care about. When something wild happens on the field, fans know they can go to Threads for hot takes, banter, and real-time reactions. This summer, we’re building on that experience with new features and a dedicated community designed for the way fans actually watch the tournament.
Live Chats: Pull up to real-time conversations hosted by football commentators, athletes, and creators before, during, and after matches. React, reply, and talk straight to the hosts as it all unfolds. Sergio Aguero, the Argentina football legend and Ian Wright, the former England striker and current TV and radio pundit, will each host three Live Chats over the course of the tournament. Follow both on Threads to get notified when their Live Chats begin. Check for an updated schedule and more hosts announced on @threads throughout the tournament.
Football Community: A special community for this summer’s tournament on Threads is the one place for it all: match-day conversation, player content, and post-game debate.
Live Scores: We’re giving you real-time match scores with national team branding, appearing inline as you post and in Live Chats so you can follow along while you chat.
Team Flair: You can now choose a flag badge to appear next to your name and profile picture, so you can rep your country all tournament.
Stickers: We’re introducing packs that show up in the composer the second you start posting about a match. Say it with more than words.
Custom Emoji: You’ll now have football and trophy reactions for tournament posts.
Media Highlights: We’re aggregating top content from broadcasters for you to read and react to.
Never Miss a Moment: We’ll be spotlighting important conversation in Search, and adding Game Reminders that ping you for kickoffs and the moments you can’t miss.
Instagram
We’re making Instagram the go-to place for all things tournament-related.
Enhanced Search: We’re introducing a brand new, enhanced search experience, so when you search for the tournament or tap the tournament button on football videos globally, you’ll land on a dedicated destination that surfaces curated, real-time content from across Instagram. You’ll see top Reels, Stories, and featured accounts from official rights-holding broadcasters and national teams, alongside the best fan content.
AI-Powered Voice Effects: To make connecting with friends over the matches more fun, we’re globally rolling out a new ‘Goal!’ voice effect powered by AI in Instagram DMs. Send one to unlock a surprise animation.
Facebook
Facebook is going full football mode with a range of new features that bring match-day energy to every interaction.
Football Mode: Double-tap the Facebook logo at the top of Feed to activate football mode across the app and celebrate the tournament with themed reactions and other surprises. Plus, gain access to a special football game and custom app icon by long-pressing on the logo.
Wear It: Sport your favorite national team’s jersey with the new Wear It feature, which lets fans use AI to virtually try on jerseys and show their support by sharing the image as a profile picture, story, or post.
Express Yourself: Find exclusive tournament-themed stickers, football-inspired design edits, and brand new expressive tools throughout Facebook to fuel your fandom.
Messenger
Messenger is launching new features to bring the tournament hype directly into your group chat.
Live Updates: This new feature brings real-time match highlights directly into your Messenger group chat. When Live Updates is activated, your thread instantly goes from delayed reactions to real-time celebrations — no refreshing, no spoilers, just you and your friends reacting together as goals, red cards, and key match moments appear in your chat while the action unfolds on the pitch. To turn Live Updates on, just tap the plus sign in the bottom left navigation bar of your group chat and pick a game to get updates about.
Chat Theme: Add an extra kick of football to your group chat by activating a limited-edition chat theme. Just long-press on the background of any group chat to change your background to a football pitch.
Stickers: When words aren’t enough to capture your fandom, express yourself with our exclusive tournament-themed animated stickers.
WhatsApp
The only thing that matches the energy on the pitch is your group chat. WhatsApp has rolled out features to make following the tournament with the people you care about even more fun.
Trionda Upgrade: We partnered with Adidas to bring the official match ball for this summer’s tournament to WhatsApp. Now through the finals, the football emoji has been upgraded to the Trionda ball. Send it as a message or drop it as a reaction.
Calling Effects: We’ve also introduced new football calling effects, so you can bring the fun and fandom to your next group video call — filters you can add onto your face or background while you’re on a live video call.
Football Sticker Packs: And for when you need just the right sticker to express how you feel after that missed penalty or questionable red card, we’ve rolled out a football-themed sticker pack to better express how you’re really feeling about a game.
A Dedicated Football Directory: During the tournament, you can expect match-day countdowns, behind-the-scenes moments, and real-time highlights from channels across WhatsApp. We’ve created a dedicated football directory to bring together your favorite teams, latest scores, and updates all in one place for easy access.
Say it With a Status: We’re also rolling out the ability for Channels to post to Status, just in time for the tournament. You’ll see statuses from channels you follow alongside other statuses, and can also view a channel’s status when you visit a Channel. You can hide any channel’s statuses so it no longer appears alongside your statuses, or unfollow the channel at any time.
Protecting Athletes and Fans Online
Football fans across the globe will use our apps to connect around the tournament. While most will be rooting for their favorite teams and players, unfortunately there may be bad actors who will try to lure people into scams or harass and abuse others — offline and online. We recently shared more details about the steps we’re taking to combat scams and our approach to keeping fans and players safe from abuse, including new in-app reminders for people searching for tickets — and updating existing ones to help people stay safe on our apps.
“We’re about to witness the biggest cultural moment of all time, and Meta will be at the very centre of showcasing the tournament’s action and surrounding culture beyond the 90 minutes on the pitch. As the place where football conversation lives and grows, Meta’s suite of apps will allow billions of fans across the globe to connect and enjoy the highs and lows of the beautiful game together.”
— Rob Pilgrim, Global Football Lead, Meta
We’re excited to help fans immerse themselves in football culture this summer through our family of apps.
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- Jun 4, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 4, 2026
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Introducing Instagram Plus
Instagram launches Instagram Plus, a new optional subscription with exclusive features for stories, insights, and profile customization, including Story Spotlight, Super Hearts, custom icons, fonts, and more. It’s rolling out globally today.
Takeaways
- Instagram Plus is a new subscription designed to give you more of what you love about Instagram.
- It offers exclusive features to help you express yourself, connect deeper with friends, and customize your experience.
- The Instagram you know and love today isn't changing — this subscription is simply an optional upgrade for people who want more.
