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After opening applications in June, Twitter is rolling out Super Follows, its premium subscription option, starting today. The feature, first revealed in February, will allow users to subscribe to accounts they like for a monthly subscription fee in exchange...
Twitter is launching a new feature called Safety Mode that will temporarily autoblock accounts sending harmful or abusive tweets to you. Safety Mode is launching in beta with a “small feedback group” of accounts on iOS, Android, and Twitter.com with English-language...
Facebook is rolling out Facebook Fantasy Games in the US and Canada on the Facebook app for iOS and Android. Facebook Fantasy Games are free, simple prediction games that help fans enjoy sports, TV shows and pop culture content together. Continue reading
TikTok is making it easier for brands and agencies to work with the influencers using its service. The company is rolling out a new “TikTok Creator Marketplace API,” which allows marketing companies to integrate more directly with TikTok’s Creator Marketplace, the...
Facebook is expanding an experiment in reducing political content in the News Feed. In an update to a February blog post, the company says it’s seen “positive results” in reducing this content for some users in a handful of countries. Now, it’s expanding a test of the...
Can TikTok continue to innovate and evolve in line with user expectations, and actually become real, significant, ongoing competition for the big players in the space? We’ll get more of an idea of this next month, when TikTok hosts its first ever ‘TikTok World’...
Pinterest is launching a new content series which aims to provide expert insights from both experienced Pin creators and internal staff as to how you can use the platform to best effect. Continue reading
Instagram wants to do more to create safer, more private experiences for young people. To do that they need to know how old everybody is on Instagram, so have started asking people to share their birthday with us if they haven’t shared it previously. Continue...
After testing it out with selected profiles over the past few months, TikTok is now rolling out its Boost-like ‘Promote’ option to all business users. The option is similar to Facebook’s Boost button, which enables you to amplify your posts by quickly putting together...
Instagram is playing its part to seed a new generation of business leaders with the launch of a Small Businesses Mentorship Program to support five up-and-coming British companies. Developed in tandem with Small Business Britain, the initiative seeks to help...
Facebook’s Journalism Project has announced a new Accelerator Challenge for fact-checking partners,which will see fourteen of the platform’s fact-checking providers come together to participate in a 10-week training program, designed to help improve collaboration,...
Instagram has published the third edition of its ‘Instagram Insider’ digital magazine, which takes a look at emerging trends based on platform engagement, and provides tips and insights to help guide your strategic approach. Continue reading