Social Media News
Get the latest news, updates, and trends from the world of social media. Whether it’s new features, algorithm changes, or platform updates, we bring you quick, reliable insights to help you stay ahead. Perfect for creators, marketers, and business owners.
Latest Social Media News & Updates
Social Media Trends to Watch
- Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms
- Mastodon looks to newsletters to help revive the open social web
- Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users
- UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16
- Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it
- Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat
- Pinterest bets on creators with Amazon Storefront integration
- Apple puts parents back in control of kids’ iPhone use
- Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps
- Meta steals a tactic from Tesla and builds data centers in tents
- Meta’s Oversight Board says account bans lack due process, transparency
- Meta rolls out a new AI creator assistant on Facebook
- TikTok launches TikTok Pro Events, an app for cultural moments like the FIFA World Cup
- A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon
- Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook
Tips for Staying Ahead in Social Media
- LinkedIn adds GIF support
- Meta adds expanded analytics and AI restyle options to Edits
- Reddit study highlights user purchase behavior
- Meta updates its livestream shopping tools
- LinkedIn adds more digital skills visibility
- Pinterest launches AI-powered ad and shopping tools
- Social media is the leading source of news, per Reuters
- LinkedIn launches AI training courses for marketers
- Microsoft expands LinkedIn seniority targeting to more ad objectives
- Snap opens pre-orders for Specs AR glasses
- X adds Google Tag Manager integration
- Threads reaches 500 million user milestone
- Meta continues to deflect concerns about facial recognition features
- TikTok bans AI-generated voices in shopping livestreams
- Reddit campaigns drive performance on and off the platform