Instagram Instants: What It Is, How to Delete It, and Why Your Photos Might Not Actually Be Gone
Instagram Instants launched May 13, 2026. Your photos are stored for a year by Meta. Here is how it works, how to delete your archive.
5/19/2026
The Redact.dev Blog
Research, guides, and updates from the only platform that automatically cleans up your old posts and messages on social media
Top 9 Twitter Deletion Tools Reviewed, Summarized, & Ranked
Need to remove content from Twitter fast? We reviewed the top 9 tools for mass deleting content from Twitter. TweetDelete, CYD, Redact, and more.
6/5/2026
Do College Admission Officers Check Your Social Media History?
Clean up social media before college applications. Learn what posts can hurt admissions, what to review, and how to clean it all up easily.
5/15/2026
Meta Employees Protest AI Training Tool That Records Their Mouse Movements
Quick Story Summary Meta employees in the United States are protesting mouse-tracking software installed on company computers, reportedly distributing flyers and urging workers to sign an online petition. The software reportedly records computer-use behavior such as mouse movements, clicks, and menu navigation as Meta develops AI agents that can complete everyday computer-based tasks. Workers argue […]
5/14/2026
Free Downloadable Social Media Policy Templates by Industry
Download social media policy templates by industry and learn how clear guidelines help organizations reduce privacy, compliance, and risks.
5/13/2026
Meta Could Be Reading Your Instagram DMs Right Now
Meta removed end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs on May 8, 2026. Your messages are now readable by Meta.
5/12/2026
5 Ways to View an Instagram Story Anonymously
Want to view Instagram Stories anonymously? Here are 5 methods that actually work, from the half-swipe trick to burner accounts, plus the risks of each.
5/11/2026
The UK’s Child Safety Law Has a Moustache Problem
A third of UK children have bypassed Online Safety Act age checks using fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and drawn-on moustaches.
5/6/2026
Full list of known and upcoming Facebook datacenters as of May 2026.
Meta is building 32 AI data centers worldwide, including Hyperion and Prometheus, gigawatt-scale campuses powered by your scraped Facebook posts.
4/29/2026
Deleted iPhone Messages and Photos Are Reappearing
iOS 26 surfaced years of deleted messages for thousands of iPhone users, and a separate flaw let the FBI recover deleted Signal messages.
4/28/2026
How To Opt Out of Slack AI Training
Slack uses your messages and files to train its AI models and you were opted in by default. Here's exactly how to opt out in under 5 minutes.
4/21/2026
Meta and Scale AI Used Gig Workers to Scrape Your Social Media Data
Scale AI, 49% owned by Meta, employed tens of thousands of gig workers to harvest personal social media data, copyrighted images, and explicit audio to train AI.
4/13/2026
Meta and YouTube Found Liable for Addicting Children in Social Media Trial
A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in designing addictive platforms that harmed a young user.
3/30/2026
Is The FBI Buying Your Location Data?
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the agency purchases Americans' data from data brokers without a warrant.
3/25/2026
Aura’s 900K-Record Data Breach Proves the Best Data Protection Is Local Deletion
Aura's 2026 breach exposed 900,000 records from a forgotten server-side database. Learn why privacy tools that store your data create the very risk they claim to solve, and why local-first deletion is the answer.
3/20/2026
Meta Is Killing Instagram’s Encrypted DMs
Meta is removing end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs on May 8, 2026. Here is what the change means for your privacy.
3/17/2026
America Wants to ID You Before You Download an App
The App Store Accountability Act would require age verification for every app download in the US and what it means for your data
3/14/2026
Workers in Kenya Are Watching Your Most Private Moments From Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Meta's smart glasses have been sending footage from inside users' homes to human reviewers in Kenya. Here's what happened and what Meta has said.
3/12/2026
Discord Delays Global Age Verification to H2 2026: What Changed and What Didn’t
Discord's CTO admits the company "missed the mark." The global age verification rollout is delayed to H2 2026, Persona is dropped, but behavioral profiling remains.
2/26/2026