Twitter Blocks Instagram from 'Find Friends' Feature

Instagram users will no longer be able to find their friends on Twitter, as the micro-blogging site has blocked Instagram from that part of its Twitter connection.

Instagram users will no longer be able to find their friends on Twitter, as the micro-blogging site has blocked Instagram from that part of its Twitter connection.

Now when users log in, they’ll see the following message: “Twitter no longer allows its users to access this information in Instagram via the Twitter API. We apologize for any inconvenience.” But they will still be able to tweet photos from Instagram.

TechCrunch’ Alexia Tsotsis noted that other networks including Foursquare and Fancy were still using the “find friends” feature.

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