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Twitter’s latest experiment, called Communities, is designed to make it easier to connect around shared interests. Users will be able to join these new social hubs and tweet directly to other people with shared interests rather than their regular group of followers....
Some of Australia’s biggest media companies have lost a bid in the high court to escape liability for defamatory third-party comments on their social media posts. Continue reading
After testing it out internally over the past couple of months, Twitter has now launched a live test of its new, full-width visual display for tweets in-stream, which will see tweeted images, GIFs and videos take up more of the tweet view, and remove the rounded...
Will people be open to shopping via tweet? We’re soon set to find out, with Twitter developing a range of new shopping tools that’ll eventually provide direct, in-stream product listings, tied to business profiles in the app, which will enable Twitter users to both...
With Twitter recently updating its verification guidelines, and Instagram making it easier for the general public to apply for profile verification in the app, Facebook has provided a new overview of its approach to verification, and who, exactly, qualifies for the...
Twitter is planning new features to give people more privacy options, according to Bloomberg. The social network’s plans reportedly include the option to archive old tweets so they’re not visible to other users after a given period of time (like 30, 60, or 90 days or...
The Anti-Abuse AI Team at LinkedIn creates, deploys, and maintains models that detect and prevent many types of abuse, including the creation of fake accounts, member profile scraping, automated spam, and account takeovers. Continue reading
Over the last few months, we’ve made some updates to improve the verification application process on Instagram and Facebook. Here’s more info about what’s changed, what you should keep in mind when applying for verification, plus some other answers to frequently asked...
With more people considering their future amid the uncertainty of the pandemic, and significant workforce shifts caused by various closures and operational changes, LinkedIn’s Learning platform has seen increased demand, providing a direct avenue to professional...
Facebook’s looking to add a new option to help advertisers automate their Facebook ad campaigns, with a process it's calling ‘Ad Strategies’ now being tested with some users. Continue reading
Instagram’s looking to further its in-stream commerce push with the launch of a new ‘10 Days of Live Shopping’ event, which will feature a range of celebrities streaming product launches in the app, showcasing the capacity of live-stream shopping for connecting with...
TikTok is expanding its in-app parental controls feature, Family Pairing, with educational resources designed to help parents better support their teenage users, the company announced this morning. The pairing feature, which launched to global users last year, allows...