Small and large accounts affected as Instagram cleans up spam and fake engagement Influencers and users see sudden drops as Instagram removes bots and inactive accounts. Pixabay Dubai: Instagram has ...

If you noticed a dip in your follower count this week, it’s not a glitch. On May 6, 2026, Meta launched its most aggressive AI crackdown yet, scrubbing "ghost" accounts and bots from the global ...

Instagram’s massive “Great Purge of 2026” has officially shaken up the social media world, and some of the platform’s biggest stars were hit the hardest. The platform-wide crackdown reportedly wiped ...

Thousands of Instagram users have reported sudden drops in follower counts, sparking speculation that Instagram has carried out a large-scale purge of bot and inactive accounts. A large-scale purge of ...

Federal prosecutors ripped down hundreds of artificial intelligence-generated phony social media accounts used by Russian operatives to create a "bot farm" that spread lies and pro-Vladimir Putin ...

Instagram is packed. Millions of creators are posting every single day, all chasing the same eyeballs, the same growth, the same shot at being discovered. Starting from zero is tough. Really tough.

A new report found that bots have surpassed human internet traffic. HUMAN Security's State of AI Traffic report found that automated traffic grew eight times faster than human traffic year-over-year.

For a rising UFC champion, gaining 400,000 new fans should be a celebration. For Ilia Topuria, however, it’s become a source that has drawn more skepticism than applause. And for context, this ...

Growing an Instagram account in 2026 is more difficult than it used to be. The platform is saturated, competition is intense, and many Instagram users post quality content but struggle to gain ...

Move over Eileen Gu, there's a new California-born Chinese-American Winter Olympic gold medalist queen of Instagram. And this one represents the red, white and blue. Team USA's Alysa Liu reached 5.3 ...