With TikTok creators facing another few months of uncertainty about the app’s future in the U.S., Instagram is preparing a new push to scoop up wavering TikTok influencers, as it seeks to capitalize on the TikTok sell-off saga, as well as the worsening U.S.-China trade war. As we reported last week, the White House believed…
Looking to grow your IG following in 2025? This might help. Last week, podcaster Brock Johnson spoke with Instagram chief Adam Mosseri about the latest platform updates, the algorithm, usage trends, and more, as he sought to provide some answers to the most common questions posed by IG creators. And Mosseri provided some interesting notes….
Meta’s rolling out some new protective elements for teen users, including restrictions on live streaming on IG, advanced protection within DMs, an expansion of its teen accounts to Facebook and Messenger, and more. The updates will ensure safer experiences for teen users, and are a positive step. And with Meta continuing to come under scrutiny…
Google has shared an overview of how it’s increasing its usage of AI-based systems to detect fraudulent business listings, improve Search, and even create podcasts about random artifacts. Yeah, I’m not sure that those are going to be rising up the podcast charts anytime soon, but it’s another experiment that Google’s trying out. First off,…
The next stage of Meta’s shift away from third-party fact-checking is now in effect, with Community Notes now beginning to appear across its apps. As you can see in this example, the first of Meta’s Community Notes are now being displayed on selected posts, as it gradually rolls them out across its platforms. Notes will…
Instagram’s trying out a new way to drive engagement with your followers, with lockable posts, that can only be unlocked with a code. As you can see in this example from the Instagram Design profile, Instagram’s testing out a new locked post format which prompts viewers to “Enter secret code” to view the content. Here’s…
Instagram’s testing out a new monthly recap summary to provide regular insight into your content performance. As you can see in these example screens, posted by app researcher Yasser Masood, some IG creators are now being prompted to check out their previous month’s recap, which then provides a Story-like full-screen set of slides that summarize…
Here’s a potentially handy update for LinkedIn DMs: You can now add MP4 videos as attachments in your LinkedIn messages. LinkedIn added file attachments for DMs back in 2018, with users able to add PDFs, spreadsheets, Word DOCs and PowerPoint files. It’s since expanded this to more file types, with virtually all forms of image…
Meta has taken another step forward with its AI plans, with the launch of its Llama 4 AI models, which, in testing, have proven to provide better performance on virtually all fronts than its competitors. Well, at least based on the results that Meta’s chosen to release, but we’ll get to that. First off, Meta’s…
Meta has added a new proviso into the requirements for its Meta Verified paid verification offering, which seems designed to stop scammers from impersonating others, or selling profiles that they’ve built up over time. Over on the Facebook Help page for Meta Verified eligibility, Meta recently added this new element into the broader set of…
