Twitter Hires Youth App Expert Michael Sayman as Part of New Experimental Development Team

Twitter's looking to test out new ways to boost its youth appeal, via an experimental development team.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 8, 2022

Instagram Launches Updated Creator Tags to Provide More Credit for Content Contributors

The new tags will provide more opportunity to highlight the contributions of collaborators.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 7, 2022

Meta's Testing a New Layout in the Desktop Version of Facebook

Some users are seeing a new layout in the desktop version of Facebook - and it seems like a lot.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 7, 2022

Instagram Has Removed its Separate Boomerang and Hyperlapse Apps from App Stores

The change appears to be the next step in the broader integration of Instagram's functions.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 7, 2022

LinkedIn Launches Expanded 'Career Break' Listing Option to All Users

The new option provides more ways to display gaps in your professional career timeline.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 7, 2022

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Represents a New, Key Stage in the Battle Against Online Misinformation

The battle against misinformation has reached a new level - but are we seeing a significant advance in process?

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 6, 2022

Meta Launches New Online Safety Course for Journalists

The new course will help journalists better understand their protection and safety options.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 4, 2022

New Report Looks at Representation and Gender Diversity in Social Platform Leadership [Infographic]

All the major social platforms have made commitments to equality - but how are they currently placed?

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 3, 2022

Meta's NPE Group Releases New App Focused on Managing To-Do Lists

The app will be the fourteenth experimental release from Meta's NPE team.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 3, 2022

Twitter Moves to the Next Stage of Testing for its 'Birdwatch' Crowdsourced Fact-Checking Program

Birdwatch alerts will now be displayed upfront on some tweets.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 3, 2022

TikTok Launches 'Agency Center' to Provide New Strategic Guidance for Creators

The new option will help creators connect with talent agencies to facilitate branded content deals.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 3, 2022

US Attorneys General Launch New Probe into the Dangers of TikTok for Young Users

The investigation could see the implementation of new restrictions on how TikTok operates.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 3, 2022

Twitter is Working on a New Podcast Tab to Facilitate Discovery and Engagement

The new tab could provide another way for creators build community around their content in the app.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 2, 2022

Meta Announces the Closure of Facebook Campus, its School-Aligned Social Network Experiment

Meta is re-aligning its projects onto the next major usage shifts, which has seen it move on from several app experiments.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 2, 2022

YouTube Expands Alerts on Potentially Offensive Comments, Updates Creator Payment Process

YouTube's splitting its YouTube and AdSense payments displays, which is an important note for creators.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 2, 2022

Meta Expands Test of New Removal Alerts Which Let Users Know When Automated Detection Was used

The new alerts will provide more context as to why, and how, a post was detected and removed.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 2, 2022

Meta Releases New 'Widely Viewed Content' Report for Facebook, Which Continues to be a Baffling Overview

Meta’s attempts to counter the narrative that it fuels divisive content continue to cause more harm than help.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 1, 2022

Google's Removed Over 31,000 Chinese YouTube Channels for Coordinated Influence Operations in the Last 7 Months

The program appears to be looking to use YouTube as a vector for distributing pro-China content.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 1, 2022

Pinterest Adds Hebrew Language Support, Expanding Access to Millions More Users

More language support will help Pinterest expand its appeal and usage in more markets.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 1, 2022

Pinterest Announces New Support Program for Female-Owned Businesses as Part of Women's History Month

The program aims to assist businesses from underrepresented communities.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 1, 2022

Instagram Launches Automated Captions for Feed Videos

Now, you have the option to switch on auto captions within all Instagram surfaces.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 1, 2022

Meta Shares its Latest Advances in Automated Object Identification, a Key Development in its AR Push

Meta's advancing image recognition systems could underpin a range of major developments for its tools.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 28, 2022

LinkedIn Acquires Marketing Analytics Platform Oribi to Improve its Marketing Solutions Offering

The acquisition will help LinkedIn improve its connection between advertiser website and on-platform activity.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 28, 2022

Meta Uncovers Coordinated Misinformation Initiatives Targeting Ukrainian Users

Meta's teams are working hard to stop the spread of misinformation around the Ukrainian conflict.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 28, 2022

TikTok Confirms that 10 Minute Video Uploads are Coming to All Users

Longer clips are coming to TikTok - but is that a good thing?

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 28, 2022