Sources: Meta's Community Notes won't apply to paid ads, but will be enabled for organic content, which includes brands' and influencers' unpromoted posts
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal :
Sources: Meta's Community Notes won't apply to paid ads, but will be enabled for organic content, which includes brands' and influencers' unpromoted posts
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal :
Instagram adds the ability for users to share their locations with friends via DMs for up to one hour, in select countries
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
Instagram adds the ability for users to share their locations with friends via DMs for up to one hour, in select countries
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
The Biden-Harris administration launches a White House account on Reddit for news and info about federal government work; the first posts cover Hurricane Helene
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
ISD: top officials in NC and at FEMA responding to Hurricane Helene face antisemitic attacks largely on X, where 10 of the posts collectively drew 17.1M views
Report finds Elon Musk's X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
YouTube updates Shorts with the ability for creators to upload up to three-minute videos, a streamlined Shorts player, templates, and a new trends mobile page
short-form video platform to allow users to post content up to three minutes Mia Sato / The Verge : YouTube Shorts are getting less short Dr. Itay Gal / Jerusalem Post : Head-to-he...
YouTube updates Shorts with the ability for creators to upload up to three-minute videos, a streamlined Shorts player, templates, and a new trends mobile page
More Time, More Content Camila Foster / Sammy Fans : YouTube Shorts just got longer, 3 minute videos coming October 15 Stuart Dredge / Music Ally : YouTube Shorts are getting longe...
Instagram expands Notes, its temporary away status-like feature, to let users leave Notes on Reels and grid posts; the temporary comments are semi-private
for your friends' eyes only ✨ [image] @popbase : Instagram is launching the ability to leave Notes directly on Reels and Feed posts. [image] Lindsey Gamble / @lindseygamble_ : 🚨NEW...
A look at Meta's struggles to attract influencers to Threads, due to the platform's focus on text and its lack of a clear purpose for users
Threads is a place for everyone. No following required. Matthew Facciani / @matthewfacciani : The lack of “content creators” and “influencers” on Threads is probably one of its bi...
A look at Meta's struggles to attract influencers to Threads, due to the platform's focus on text and its lack of a clear purpose for users
Threads is a place for everyone. No following required. Matthew Facciani / @matthewfacciani : The lack of “content creators” and “influencers” on Threads is probably one of its bi...
A look at Meta's struggles to attract influencers to Threads, due to the platform's focus on text and its lack of a clear purpose for users
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post :
Q&A with Adam Mosseri on Threads' first year, not leaning into political content, driving engagement, focusing on real-time content, the fediverse, and more
and even Threads is warming to it Leo Grieco / Proactiveinvestors UK : Meta's Threads hits milestone but lags social media giants Sean Tilley / We Distribute : A Beginner's Guide t...
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 175M+ MAUs, up from 150M in April, ahead of its one-year anniversary on July 5; source: Meta may turn on ads in Threads in 2025
YouTube is testing Notes, an experimental crowdsourced tool to let users add context to videos, similar to X's Community Notes, on mobile in the US in English
TikTok launches its Symphony AI suite for brands, using generative AI to let marketers write scripts, produce videos, and enhance current assets
TikTok is the latest tech company to incorporate generative AI into its ads business, as the company announced on Tuesday that it's launching a new “TikTok Symphony” AI suite for b...
TikTok launches its Symphony AI suite for brands, using generative AI to let marketers write scripts, produce videos, and enhance current assets
TikTok is the latest tech company to incorporate generative AI into its ads business, as the company announced on Tuesday that it's launching a new “TikTok Symphony” AI suite for b...
TikTok starts rolling out TikTok Notes, its Instagram rival for sharing photo and text content, for limited testing in Australia and Canada on Android and iOS
Sheena Vasani / The Verge :
YouTube now requires creators to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI, via an upload checklist; clearly unrealistic videos will not need a label
here's how Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Google Rolls Out AI Labeling for YouTube Content Creators Jak Connor / TweakTown : YouTube rolls out safeguards to battle the rise of AI generat...
YouTube revamps its TV app to make the viewing experience more interactive, giving greater prominence to chapters, comments, and video descriptions
Chris Welch / The Verge :