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Instagram revealed what ads will look like on its platform. Similar to other native ad formats, the ads will look and function just like organic content, but will be marked as "Sponsored" content. The company said users in the U.S. will see a sample ad pushed to them "within the coming week."

It was only three weeks ago when Facebook announced that ads were coming to Instagram. (Instagram)

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