Today, we’re launching Instagram Plus, a new subscription designed to give you more of what you love about Instagram. Instagram Plus offers exclusive features to help you express yourself, connect deeper with friends, and customize your experience in new ways. The Instagram you know and love today isn't changing and will always be free; this new subscription is simply an optional upgrade for people who want more control, deeper insights, and premium features.
What's included
Instagram Plus has features across three areas: getting closer to who matters, seeing previews and insights, and making Instagram yours.
Get closer to who matters
- Story Spotlight – Give your story priority for your friends.
- Super Hearts – Send vibrant, animated hearts that burst across the screen to celebrate stories from friends.
- Multiple Story Audiences – Create as many audience lists as you want, so you can share exactly the right story with exactly the right people.
- Story Extend – Set your story to last 48 hours so the people you care about have more time to see it.
See previews and insights
- Story Preview – Preview stories without the pressure to react.
- Story Rewatch Insights – See how many times your stories were rewatched.
- Search Viewer List – Quickly check if a specific person viewed your story.
Make it yours
- Custom App Icon – Choose your own app icon from a curated selection designed by Instagram and Instagram creators.
- Custom Bio Font – Customize the font of your profile bio to match your style.
- More Profile Pins – Pin up to 6 posts to your profile to highlight what matters most.
- Post Directly to Profile – Post to your profile or highlights without it appearing in friends' feeds.
You can try all these features right now by signing up for Instagram Plus.
And stay tuned, because we'll keep adding new features to Instagram Plus over the coming months. We can't wait for you to try it.Instagram Plus is rolling out globally starting today.
Original source - Jun 4, 2026
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Introducing Creator Assistant, Plus More Languages For AI Translations on Facebook
Facebook introduces creator assistant, an AI-powered dashboard partner that turns performance insights into personalized, actionable ideas for creators. It also expands AI Reels translations to help creators reach wider audiences across more languages.
Takeaways
- Creator assistant on Facebook gives every creator a partner that turns their performance insights into actionable ideas — so they can create with confidence.
- Creator assistant provides personalized recommendations based on a creator’s content style, performance, and community and gets smarter over time as it learns their goals.
- We’re continuing to build AI-powered tools to help creators grow, create, and succeed on Facebook — including expanding Reels AI translations to help creators reach new audiences.
Today, we’re announcing creator assistant on Facebook, a personalized creative partner for creators built directly into their dashboard on Facebook. Creator assistant understands each creator’s unique presence — their audience, engagement trends, and performance — and helps them take action to grow.
Creator assistant is part of our overall investment to enhance the creator experience on Facebook with AI, from powering discovery that connects people with creator content they’ll love and helping creators find their next idea to breaking down barriers that once limited their reach.
Go Beyond The Numbers To Understand The Why
Behind the best creator content is usually a lot of time spent digging into performance and figuring out what worked, why, and what to try next. Knowing what performed well has gotten easier over time — but understanding why something has resonated has remained one of the hardest questions for creators to answer. This requires connecting dots across formats, timing, audience consumption, and more — all while managing a brand.
Creator assistant is designed to help unlock those answers. Rather than analyzing a bunch of different dashboards and charts, creators can simply go to their dashboard on Facebook and ask creator assistant the questions they want answered, like why a particular reel outperformed the rest, or how their audience has shifted over time. Creator assistant is conversational, so they can keep asking follow-up questions to dig deeper.
A Creative Spark When You Need It
Creators will get clear, actionable responses based on each creator’s own specific Facebook presence, including why content resonates more with their audience and what they can do differently to improve performance. The result: ideas and insights that are tailored, relevant, and actionable.
When creative blocks hit, creator assistant acts as a brainstorming partner — drawing on what’s trending on Facebook to suggest fresh ideas, new content angles, and timely inspiration. Think trending audio, cultural moments, and top-performing content styles. With each interaction, creator assistant learns what the creator is working towards — whether that’s audience growth, deeper engagement, or monetization — creator assistant tailors its recommendations accordingly.
Creator assistant on Facebook is rolling out to creators in the US, Canada, and India. Over the coming months we’ll add new capabilities to creator assistant and expand access to more countries.
Learn more about how to use creator assistant here.
Reaching Global Audiences With AI-Powered Reels Translations
In addition to helping creators work smarter, AI is breaking down language barriers so creators can expand their reach to new audiences. Since introducing AI translations last year, creators across 9 languages have used translations to unlock some of the largest audiences on Reels. Over half a billion users on Facebook are now watching AI-translated videos weekly.
AI translations preserve the sound and tone of a creator’s voice, and with optional lipsyncing, it really feels like the creator is speaking another language.
Available languages will soon be expanding to Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian, French, Thai, and Vietnamese. Learn more and get the latest updates here.
What we’re sharing today is just the beginning. We’re committed to building AI-powered tools that help creators succeed on Facebook, and we’re excited to learn as we go.
Original source - Jun 4, 2026
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Changelog - June 4, 2026
Reddit adds a broader mix of product updates, including a redesigned games experience, expanded shopping tests, larger media in feed, anonymous browsing changes, search trends, repost rename, new mod tools, and multiple bug fixes across web, iOS, iPad, and Android.
Redditor Updates
Reddit Gaming experience rollout
What’s changing?
We previously mentioned the introduction of a new games icon () in Reddit’s bottom navigation bar, which when tapped will take redditors to our games hub and games feed. On the topic of our games hub, we’re working on a new sleeker look and design for it, where it’ll be easier for redditors to find the best and most popular games to play on Reddit. Take a sneak peek in the image below:
When is this change happening?
The new games icon in the bottom navigation bar will start to ramp up to 5% of iOS and Android redditors globally. The games hub experience should start ramping up to iOS and Android soon as well.
Expanded shopping experience
What’s changing?
We’re expanding the test for a new shopping experience to help people who come to Reddit to get real opinions and perspectives on products before buying them. The expansion includes two new experiences: 1) a way for people to discover and go deep on products Reddit is already discussing, and 2) a new way to explore brands’ products directly on Reddit. This test is rolling out gradually to U.S.-based redditors starting with electronics, video games, and health & beauty products.
