Facebook Highlights Black-Owned Businesses for Juneteenth, Provides Tools to Increase Awareness

Facebook's also providing a range of ways for brands to show their support for the event.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 18, 2021

Twitter Will Now Let Spaces Hosts Download an Audio File of Their Space

There's a new way to utilize the audio from your Twitter Spaces broadcasts.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 17, 2021

Facebook Launches New Independent Artist Program To Provide Exposure Opportunities for Unsigned Musicians

Facebook is launching a new music distribution process for independent artists.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 17, 2021

Instagram Launches Reels Ads in All Regions

The ads can be 30 seconds long, and will appear between user Reels.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 17, 2021

Snapchat Adds New Developer Tools for Spotlight, Providing New Creative and Promotional Options

Snapchat has announced new developer tools for Spotlight, which will expand the available tools in the option.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 17, 2021

Instagram Adds Group Fundraisers, Facilitating New Awareness Opportunities

Instagram has added a new fundraising option, with group fundraisers providing new collaborative opportunities. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 16, 2021

YouTube Adds New Control Options for Shorts Remixes, Tests Shorts Analytics in the Main App

YouTube has added some new tools related to Shorts, including Channel controls to limit Shorts remixes of your videos.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 16, 2021

Facebook's New Podcast Listening Tools are Set to Be Launched Next Week

Facebook's new podcast integration tools are coming next week.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 16, 2021

Facebook Adds a Range of New Group Admin Tools, Including an Updated Dashboard and 'Conflict Alerts'

Facebook has announced a range of new features that will help group admins manage the fast-paced conversations.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 16, 2021

Facebook Launches New Gaming Fan Groups as Part of its Broader Push into the Gaming Space

Facebook has announced a new group type designed to help it grow gaming communities on the platform.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 15, 2021

TikTok Becomes Major Sponsor of VidCon 2021, Taking Over From YouTube

Could this be a changing of the guard in the digital creator space?

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 15, 2021

Twitter Moves Closer to Launching Emoji-Style Reactions on Tweets

Looks like Reactions are coming to a tweet near you...

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 15, 2021

Facebook Shares Insights Into Key Topics of Discussion Across Facebook and Instagram in Q1

Facebook has provided an overview of the key discussion topics that are gaining the most momentum on Facebook and Instagram.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 15, 2021

Facebook Seeks Oversight Board Advice on What Qualifies as 'Private' User Information

Facebook has referred its first policy advisory motion to its independent Oversight Board, which will be an interesting test case.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 15, 2021

Facebook Execs Run First Live Test of New Facebook Audio Rooms Feature in the US

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hosted a Facebook audio rooms today as a test of the new option.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 15, 2021

Twitter Is Working on New Controls Over Who Can @Mention You in Their Tweets

Unmentioning and disabling mentions could help to avoid escalated situations, but will it go too far?

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 14, 2021

LinkedIn Granted New Opportunity to Restrict Data-Scraping in its App

The US Supreme Court will allow LinkedIn to pursue a case over user data scraping, which had previously been allowed by the Federal Court.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 14, 2021

Facebook Shares New Insights on the Effectiveness of its Blood Donation Alerts Program

Facebook has announced a new milestone for its Blood Donation alerts program.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 14, 2021

The World's Top 50 Social Media Influencers by Number of Followers [Infographic]

Here's a look at the most followed people in the world from across the social media space.

By Mark Walker-Ford • June 13, 2021

Are We Entering a New Phase for Social Media Regulation?

New moves by US regulators point to growing concerns for social media platforms, and big tech more broadly.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 12, 2021

Facebook's New 'Smart Crop' Feature for Automated Video Editing Is Now Available In Creator Studio

Facebook has made its new Smart Cropping tool for video more widely available in Creator Studio.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 12, 2021

Facebook's Developing a New Way To Re-Create Text Styles Based on an Example Image

Facebook is working on a new process that would enable users to re-create text from image examples.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 11, 2021

Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri Offers Insights on How To Grow Reach, Algorithms, TikTok and More

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has provided his insights on a range of user questions in a Creator Week session.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 10, 2021

YouTube Adds New Tools To Detect Copyright Violations and Block Them Within the Upload Process

YouTube is adding a new option that will enable creators to block uploads of content that they've previously claimed on copyright grounds.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 10, 2021

Facebook Partners with Technology and Healthcare Providers to Improve Key Health Messaging

Facebook is partnering with a range of technology and healthcare providers on a new, multi-year health campaign research initiative.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 10, 2021