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Instagram announced that the feature was coming back in March, and now, all users have the option to save their Instagram Stories as drafts within the app. Continue reading
Twitter began rolling out automatically generated captions for its voice tweets feature this week. Continue reading
TikTok will kick off its Small Biz Block Party Aug. 5, a 20-event workshop series open to anyone who owns or works at a small business, aimed at helping attendees learn about tools and tactics to reach new communities and grow their businesses. Continue reading
TikTok is looking to add more transparency to branded content on its platform, with a broader expansion of its Branded Content toggle, which influencers will soon be required to switch on when promoting products in their clips. As explained by TikTok: "Branded content...
Today, we’re publishing our first quarterly update, covering Q1 2021, which provides 1) information about cases that Facebook has referred to the board and 2) an update on our progress implementing the board’s recommendations. These quarterly updates are designed to...
Scraping has been around since the start of the internet, but it’s grown dramatically in scale and sophistication. Today, the scraping we hear most about is unauthorized scraping, which uses code and automated collection methods to make (up to) thousands of queries...
Connecting the world takes people with different backgrounds and points of view to build products that work better for everyone. This means building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. Since 2014, we’ve publicly reported Facebook’s...
By the end of 2022, we plan to invest over $1 billion in programs that give creators new ways to earn money for the content they create on Facebook and Instagram. From artists to style experts and budding entertainers, creators drive so much of the passion and...
Twitter's new business profiles look to be getting closer to a full launch, with a new 'Convert to Professional' option spotted in testing by app researchers. Continue reading
Twitter shared its Transparency Center update covering the second half of 2020, which included new data on the number of views the most violative tweets on its platform received prior to their removal. Continue reading
Stories that disappear after a period of time are where the action is on social platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook. But when it comes to Twitter, it looks the product itself is going to be going away in a matter of days. Twitter...
Instagram doesn’t want you to spam your friends with all of the posts you come across and like. So today, it’s starting a test to make sharing to Stories slightly trickier. The company is testing a “reshare” sticker that can be placed in Stories. When selected, a...