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Unskippable ads might come to an Instagram app near you


Instagram is reportedly testing unskippable ads on its platform. Multiple users have reported seeing a feature called "Ad break" that runs advertisements of about three to five seconds in length.

Source: solenfeyissa/Pixabay Multiple user reports suggest the Meta-owned social media platform Instagram is testing a feature called "Ad Break," which as the name says, brings unskippable ads to the users' feeds. Instagram's latest efforts have attracted criticism on social media platforms like Reddit and X (formerly Twitter). There is no official word from the company and it's not known when (or if) the unskippable ads will roll out on Instagram at a bigger scale.

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