Social Media Facebook Releases New Overview of Content Removals, Fake Profiles and Enforcements The Social Network has this week released its latest Community Standards Enforcement Report, which outlines all the content removals and actions it’s taken as a result of posted material that breaks its established rules. Facebook says that it has significantly improved its […]
Social Media Facebook Rolls Out Facebook Pay to the US, Expanding On-Platform Payments Facebook has announced the roll-out of Facebook Pay to US users, which will facilitate on-platform payments, in-stream, making it easier for people to buy products on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. Initially, Facebook Pay will be available as a payment option for […]
Social Media Facebook Adds Option to Control Your Navigation Bar Icons and Notifications Over the last few days that Facebook has rolled out a change to its lower navigation bar, in order to better align the displayed icons with the on-platform functions which you actually use. TechCrunch has confirmed that this update also includes a […]
Social Media Instagram Will Begin Hiding Total Like Counts for US Users from Next Week Instagram chief Adam Mosseri announced that the platform will be extending its test of hiding total like counts to users in the US. Instagram’s hidden like counts test has sparked much debate in the social media industry, with some seeing […]
Social Media YouTube Launches Updated Desktop and Tablet App Layout YouTube is rolling out a new desktop and tablet app update which utilizes an updated presentation style, and provides additional control options. The updated format provides more room for each preview panel, enabling additional context on each from the main screen. In addition to this, […]
Social Media Facebook Expands Access to Brand Collabs Manager, Adds New Insights to Creator Studio Facebook has announced some new additions to its publisher tools, including expanded access to its Brand Collabs influencer discovery and connection database, and new metrics within its Creator Studio dashboard. Brand Collabs Manager is a database of potential Facebook and […]
Social Media Facebook Has Discovered Another Data Access Issue, This Time Within Groups This week, on the Facebook Developer blog, the company has revealed that a flaw in its Groups API may have enabled up to 100 app partners to access group member information, like names and profile pictures, in connection with group activity. Facebook […]
Social Media TikTok’s new SDK enables video uploads from other apps, services TikTok released its first-ever software-development kit (SDK) on Monday, which will allow users to upload video content to the TikTok platform through third-party apps. Additionally, TikTok named Adobe Premiere Rush as an initial integration partner, giving users the ability to edit using Adobe’s […]
Social Media Pinterest Officially Announces New Pin Format Release After it was spotted by several users over the last few weeks, Pinterest has now officially confirmed the roll out of its updated Pin format, which includes some minor functional tweaks, and separates each Pin element for more specific focus. The update will increase the size […]
Social Media Facebook Announces Changes to Ad Metrics, Including Removal of 10-Second Video Views Facebook has announced that it’s implementing some updates to its video view metrics as of this month. First off, Facebook is removing its 10-second video view metrics, which includes ’10-Second Video Views’, ‘Cost per 10-Second Video View’ and ‘Unique 10-Second Video […]
