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Instagram introduces Live broadcasts for ‘Close Friends’

Meta's Instagram is introducing a way to livestream to smaller, hand-picked private audiences.

Being able to choose to go to live only with Close Friends is likely part of a push to get everyday users to make the most of the feature, rather than purely for content geared towards wider audiences. This push for a more curated online experience is echoed by the popularity of authenticity-focused social media platforms like BeReal. As well as writing, she also has experience in editing as the UK Editor of The Mary Sue , as well as speaking on the important of SEO in journalism at the Student Press Association National Conference.

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