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Latest Social Media News & Updates
Social Media Trends to Watch
- How to turn off Instagram’s new Instants feature and retract photos you accidentally shared
- X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles
- Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal
- Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok
- TikTok now wants to be the place you book the trip you just saw on TikTok
- Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted
- TikTok launches an ad-free subscription plan in the UK
- Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, CEO says
- Tome, another Goodreads book-tracker rival, shuts down
- Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’
- Threads finally brings messaging to the web
- Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
- As X shuts down Communities, Acorn debuts an alternative that puts creators in control
- People are finally using Reddit’s search
- TikTok’s new ‘Campus Hub’ features college group chats and feeds
Tips for Staying Ahead in Social Media
- X looks to improve its incentives for original creators
- LinkedIn shares video creation tips based on platform trends
- YouTube updates unique reach calculation, adds music for still image posts
- TikTok announces expanded partnership with Universal Music Group
- Meta launches new group-focused Forum app
- Report looks at how LinkedIn is dominating B2B queries in AI chatbots
- SpaceX filing provides insight into X, Grok and xAI
- TikTok partners with Paul McCartney for album launch
- LinkedIn expands access to Crosscheck AI
- LinkedIn expands ad performance verification
- LinkedIn wants to limit the reach of AI-generated content
- X tells App Store users it’s “better than Threads”
- TikTok highlights value of app for SMBs
- YouTube adds new AI remix feature to Shorts
- Google unveils AI-powered ad updates at I/O 2026