When redditors in the test come across a popular product in a Reddit conversation, they'll see the product name highlighted. Tapping it opens a new deep dive experience: an AI-powered summary of Reddit conversations, plus direct quotes about that product. For products that are part of a catalog that the business has provided, the deep dive also includes a product image, pricing, and links to buy directly on the brand’s or retailer’s site, bringing everything Reddit users need to research a product into one place.
Redditors can also access deep dives through AI search. When someone asks a question about a product or category like ‘best noise-canceling headphones’ or ‘best moisturizer for sensitive skin’, they’ll see a related products carousel at the bottom of the search results page. Tapping any product opens its deep dive.
This test also includes a new way for redditors to discover and explore products from businesses on Reddit: by browsing a dedicated products tab on a business’s profile. From there, redditors can tap into each product’s deep dive. This experience is currently live with partners in the test.
When is this change happening?
Expansion will start in early June 2026 on all platforms.
Media experiment
What’s changing?
We’re running an experiment that will present media (images, videos, GIFs, and ads) in a larger way in a redditor’s feed. Where we used to have images cropped in feed, you may now see images stretching edge to edge within a feed.
When is this change happening?
We are currently experimenting with a small group of redditors on iOS and Android devices.
Anonymous Browsing
What’s changing?
We’ve recently launched a change that converts the Anonymous Browsing mode into the new Reddit home design, where the search bar is visible at the top. In addition to this, users in Anonymous Browsing mode will be dropped into a general home feed experience instead of the popular feed.
When is this change happening?
This change launched in May 2026.
Search trends in feed
What’s changing?
We are running an experiment that shows search trends in feed to allow people to see more of what’s trending among the Reddit community.
When is this change happening?
Experiment will be to a small group of redditors outside of the US on the iOS and Android mobile app in June 2026.
Crosspost renamed to repost
What’s changing?
Crosspost has been renamed to repost and we have updated the icon (). The core functionality remains the same: redditors can still share an existing Reddit post into another eligible community. This rename is part of a broader set of updates we're testing to make Reddit simpler and more intuitive to all redditors.
When is this change happening?
This change is live on all platforms.
Moderator Updates
Expanding availability of video in comments
What’s changing?
Video in comments is now available in all eligible, public, safe-for-work (SFW) communities. To give moderators flexibility, we’ve built multiple settings options so mods can decide how video comments work in their communities. Mods have an early access period to update settings in their community before video in comments is enabled for all users starting June 11, 2026.
If you want to keep the feature set to mods only, you'll still need to update and save the setting. To do this, temporarily change it to mods and approved users, save, then change it back to mods only and save again.
To update settings, go to:
Mod Tools > Post & Comments > Media in Comments to change these settings if you’re on desktop and Mod Tools > Media in Comments (under Content & Contribution) if you’re on our native mobile app.
We'll be messaging communities once the setting is available to everyone so they can make any needed changes.
When is this change happening?
This feature is live in all eligible communities.
Post content type settings to reflect your community preferences
What’s changing?
We’re decoupling your community's media and link settings. Historically, images and videos have been tied to links, meaning you couldn't allow one without the other. Starting on June 10, you can toggle images, videos, and links individually to customize your community’s content settings to your preferences and enable a better posting experience for your community members.
When is this change happening?
These setting changes will launch on June 10, 2026.
Post ideas experiment
What’s changing?
We’re testing post ideas, an experience for mods in public safe-for-work (SFW) communities. Post ideas surface relevant discussion prompts and vetted publisher articles at the top of the community feed to kickstart conversations and keep communities active with content tailored to their topic and tone. Mods can select a post prompt (available in new and emerging SFW communities) or publisher article (available in SFW communities if relevant) directly from the unit to quickly create and publish a post in their community.
When is this change happening?
Publisher article recommendations will begin on June 10, 2026 across iOS, Android, and desktop web for a percentage of eligible communities. Post prompts experiment will begin separately on June 17, 2026 for a percentage of eligible communities across the same platforms.
Crowd Control now in safety settings on Android
What’s changing?
Crowd Control, a safety setting to help prevent community interference, lets moderators automatically collapse or filter comments and filter posts from users who aren’t trusted members within their community yet. While you could enable Crowd Control from reddit.com or iOS before, we’ve now included it in the Safety Settings menu in Android, too.
When is this change happening?
This rolled out on Android on May 21, 2026.
Bug Fixes
Bug: [Web] When linking to the community rules page in some communities, the page would appear blank
The fix: When linking to [insert subreddit]/about/rules, the page now renders the rules page for users.
Bug: [iOS] On some long posts, the 'more' button would occasionally auto-collapse expanded text after being tapped
The fix: Tapping the more button on long posts will now leave uncovered text expanded.
Bug: [iOS] When attempting the back swipe gesture to return to the feed, only the far left edge of the post unit would register the swipe gesture
The fix: You can now initiate the swipe back gesture to return to the main feed. This issue is fixed in version 2026.22 available in the App Store as of June 2nd. If you’re still experiencing issues with the back swipe gesture, please head over to the App Store and make sure to upgrade to version 2026.22.
Bug: [iOS] VoiceOver was not registering post body text
The fix: VoiceOver registers body text as expected again. As a reminder, we released version 2026.21.1 which includes a fix for this bug. If you’re still experiencing issues with VoiceOver, please head over to the App Store and make sure to upgrade to version 2026.21.1 or above.
Bug: [iPad] Swiping back out of a post to the feed would occasionally freeze the app
The fix: Swiping back out of a post will will return users to the feed without freezing the app.
Bug: [All Platforms] Some users were seeing inflated chat notification badge counts
The fix: Chat badges will now display an accurate number of notifications.
Bug: [Android] The posts tab on some user profiles was displaying a “wow, so much empty” error for some mods despite the user having recent posts
The fix: The profile post history tab now displays post history without error.
Bug: [Android] The Top Members leaderboard was erroring out in some communities
The fix: When users access the Top Members leaderboard within a community, the leaderboard will now display top members.
Note: This is not a complete list of all recent bug fixes. If you’d like to report a new or persistent bug, head over to r/bugs.
If a bug listed here is not yet fixed for you, please ensure that you’re updated to the most recent Android or iOS app version, or refresh your browser.
