The Feed March 16th

Merge 104.8  |  16 March 2026

Your messages on Instagram will soon no longer be encrypted. This change comes as social media networks face increased pressure to better moderate online content and remove harmful posts. End-to-end encryption ensures that messages are only seen by the sender and the receiver, and no one else.

 

A new movie in development has been called the scariest film ever on Netflix. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence and follows a couple who travel to a mysterious European hotel while trying to adopt a child from a nearby orphanage. Things take a strange turn when the wife — who has cancer — encounters a mysterious faith healer. What Happens At Night is set to be released at the end of next year.

 

YouTube may soon show 30-second unskippable ads on TVs, similar to traditional TV ad breaks. The only way to skip them will be with a YouTube Premium subscription. After a record year generating over $40 billion in ad revenue, YouTube is now focusing on TV viewing, one of its fastest-growing platforms.