Instagram hidden-likes trial goes global after months of regional testing

After testing it across several regions earlier in the year, Instagram started hiding 'likes' for accounts based in the United States last week. Now, the Facebook-owned company has announced on Twitter it's rolling the test out on a global scale. The trial is part of an initiative aimed at making users focus on the quality of the content they are posting rather than on how many likes their posts are receiving. Those users included in the trial won't see a like-count on other people's images and ...