Original source - Jun 3, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 3, 2026
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v4.6.0-beta.1
Mastodon ships a pre-release packed with major updates, including collections you can share, email subscriptions, a redesigned profile screen, a new overview landing page, stronger 2FA controls, and broad web UI, API, and performance improvements.
Warning
This is a pre-release! This has not been as widely tested as regular releases, although it is still tested on mastodon.social and some other servers. If you update to this release, you will not be able to safely downgrade to the existing stable releases. You will, however, be able to upgrade to later nightly releases or pre-releases, as well as the upcoming 4.6.0 stable release.
Upgrade overview
This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:
- ⚠️ The minimum supported version for Ruby has been bumped to 3.3
- ⚠️ The minimum supported version for Node.JS has been bumped to 22
- ⚠️ The minimum supported version for FFMpeg has been bumped to 5.1
- ⚠️ ImageMagick support has been dropped, libvips is required
- ⚠️ Custom themes need to be updated
- ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
- ℹ️ Requires streaming server restart
- ℹ️ Requires database migrations
For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.
Changelog
Added
Add collections (#37992, #37005, #37049, #37020, #37053, #37110, #37117, #37122, #37154, #37157, #37176, #37192, #37222, #37225, #37254, #37277, #37298, #37322, #37434, #37468, #37514, #37512, #37549, #37556, #37560, #37580, #37591, #37552, #37618, #37643, #37658, #37731, #37678, #37741, #37762, #37790, #37805, #37823, #37837, #37842, #37850, #37848, #37812, #37950, #37898, #37916, #37920, #37927, #37928, #37961, #37967, #37974, #37989, #37986, #38004, #38026, #38027, #38030, #38038, #38065, #38081, #38082, #38096, #38106, #38113, #38124, #38133, #38144, #38153, #38166, #38167, #38169, #38170, #38177, #38193, #38213, #38251, #38255, #38256, #38282, #38298, #38292, #38307, #38306, #38316, #38115, #38329, #38334, #38337, #38351, #38368, #38370, #38356, #38383, #38386, #38385, #38394, #38393, #38399, #38402, #38409, #38414, #38413, #38424, #38425, #38450, #38508, #38528, #38534, #38536, #38540, #38543, #38491, #38586, #38611, #38588, #38612, #38628, #38626, #38630, #38633, #38629, #38638, #38645, #38644, #38636, #38660, #38657, #38688, #38690, #38672, #38698, #38697, #38708, #38712, #38713, #38709, #38719, #38728, #38730, #38732, #38739, #38749, #38751, #38750, #38767, #38769, #38783, #38785, #38959, #38786, #38794, #38776, #38817, #38792, #38822, #38827, #38831, #38830, #38844, #38843, #38852, #38850, #38847, #38865, #38897, #38900, #38919, #38933, #38934, #38935, #38942, #38941, #38954, #38961, #38957, #38962, #38991, #39009, #39062, #39029, #39069, #39020, #39073, #39082, #39096, #39080, #39182, #39143, #39127, #37929, #38029, #39194, #39198, #39210, #39211, #39202, #39214, #39215, #39220, #39234, #39260, and #39251 by @ChaosExAnima, @ClearlyClaire, @Gargron, @arte7, @diondiondion, @mjankowski, @oneiros, and @shleeable)
Create collections with up to 25 accounts each, then share them with others. You can read more about this feature on our blog. This is based on FEP-7aa9 (Featured Collections) to be interoperable with the wider Fediverse. All the new API methods are documented here.
Add email subscriptions (#38163, #38507, #38502, #38487, #38527, #38582, #38741, #38907, and #39162 by @ClearlyClaire and @Gargron)
Admins can allow specific roles to enable email subscriptions on their profile, allowing anonymous visitors to subscribe to their posts via email.
Add new overview landing page setting (#39074, #39170, #39163, and #39138 by @Gargron, @diondiondion, and @zunda)
Admins can choose a new frontpage for anonymous visitors, which combines the about page and most recent posts from local profiles.
Add ability to require 2FA for specific roles (including Everybody) (#37701, #37846, and #38906 by @ClearlyClaire and @mjankowski)
Add export for custom filters (#39085 by @arte7)
Add ability to search email blocks by domain in admin UI (#38923 by @arte7)
Add new endpoints for profile editing in REST API (#37912, #37934, #37932, #38221, and #38339 by @ClearlyClaire)
Add GET /api/v1/profile and PATCH /api/v1/profile to replace the existing update_credentials endpoint. See the documentation for more information.
Add missing_attribution boolean to preview cards in REST API (#38043 by @ClearlyClaire)
Documentation: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/PreviewCard/#missing_attribution
Add exclude_direct flag to /api/v1/accounts/:id/statuses to exclude direct messages (#37763 by @ClearlyClaire)
Add max_note_length and max_display_name_length attributes to configuration.accounts in Instance entity (#37991 by @ClearlyClaire)
Add profile field limits to instance entity in REST API (#37535 by @mkljczk)
This adds attributes configuration.accounts.max_profile_fields, configuration.accounts.profile_field_name_limit and configuration.accounts.profile_field_value_limit to the Instance entity.
Add unresolved flag to /api/v1/admin/reports to query both resolved and unresolved reports (#38323 by @mkljczk)
Add fallback attributes to notifications for new and infrequent notifications in REST API (#38832 and #38860 by @ClearlyClaire)
This adds a supported_types parameter to GET /api/v1/notifications, GET /api/v1/notifications/:id, GET /api/v2/notifications, and GET /api/v2/notifications/:group_key along with a new fallback attribute for notifications and notification groups.
