This page aggregates measured, corroborated evidence: donors' iPhones recorded apps contacting this domain, every claim below was reported by separate accepted donations and published under a human verdict (later rows for an approved app inherit its verdict). A contact is a measurement, not an accusation — it does not show what data was sent.
i.instagram.com
classified as first-party · 2
What our research panel found AI-drafted · human-reviewed
We ask several independent AI models the same question and publish their answers separately — cross-vendor agreement is evidence against fabrication, and disagreement is worth seeing. 3 of 3 models answered, overall confidence high. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — first-party
i.instagram.com is Instagram's own API/backend endpoint, matching the app's own brand and bundle ID (com.burbn.instagram), so it is a first-party contact. The app's label already declares extensive collection of identifiers and content, so this contact implies no data flow beyond what is disclosed.
OpenAI — first-party
The domain i.instagram.com is an Instagram-branded service endpoint and is most likely first-party. Instagram's label declares collection of extensive user, device, interaction, location, and content data, so this contact alone does not demonstrate an undeclared data flow.
Google Gemini — first-party
i.instagram.com is a first-party API endpoint owned and operated by Instagram (Meta) for core app functionality. As a first-party domain, this contact is expected and consistent with the app's disclosed privacy practices.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 4 | 4 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
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