Social Media News
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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
- 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
- X announces a rebuilt ad platform powered by AI
- Netflix wants you to watch ‘Clips,’ its TikTok-like vertical video feed
Tips for Staying Ahead in Social Media
- X pitches advertisers on rising opportunities in the app
- X implements new posting restrictions on non-paying users
- X implements new posting restrictions on nonpaying users
- Google announces AI-powered advances at I/O 2026
- X launches display of active followers to contextualize performance data
- Meta reassigns workers to AI projects, cuts 8K staff
- Meta highlights AI glasses functions for users with disabilities
- LinkedIn adds AI-powered job outreach
- Pinterest wants brands to start thinking about Christmas
- Meta adds new creator publishing tools
- X announces creator-driven ad partnership
- Meta expands advanced ad placement controls to Threads
- YouTube adds Chapters and Title Cards to CTV
- YouTube adds chapters and title cards for CTV viewers
- YouTube expands likeness detection to all users over 18