Add support for posts in vertical languages in web UI (#37204, #38205, and #38797 by @shimon1024)
Add PageUp and PageDown hotkeys for list navigation (#39252 by @diondiondion)
Add g+e keyboard shortcut to access the trending page in web UI (#38014 by @antoinecellerier)
Add Cmd/Ctrl+Enter for form submissions in more text areas in web UI (#37821 by @diondiondion)
Add support for quoting by dragging a link into the compose form in web UI (#36859 and #36896 by @ClearlyClaire and @tribela)
Add text-autospace to posts to improve rendering of mixed script posts in web UI (#37694 by @ahxxm)
Add nan-TW to supported locales (#37650, #34923, #37822, and #37721 by @ClearlyClaire and @Yoxem)
Add support for hosts resolver in request socket DNS lookup (#38699, #38866, and #39030 by @ClearlyClaire and @mjankowski)
Add support for FEP-2c59 (Webfinger Backlink) (#38239, #38538, and #38639 by @ClearlyClaire and @shleeable)
Add support for FEP-3b86 (Activity Intents) (#38120 and #38130 by @ClearlyClaire and @Gargron)
Add support for alt text for profile pictures and headers (#37634, #37641, and #38000 by @ClearlyClaire and @Doxterpepper)
Add support for multiple keypairs for remote accounts (#38279, #38407, #38419, #38511, #38516, #38515, #38555 and #39235 by @ClearlyClaire)
Add support for the “require approval” feature for email domain blocks to tootctl email_domain_blocks (#34579 and #38107 by @ClearlyClaire and @e-nomem)
Add --keep-interacted flag to tootctl media remove to preserve cached media on cleanup (#36200 by @northerner)
Add systemd service file for prometheus exporter (#35130 by @ThisIsMissEm)
Changed
Change design of profiles in web UI (#37472, #37490, #37479, #37513, #37527, #37550, #37538, #37632, #37627, #37593, #37638, #37626, #37645, #37653, #37683, #37707, #37682, #37742, #37747, #37760, #37761, #37831, #37766, #37811, #37813, #37825, #37854, #37851, #37876, #37885, #37892, #37890, #37907, #37922, #37952, #37958, #37996, #37990, #37994, #38005, #38012, #38040, #38052, #38066, #38083, #38147, #38148, #38152, #38168, #38156, #38175, #38191, #38189, #38235, #38283, #38310, #38309, #38315, #38314, #38365, #38366, #38363, #38346, #38382, #38384, #38400, #38404, #38417, #38426, #38440, #38442, #38443, #38445, #38446, #38451, #38456, #38509, #38510, #38512, #38513, #38517, #38529, #38531, #38535, #38532, #38544, #38549, #38575, #38579, #38580, #38581, #38585, #38584, #38604, #38605, #38606, #38607, #38622, #38616, #38625, #38632, #38640, #38663, #38667, #38646, #38691, #38692, #38766, #38791, #38687, #38826, #38828, #38863, #38845, #38870, #38872, #38932, #38945, #38963, #38964, #39055, #39042, #38893, #39079, #39084, #39160, #39070, and #39217 by @ChaosExAnima, @ClearlyClaire, @Coro365, @diondiondion, and @shleeable)
The profile screen has been entirely redesigned, has new features, and allows you to update your own profile directly without going into the preferences panel. You can read more about it on our blog.
Change how #Wrapstodon reports are generated and displayed (#37033, #37045, #37093, #37055, #37096, #37047, #37103, #37104, #37106, #37109, #37121, #37138, #37134, #37177, #37182, #37169, #37186, #37187, #37188, #37189, #37190, #37193, #37198, #37201, #37203, #37205, #37206, #37207, #37209, #37202, #37216, #37219, #37224, #37226, #37229, #37249, #37251, #37256, #37261, #37269, #37270, #37273, and #37289 by @ChaosExAnima, @ClearlyClaire, @channyeintun, and @diondiondion)
This finishes up work started in 2024 by completely revamping how Wrapstodon reports are generated and displayed, reducing the amount of data collected and generating reports when active users ask for them.
Instead of requiring manual generation from a server administrator, this is now offered between the 10th of December and the end of each year if enabled in the server settings.
The design of the Wrapstodon report has also been fully reworked to be more delightful and easier to share!
The relevant API endpoints are documented at https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/annual_reports/
Change pending user notification email to link directly to the pending account (#39206 by @vmstan)
Changed emoji processing in web UI to make it less resource intensive and more robust (#39077, #39008, #39088, #38892, #38885, #38965, #38854, #38825, #38784, #38541, #37442, #37300, #37306, #37271, #37255, #37284, #37272, #37178, #37084, #37080, #37418, #39167, and #39126 by @ChaosExAnima, @ClearlyClaire, @diondiondion, and @gomasy)
Change composer textarea to have a limited height to prevent column scrolling (#39268 by @diondiondion)
Change mentions of “Mastodon gGmbH” to “Mastodon GmbH” (#39261 by @renchap)
Change the limited profile message to be less misleading (#39231 by @mortie)
Change images/videos in posts in web UI to not have unlimited height (#36966, #37035, #37136, and #37032 by @diondiondion)
Change search field and tabs to stick to the top on the search results page in web UI (#38968 by @diondiondion)
Change “anyone can quote” label to “quotes allowed” in web UI (#37427 by @vmstan)
Change navigation by j/k hotkeys to anchor navigated item to top of viewport in web UI (#38036 by @diondiondion)
Change hotkeys to focus columns to not reset scroll, add hotkey 0 to scroll to top in web UI (#37052 by @diondiondion)
Change media modal swipe animation in web UI (#36916, #37034, #37323, and #37464 by @ChaosExAnima and @heathdutton)
Change “Hide”/“Show all” eye icon in thread view in web UI (#22301 by @tribela)
Change order of onboarding steps (follow people, then fill out profile) in web UI (#38121 by @Gargron)
Change “Why do you want to join” field on the sign-up page to have a label (#38936 by @diondiondion)
Change date of birth field on the sign-up page to use locale-specific fields order (#36039 and #36895 by @mjankowski)
Change how invalid-but-not-expired invites are shown in admin UI (#38736 by @ClearlyClaire)
Change wording and ordering of media display settings (#38731 by @mjankowski)
Change wording of server account recommendation setting description (#36771 by @mjankowski)
Change wording and ordering of account migration warnings (#20387 by @jsoref)
Change wording of “Automatic post deletion” settings (#37286 by @mjankowski)
Change wording of language filter settings to clarify they do not impact home/lists (#38490 by @mjankowski)
Change invitations to only bypass sign-up approval setting when the issuer of the invitation has the invite_bypass_approval permission (#38278 by @ClearlyClaire)
This splits the “Invite Users” permission into a new “Invite Users without review” permission.
