(Reuters)
– Facebook Inc. started
adding its name to some screens on its Instagram photo-sharing platform recently, one of the primary links it’s given users to its possession of the popular platform.
The move comes because the world’s largest social media company faces bigger scrutiny from
regulators around the world
for more transparency
over information privacy
practices and how and
with whom Facebook shares user data.
While not instantly visible to users, “Instagram from Facebook” can be seen a few clicks away at rock bottom of the settings
page within the Instagram
app on some iOS devices.
“We want to
be clearer concerning the merchandise and services that
are a part of Facebook,” a corporation spokesperson told
Reuters.
Some U.S. lawmakers, together with Senator Elizabeth Warren, a
Democratic presidential candidate, have pushed for action to break up Facebook,
Amazon.com Inc. and
Alphabet Inc.’s. Google.
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes in an opinion piece in the New York Times in May urged U.S. regulators to separate the corporate in 3 parts.
Facebook will add its name to its WhatsApp messaging service, the information reported here earlier on Friday.
Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp
in 2014, and each is currently employed by over one billion individuals.
Instagram has become particularly vital in adding to Facebook’s
revenue because the app mostly stayed out of its parent’s
privacy scandals, and it pulls in younger customers at a
far quicker rate,
attracting more advertisers.
Facebook in July said new
rules and products changes aimed toward protecting users’ privacy would
slow its revenue growth into next year. It additionally agreed to
pay $5 billion to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission data privacy probe.