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Social Media Trends to Watch
- 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
- X announces a rebuilt ad platform powered by AI
- Netflix wants you to watch ‘Clips,’ its TikTok-like vertical video feed
- Instagram cracks down on content aggregators
- Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats
- Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public
- X launches stand-alone XChat app on iOS
- These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
- Meta is revamping its cross-app management system
- X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam
- WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags
- Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls
- Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI
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- FTC settles lawsuit over alleged X ad boycott
- Threads adds direct messaging access on desktop
- TikTok launches international ad platform campaign
- Pinterest posts solid growth for the first quarter of 2026
- Meta implements more protocols to detect underage users
- Meta threatens to withdraw its apps from New Mexico
- Threads expands trending topic summaries to more regions
- Custom voice models added to xAI’s Grok toolset
- Custom voice models added to xAI’s Grok tool set
- Reddit releases new small business marketing guide
- TikTok expands Out of Phone campaigns
- Instagram adds AI Creator labels
- Meta acquires humanoid robot developer Assured Robot Intelligence
- YouTube tests new music generation and moderation tools
- YouTube experiments with new music generation and moderation tools