Existing roles will be updated to have the new permission if they have the old one, but default permissions will not include the new invite_bypass_approval permission.
Change followers synchronization mechanism on followers-only posts to be skipped for accounts with 25k followers or more (#37302 by @ClearlyClaire)
Change “dark”, “light” and “high contrast” themes to be separate “Color scheme” and “Contrast” settings handled by a single theme (#37095, #37120, #37288, #37459, #37470, #37477, #37519, #37520, #37523, #37524, #37526, #37612, #37824, #37807, #37810, #37819, #37906, and #38261 by @ClearlyClaire, @diondiondion, and @mjankowski)
Existing settings should be migrated automatically from user settings, and using browser defaults otherwise.
This also allows third-party theme authors to make use of the same browser defaults and user settings. Learn more about this in our new Theming docs.
Change default theme to use CSS theme tokens (#36861, #36936, #37019, #37054, #37056, #37081, #37105, #37268, #37841, #37843, #38387, #38459, and #38621 by @diondiondion)
A guide to using the new tokens can be found in our docs.
Change location blocks in default nginx.conf (#19644 and #37866 by @BedrockDigger and @Izorkin)
Change proxy_read_timeout to 120 seconds in default nginx.conf (#30599 by @shleeable)
Change JSON-LD collection handling (#34595 and #37806 by @ClearlyClaire and @sneakers-the-rat)
Removed
Remove support for EOL Node version 20 (#38926 by @mjankowski)
Remove support for Ruby 3.2 (#37476 by @mjankowski)
Remove support for ENABLE_SIDEKIQ_UNIQUE_JOBS_UI (#38340 by @ClearlyClaire)
Remove support for ImageMagick (#37488 by @mjankowski)
Fixed
Fix accessibility issues in web UI (#37250, #38006, #38033, #38188, #38230, #38252, #38257, #38285, #38293, #38362, #38387, #38459, #38796, #38801, #39098, #39111, #39120, #39129, #39133, #39134, #39144, #39145, #39149, #39164, #39165, #39169, and #39181 by @ChaosExAnima and @diondiondion)
Fix processing some link previews where text is language-tagged (#39190 by @zunda)
Fix error when “New trends” email is sent at the same time trends are recomputed (#39122 by @arte7)
Fix hover card opening even when not preceded by mouse movement in web UI (#39166 by @diondiondion)
Fix ominous "Moments remaining" timestamp in web UI (#38488 and #38689 by @ChaosExAnima and @MitarashiDango)
Fix filters not being applied to search results in web UI (#36346 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix error when visiting non-public hashtag timelines (#36961 by @diondiondion)
Fix duplicate favourite/boost counters in some languages (#36844 by @ChaosExAnima)
Fix unblocking domain from blocked domains column not updating the list in web UI (#38882 by @tribela)
Fix profile dropdown menu sometimes ending with a separator in web UI (#38481 by @mkljczk)
Fix short numbers rounding up instead of truncating in web UI (#38114 by @serranodfm)
Fix directory showing load more button when no more profiles exist in web UI (#37465 by @heathdutton)
Fix focus restoration after closing some modals in web UI (#37424 by @MegaManSec)
Fix video modals being pushed down on mobile in web UI (#37421 by @ChaosExAnima)
Fix outer page margins when viewport width equals content width in web UI (#36733 by @diondiondion)
Fix announcement margin when in advanced web UI (#36714 by @ChaosExAnima)
Fix navigation overflow issue in advanced web UI (#39178 by @diondiondion)
Fix stale merging stale account from cached instance API response in web UI (#37666 by @ChaosExAnima)
Fix HTML lang attribute being stripped out of remote posts (#39114 by @artemist)
Fix remote posts with large media descriptions being rejected (#39135 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix some occurrence of PostgreSQL log pollution when processing new hashtags (#35792 by @oelison)
Fix replica database not being used when REPLICA_DB_HOST is used but neither REPLICA_DB_NAME nor REPLICA_DATABASE_URL (#37240 by @smiba)
Fix remote media attachment thumbnails not being stored in the cache/ directory (#36911 by @shugo)
Fix race condition when processing posts twice with the same idempotency key (#37879 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix various missing translation strings (#37671, #37838, #37078, #37371, and #37827 by @ClearlyClaire, @mjankowski, and @valtlai)
Fix last post time for remote accounts not being accurately tracked (#37619 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix filtering of mentions from filtered-on-their-origin-server accounts (#37583 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix irrelevant remote accounts being passed through to local fan-out worker (#37589 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix required field markers being displayed on fields that cannot be empty anyway in settings (#37291 by @diondiondion)
Fix thumbnails for links from The Guardian (and possibly other CDNs that check URL hashes) not showing up (#36139 by @phocks)
Fix mastodon-async-refresh response header not being exposed through CORS (#38914 by @mkljczk)
Fix FASP availability being incorrectly updated (#38818 by @oneiros)
Fix use of deprecated vsync FFmpeg option, using fps_mode instead (FFmpeg >= 5.1 now required) (#38198 by @mjankowski)
Fix unnecessary downcasing of some words in admin UI (#37364 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix delivery worker counting unsalvalageable HTTP errors as successes (#37235 by @shleeable)
Fix streaming heartbeat comment not being its own event (#37389 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix posts with edited out media attachments being returned in GET /api/v1/accounts/:id/statuses?only_media=true (#37363 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix wrong media attachment URLs being returned from DELETE /api/v1/statuses/:id (#35880 by @dbarabashh)
Fix hashtag matching by replacing negative look-behind with positive look-behind (#37684 and #38212 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix discovery of ActivityPub representation from HTML tags in presence of a non-ActivityPub alternate Link header (#37439 by @shleeable)
Fix Webfinger endpoint not handling new ActivityPub ID scheme (#38391 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix error when admin-selected theme does not exist by falling back to default theme (#38703 by @shleeable)
Fix wrong endonyms for Divehi and Latvian in languages list (#36254 and #36876 by @cuu508 and @shimon1024)
Fix Accept headers when fetching ActivityPub resources not including JSON-LD profile (#30354 by @TheOneric)
Fix wrong hover indicators on unclickable items in admin UI (#38782 by @diondiondion)
Fix streaming server using deprecated url.parse instead of WHATWG URL API (#36973 by @Exagone313)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.6.0-beta.1, use
git fetch && git checkout v4.6.0-beta.1.Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look:
docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dumpDependencies
External dependencies have changed since v4.5.0, with new Ruby, Node and FFMpeg version requirements.
