Instant Alert: Instagram says users can now evaluate authenticity of accounts

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Instagram says users can now evaluate authenticity of accounts by on Aug 28, 2018, 1:02 PM Advertisement Instagram is introducing a new feature to let users find out more information about the ads that various accounts on the service pay for. The feature, which is similar to what Instagram parent company Facebook rolled out earlier this year, is intended to help users evaluate the authenticity of accounts on its service. Instagram also said it will support two factor authentication. Photo-sharing app Instagram's more than 1 billion users will now be able to evaluate the authenticity of accounts, weeks after parent Facebook Inc rolled out similar measures in a bid to weed out fake accounts on its social media platform. Instagram said on Tuesday it will launch the "About This Account" feature that will allow users to see the advertisements an account is running, the country where the account is located, username changes in the past year as well as other details. "Keeping people with bad intentions off our platform is incredibly important ... that means trying to make sure the people you follow and the accounts you interact with are who they say they are, and stopping bad actors before they cause harm," Instagram co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Mike Krieger said. Instagram also said it will allow the use of third-party apps such as DUO Mobile and Google Authenticator for two-factor authentication to help users securely log in to their accounts. Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security on top of usernames and passwords by prompting users for information they have access to. Earlier this month, Facebook introduced this feature for users who managed pages with a large U.S. following, seeking to make it harder to administer a page using a fake or compromised account. These features will be broadly available in the coming weeks, the photo-sharing app said in a blog post. Starting Tuesday, Instagram will allow accounts with a large reach to request verification through a feature within the app, it said. SEE ALSO: 'We never rank search results to manipulate political sentiment': Google responds to Trump's claim that the company is 'suppressing the voices of conservatives and hiding information'   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011