Instagram is rolling out a new option to combat on-platform abuse, this time focused on limiting actions from groups of users, as opposed to muting or restricting individual profiles. Continue reading

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Instagram is rolling out a new option to combat on-platform abuse, this time focused on limiting actions from groups of users, as opposed to muting or restricting individual profiles. Continue reading
Looking for ways to improve your Facebook ad creative? This could help - this week, Facebook has launched what it's calling 'Creative Guidance Navigator', which is a mini-site of various ad tips and notes that can help improve your ad creation approach. Continue...
Twitter has agreed to adhere to new Indian Government regulations on content removals and censorship, after the Indian Government threatened to remove its legal protection over content posted by users, in the latest escalation of dispute between the platform and...
What's coming next for Facebook, and what should businesses be planning for as part of their Facebook marketing strategy? This week, the company's Vice President, Ads & Business Products Dan Levy has provided a new overview of its evolving business focus, and the...
Twitter today has shared a few more ideas it’s thinking about in terms of new features around conversation health and privacy. This includes a one-stop “privacy check-in” feature that would introduce Twitter’s newer conversation controls options to users, and others...
TikTok announced this morning it’s expanding its TikTok LIVE platform, which currently allows creators to livestream to fans while responding to viewer comments and questions and accept virtual gifts. Now, the LIVE experience will include a number of new features for...
After reporting 11 quarters of consecutive user growth, Pinterest has taken a hit, with the platform seeing a decline in overall users in Q2, though its revenue results remained strong for the period. Pinterest lost 24 million users over the past three months, with US...
Pinterest is offering a helping hand to creators keen to commercialize their posts with product tagging and paid partnerships. Designed to push the image-sharing platform toward becoming a shopping catalog, the new functionality will bring brands closer to audiences...
Creating an experience on Instagram that’s safe and private for young people, but also fun comes with competing challenges. We want them to easily make new friends and keep up with their family, but we don’t want them to deal with unwanted DMs or comments from...
Good news for Instagram marketers, with the platform today announcing that it's doubling the data tracking period within Instagram Insights, stretching it from up to 30 days past to 60 days instead. As per Instagram VP of Product Vishal Shah: "We're doubling the...
Today, Instagram announced that users can now upload 60-second videos on Reels, the platform’s TikTok competitor. This update also adds functionality for a captions sticker on Reels, which transcribes audio to text. Instagram previously teased this sticker for Reels...
Facebook and Instagram weren’t designed for people under the age of 13, so we’re creating new ways to stop those who are underage from signing up.We’re developing AI to find and remove underaged accounts, and new solutions to verify people’s ages. We’re also...