Ruby: 3.3 or newer
PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 7.0 or newer
Node: 22 or newer
libvips: 8.13 or newer
FFMpeg: 5.1 or newerImageMagick removal and libvips replacement
ImageMagick has been deprecated since Mastodon 4.4.0 and is now unsupported. If you used MASTODON_USE_LIBVIPS=false, this will be ignored and you will need to install libvips.
Theming system changes
The theming system has changed substantially, changing how light and dark themes work, as well as high-contrast. We also overhauled the whole theme to use design tokens and CSS variables.
Custom themes will most likely require significant changes to work with Mastodon 4.6.0.
If you are a theme author, please see our documentation at https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/frontend/theming/ and https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/frontend/design-tokens/
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.5.11.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.5.0 release notes.
Non-Docker
Tip
The charlock_holmes gem may fail to build on some systems with recent versions of gcc.
If you run into this issue, try
BUNDLE_BUILD__CHARLOCK_HOLMES="--with-cxxflags=-std=c++17" bundle install.If you are using rbenv, update the list of available versions and install the proper Ruby version by doing
RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS=--with-jemalloc rbenv installin the Mastodon install directory (e.g. /home/mastodon/live)Install dependencies with
bundle installandyarn install --immutablePrecompile the assets:
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompileRun the pre-deployment database migrations by specifying the SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true environment variable:
SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails db:migrateRestart all Mastodon processes.
Run the post-deployment database migrations:
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails db:migrateWhen using Docker
Run the pre-deployment database migrations by specifying the SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true environment variable:
docker-compose run --rm -e SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true web bundle exec rails db:migrateRestart all Mastodon processes.
Run the post-deployment database migrations:
Original sourcedocker-compose run --rm web bundle exec rails db:migrate - Jun 3, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 3, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 3, 2026
v4.5.11
Mastodon ships v4.5.11 with important security fixes for attribution domain spoofing and a message sanitization denial of service issue, plus a fix for remote statuses with large media descriptions being rejected.
Changelog
Security
- Fix allowed attribution domains spoofing (GHSA-rwcw-vq68-g34p)
- Fix uncaught exception in message sanitization causing Denial of Service (GHSA-qrgq-9fx2-vf2r)
- Update dependencies
Fixed
- Fix remote statuses with large media descriptions being rejected (#39135 by @ClearlyClaire)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.5.11, use git fetch && git checkout v4.5.11.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.5.0.
- Ruby: 3.2 or newer
- PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
- Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
- LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
- Redis: 7.0 or newer
- Node: 20.19 or newer
- libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
- ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.5.10.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.5.0 release notes.
Non-Docker
Tip
The charlock_holmes gem may fail to build on some systems with recent versions of gcc.
If you run into this issue, try BUNDLE_BUILD__CHARLOCK_HOLMES="--with-cxxflags=-std=c++17" bundle install.
Install dependencies with bundle install
Restart all Mastodon processes.
When using Docker
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Jun 3, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 3, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 3, 2026
v4.4.18
Mastodon fixes security issues, patches a denial-of-service bug in message sanitization, updates dependencies, and improves handling of remote statuses with large media descriptions in 4.4.18, while noting Mastodon 4.5 is also available.
Note
While we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.5 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.5 version when they can.
Changelog
Security
- Fix allowed attribution domains spoofing (GHSA-rwcw-vq68-g34p)
- Fix uncaught exception in message sanitization causing Denial of Service (GHSA-qrgq-9fx2-vf2r)
- Update dependencies
Fixed
- Fix remote statuses with large media descriptions being rejected (#39135 by @ClearlyClaire)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.4.18, use
git fetch && git checkout v4.4.18.Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look:
docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dumpDependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.4.1:
- Ruby: 3.2 or newer
- PostgreSQL: 13 or newer
- Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
- LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
- Redis: 6.2 or newer
- Node: 20 or newer
- libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
- ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.4.17.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.4.0 release notes.
Non-Docker
Install dependencies with
bundle installRestart all Mastodon processes.
When using Docker
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Jun 3, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 3, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 3, 2026
Celebrating Fandom with TikTok
TikTok launches TikTok Pro Events, a standalone U.S. app pilot that deepens fan engagement around FIFA World Cup 2026™ with curated creator feeds, trending videos, in-app tasks, Stars rewards, merchandise and donation options.
Below is today's news made by TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC.
Fandom and community have always lived on TikTok. From live entertainment events and cultural trends to creator commentary and global connection, TikTok is where people come together in real time around the moments they care about most. With 72% of users enjoying fan-made sports content, TikTok turns global football passion into a shared, participatory experience.
Today, we are launching a pilot of TikTok Pro Events in the U.S., a dedicated standalone application designed to deepen community immersion during major cultural milestones. Debuting with FIFA World Cup 2026™, TikTok Pro Events allows users to engage with global fan culture, explore trending videos, and access curated creator feeds directly within the app.
By completing fan-based tasks within the app – like searching for trending hashtags, visiting the FIFA World Cup 2026™ hub, and sharing content – users 18+ can earn stars that can be redeemed for exclusive benefits. These include official FIFA World Cup 2026™ merchandise through a dedicated in-app redemption store, TikTok Shop coupons valid for any purchase across the platform, or the opportunity to direct TikTok-funded charitable donations. To turn fan engagement into real-world impact, TikTok has partnered with Feeding America®, allowing users to direct platform-funded donations to help end hunger.
