The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) pushed for the ability to disabling the embedded images on your posts.
Over a year and a half, the NPPA worked with the social network to make this happen. Photographers and other creators don't have to worry about the internet grifting their work if they don't want to. There are steps to disabling embedded content on social media sites.
You should stop the mobile version of the Instagram embeds.
1. Go to your account on the photo sharing site.
Pick settings by tapping the three lines in the top right corner.
Go to your profile on the photo sharing site. Credit: Screenshot
You can choose settings from this menu. Credit: Screenshot
2. In the settings, choose Account and then Embeds.
In the settings, tap Account. Credit: Screenshot
You can choose to use the Screenshot of the social media site.
3. Allow people to add your posts or profile on other websites.
You can turn off the Embeds to make sure others can't paste your post onto their site. Credit: Screenshot
There is a way to prevent others from using your work on social media. You can do this on the desktop version of the app.
You should not allow the Instagram embeds on the desktop.
1. Click on the settings gear to go to your profile on the photo-sharing service.
You can get to your account on the desktop. Credit: Screenshot
Click on the gear that says "settings" to go to it. Credit: Screenshot
2. Click Privacy and Security.
You can click Privacy and Security in the settings. Credit: Screenshot
3. You can allow people to add your posts or profile to other websites by scrolling to Embeds.
Uncheck allowing images on social media. Credit: Screenshot
Why use this feature?
The feature was fought for by ASMP and NPAA because third-party websites were able to circumvent the law. The organizations mentioned several court cases when talking to Facebook.
The change is important because of all the lawsuits, according to the General Counsel of the NPPA.
We hope photographers take advantage of this feature. We expect that publications will stop trying to circumvent copyright protections by claiming they have a right to use images from photographers who risk their health and safety to make them, and that they will license images from the photographers who often risk their health and safety to make them.
The addition of the new feature means that photographers and other creatives can display their work on the photo sharing service, knowing that their rights will be a little more protected.
