Joel Kaplan, Facebook's Global Head of Policy, flagged that the project -- known as "Common Ground" -- could lead to accusations that the site was biased against conservatives, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Kaplan, a former White House aide to George W. Bush who has emerged as Facebook's protector against allegations of political bias, was concerned that the change would disproportionately impact the conservative users, said the report.
Sources told the WSJ that the Common Ground project would have changed how the News Feed was ranked and de-emphasised "hateful" comments, The Verge reported.
Conservatives alleged in the past that Facebook was biased against them, a charge that the social media giant denied.
While "Common Ground" might have been halted apparently to remove bias, there are concerns that Kaplan, who attened Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, himself has been biased.
An elated Rakul took to Twitter to announce the news and wrote: "Super happy to announce my next in Hindi 'Marjaavaan'! Milap Zaveri let's kill it!"
Welcoming Rakul Preet, Zaveri wrote: Gives me great joy to welcome the gorgeous and talented Rakulpreet to 'Marjaavaan'. Dialoguebaazi and dhamaka en route!"
The film will also star Riteish Deshmukh and Tara Sutaria, who is making her Bollywood debut with "Student Of The Year 2".
The film reunites Zaveri with Riteish and Sidharth after four years after "Ek Villain", which was written by the filmmaker.
The other details of the film are still under wraps.
The company is testing the tap-to-advance feature to navigate between posts in the Explore section of the app.
"We're always testing ways to improve the experience on Instagram and bring you closer to the people and things you love," TechCrunch quoted an Instagram spokesperson as saying on Thursday.
Instagram already uses an auto-advance feature in its "Videos You Might Like" section of Explore, automatically playing the next video when the last one finishes.
"As for whether this could come to the main feed, an Instagram spokesperson said it is not something they're actively thinking about right now," the report added.
The tap-to-advance feature was first introduced by Snapchat, reducing the user-effort of repeatedly using thumbstrokes, thus creating a more relaxing browsing experience.