LinkedIn Offers Free Courses in Diversity and Inclusion to Improve Community Understanding

LinkedIn will make a range of LinkedIn Learning courses on diversity and inclusion available for free in an effort to help more people understand how to best address these key issues.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 4, 2020

Facebook's Photo and Video Transfer Tool is Now Available in All Regions

Facebook's photo and video transfer tool, which it first launched in December, is now available in all regions.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 4, 2020

Facebook Begins Rolling Out New Labels to Signify State-Controlled Media Outlets

Facebook is adding new labels to Pages, posts and ads published by state-controlled media outlets.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 4, 2020

Will Facebook's Coming 'Oversight Board' See it Change its Approach on Political Content?

Facebook's Oversight Board is still in development, but it's watching on as the company grapples with how to handle comments from political leaders.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 3, 2020

Instagram Tests Messenger Integration, New 'Plans' Sticker for Scheduling Online Meet-Ups

Facebook's messaging integration has taken another step, with a new test of an Instagram/Messenger function, while Instagram's also testing a new sticker type.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 3, 2020

Facebook Outlines New Differential Privacy Framework to Protect User Information in Shared Datasets

Facebook has provided an overview of its latest process designed to protect the personal information of users when sharing data with third-parties.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 3, 2020

Snapchat Makes its 'Dynamic Ads', Which Simplify Product Display, Available in More Regions

After first launching them last October, Snapchat is now making its Dynamic Ads available in all markets.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 3, 2020

YouTube Adds New Analytics Report, Alerts for Merchandise Sales Within Live-Streams

YouTube has announced a new analytics listing, while it's also adding a new way to promote merchandise sales within live-streams. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 3, 2020

Snapchat Removes President Trump's Account from Discover Due to Comments About the #BlackLivesMatter Protests

Snapchat has removed US President Donald Trump's account from its Discover surfaces amid concerns over Trump's remarks about the #BlackLivesMatter protests.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 3, 2020

Facebook Updates Controls Over What Posts and Content is Displayed on Your Profile

Facebook has added some new tools to make it easier to manage what people can find on your Facebook profile.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 2, 2020

Twitter is Working to Fix an Issue with Tweets Shared via WhatsApp

Twitter is working to resolve a problem where tweet shared via WhatsApp are not displaying properly.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 2, 2020

Zuckerberg Stands Firm on Decision Not to Take Action on Comments Posted by President Trump

Despite growing pressure to revise its stance on comments posted by US President Donald Trump, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has held his ground once again.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 2, 2020

Instagram Asks #BlackoutTuesday Participants to Avoid Using #BlackLivesMatter Hashtag

With thousands of people taking part in #BlackoutTuesday, Instagram has called for people to use the correct hashtags to avoid drowning out important updates and info.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 2, 2020

Facebook Adds Option to Send Marketing Emails via Pages App

Facebook is testing a new option that would enable Page managers to send emails to their contact via their Facebook Page.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 1, 2020

Instagram Says Internal Spam Filters Have Incorrectly Limited Some #BlackLivesMatter Posts

Instagram says that it is not intentionally limiting the use of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtags, but it is investigating an internal restriction due to increased usage.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 1, 2020

Pinterest Adds 'Shop' Tab to Lens Results, Making it Easier to Purchase Products Based on an Image

Pinterest is adding a new 'Shop' tab to its Lens search results, making it easier to find buyable items that match your visual search query.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 1, 2020

Facebook Employees Stop Work in Protest Against the Company's Inaction on Inflammatory Comments

As protest action continues in various cities across the US, Facebook employees have called for the company to take a harder line against inflammatory comments.

By Andrew Hutchinson • June 1, 2020

How Social Platforms are Responding to the #BlackLivesMatter Protests Across the US

Social media platforms have been posting their support for those calling for action across the US.

By Andrew Hutchinson • May 31, 2020

Facebook's Stance on Political Ads Once Again Highlights a Common Flaw in its Policy Approach

Facebook's decision not to fact-check or censor content from political leaders makes some sense, but it also underlines a common flaw in Facebook's policy approach.

By Andrew Hutchinson • May 31, 2020

Facebook Launches Yet Another New App, This Time Focused on Live Event Engagement

Facebook's experimental NPE team has released its eighth app, with a live-sports companion tools called 'Venue'.

By Andrew Hutchinson • May 29, 2020

Instagram is Testing a Double-Story Stories Feed with Some Users

Instagram is testing a double-story Stories feed in the app, continuing its gradual shift towards becoming a Stories-first platform.

By Andrew Hutchinson • May 28, 2020

Twitter Rolls Out Native Scheduling Within the Tweet Composer Window on Desktop

Twitter is bringing drafts and tweet scheduling to the desktop app, direct from the tweet composer window.

By Andrew Hutchinson • May 28, 2020

YouTube Rolls Out Video Chapters to All Creators

After testing them with selected users over the last month, YouTube is now officially launching its new chapters segmentation display for video clips. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • May 28, 2020

Snapchat Announces Online Partner Summit for June

Snapchat will host a virtual partner summit on June 11th, where it will announce a range of new product features and platform updates.

By Andrew Hutchinson • May 28, 2020

TikTok Announces #LearnOnTikTok Initiative to Encourage Education During Lockdowns

TikTok has announced a new initiative which will see more educational content added to the platform.

By Andrew Hutchinson • May 28, 2020