“We can end hunger when we come together, and our partnership with TikTok gives sports fans a simple and meaningful way to be part of that effort,” said Monica Lopez Gonzalez, chief marketing and communications officer at Feeding America. "By engaging with tournament content on TikTok Pro Events, the fan community can help direct earned Stars toward donations that support neighbors facing hunger. It’s a powerful example of how everyday actions, when multiplied across a community, can create meaningful impact and help ensure everyone has access to the food and resources they need to thrive.”
Alongside the behind-the-scenes perspectives delivered by our FIFA World Cup 2026™ Creator Correspondents, users can access our wider FIFA World Cup 2026™ Hubs within the main TikTok app by searching "FIFA World Cup." These hubs are powered by TikTok GamePlan — a comprehensive product suite that allows sports teams, leagues, and broadcasters to drive discovery, deepen engagement, and deliver real business results. This offers fans a dedicated space to discover content, creators, and broadcaster highlights from the tournament.
The TikTok Pro Events experience is now live for users in the U.S., debuting with the dedicated Fan Hub for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ as its inaugural pilot. Users can download TikTok Pro Events via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to join the experience.
Original source - Jun 2, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 2, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 2, 2026
New 13+ Content Settings for Teen Accounts Expanding Globally on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger
Facebook expands Teen Accounts’ 13+ content settings globally across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, adds a test to reduce repeated teen content on Instagram, and says an external assessment found the protections working as intended with stronger limits for Limited Content.
Takeaways
- Teen Accounts’ new 13+ content settings are now expanding globally on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.
- We’re testing a new feature on Instagram that helps teens get more variety in what they see and helps prevent them from seeing certain types of content repeatedly.
- An external assessment showed that Instagram Teen Accounts’ new content settings are working as promised.
Last October, we updated Instagram Teen Accounts in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, defaulting teens into a new 13+ content setting. Inspired by movie ratings criteria and parent feedback, this setting is designed to help teens see age-appropriate content by default, and 9 out of 10 teens have remained in this setting since its launch. We also introduced a stricter setting called Limited Content, for parents who prefer an even more restrictive experience for their teen.
Today, we’re sharing an update on this work, including testing a new way to help make sure teens aren’t repeatedly seeing certain types of content.
Expanding Our New 13+ Content Settings To Instagram, Facebook and Messenger Teen Accounts Globally
We’re expanding our 13+ content settings to Teen Accounts globally across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. Facebook’s new 13+ default setting is designed to hide content that’s inappropriate for teens in places like Feed and Reels, and to limit teens’ ability to interact with Profiles, Pages, Groups and Events that primarily post inappropriate content. On Messenger, the 13+ default setting limits teens’ ability to view links to inappropriate Facebook content, or to chat with accounts that primarily share inappropriate content on Facebook. The Limited Content setting will also become available on Facebook and Messenger later this year.
As we’ve expanded the new content settings to more countries and apps, we’ve also continued to invite parents around the world to rate Facebook and Instagram content and tell us if they think it’s appropriate for teens. We’ve heard from hundreds of thousands of parents who have rated more than 15 million pieces of content. In our most recent survey at the end of April, where parents in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada reviewed Facebook content that had been recommended to teens in their respective countries, fewer than 2% of posts were considered inappropriate for teens by most parents.
A New Way to Help Prevent Teens From Repeatedly Seeing Certain Types of Content on Instagram
We’re also continuing to explore other ways to help make sure teens are having positive, age-appropriate experiences on our apps. We recognize that some content — like posts about nutrition, weightlifting, or how to cope with anxiety — can be helpful, but it should be balanced with other types of content rather than shown repeatedly. That’s why we’re testing ways to limit teens from seeing too many posts of this kind in one go, including in Explore, Feed, and Reels.
An External Assessment To Stress-Test Our Teen Account Content Settings
To help make sure our new content settings are working to deliver the positive, age-appropriate experience we want for Teen Accounts, we asked Alice (formerly ActiveFence) to evaluate our Teen Account settings and perform sophisticated, adversarial stress-testing. Alice is made up of online safety experts with extensive experience in stress-testing systems designed to keep people safe.
Alice compared mature themes, based on Meta’s age-appropriate guidelines found on Instagram, a leading competitor, and in movies rated 13+. This provided a helpful benchmark to understand what teens could see on Instagram Teen Accounts compared to elsewhere. Alice’s assessment found that:
- Instagram Teen Accounts in the default 13+ setting saw 68% less mature content than on the competitor’s teen experience;
- Instagram Teen Accounts in the stricter Limited Content setting experienced an additional layer of protection, seeing 96% less mature content than on the competitor’s teen experience;
- Where Instagram Teen Accounts did see mature content, it was less intense than the mature content seen on the competitor and in movies rated 13+;
- Instagram blocked mature search terms more frequently than its competitor;
- The following functionalities worked as described: Instagram Teen Accounts are defaulted into the 13+ content setting; teens can’t select the More Content setting without a parent’s permission, and teens in the Limited Content setting can’t see or post comments.
Alice’s analysis identified two areas for improvement, which we worked quickly to address. Instagram Teen Accounts already had safeguards in place to prevent interaction with accounts that regularly share age-inappropriate content. When Alice’s assessment identified a few exceptions, we immediately updated our detection signals to better catch them. As the Alice report notes, “these improvement measures were subsequently retested and found to be effective prior to publication.”
In the rare instances where Alice’s researchers encountered mature content on Instagram, it mostly involved “risky stunts” or “viral challenges.” After review, we found that ”car surfing” — a newly popular trend — wasn’t yet covered by our policies, unlike ”subway surfing,” which was already restricted for teens. We moved quickly to update our policies and restrict this content for teens.
We are encouraged by these results, and will continue to rigorously stress test our systems to help us keep improving.
More details on Alice’s results and the methodology are available here.
Note: There are lots of differences between social media and movies. We didn’t work with the MPA when updating our content settings, and they’re not rating any content on Instagram, and they’re not endorsing or approving our content settings in any way. Rather, we drew inspiration from the MPA’s public guidelines, which are already familiar to parents, as well as feedback from parents. Our content moderation systems are not the same as a movie ratings board, so the experience may not be exactly the same.
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