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YouTube Expands Creator Partnerships Tools to Increase Monetization
YouTube is turning its creator-brand matchmaking system into a full-service partnership infrastructure, rebranding the former BrandConnect platform as “YouTube Creator Partnerships” and embedding it directly…
WhatsApp Is Testing Messages That Self-Destruct 15 Minutes After You Read Them
A new “After Reading” option spotted in WhatsApp’s Android beta starts a 15-minute countdown the moment a recipient opens a message, then deletes it from…
New Data Shows Simplest Way to Boost Instagram Reels Performance
An analysis of over 10,000 Facebook Reels found that human speech in the first three seconds increases 10-second retention by nearly 25%, outperforming music. Showing…
Instagram Now Wants to Turn All Your Images into Video
A new “AI Transition” feature spotted in development will use generative AI to create smooth, video-like animations between still images in Instagram Stories, replacing the…
Pakistan Introduces SMPRA: New Social Media Authority for Content Regulation & Blocking
The Government of Pakistan has officially launched the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority (SMPRA). Consequently, the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control appointed senior…
Facebook Will Pay You Up to $3,000 a Month Just to Post
Meta’s new “Creator Fast Track” program offers guaranteed monthly payments to creators who already have large followings on rival platforms, asking only for 15 Reels…
X faces disruption with thousands reporting issues
Users in Pakistan were among those affected as disruptions hit social media platform, X on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector. The service reported…
Snapchat To Shut Down Standalone Bitmoji App
After a decade as a separate product, Bitmoji’s standalone app is being folded entirely into Snapchat. Over 2.7 billion avatars have been created and 320…
Why You Now Have to Actually Add Value to Go Viral on Instagram
Updated guidelines clarify what counts as original content on Facebook and Instagram, penalise lazy reaction clips and reposts, and give creators new tools to detect…
Spotify’s AI-Powered Taste Profile Lets Users Edit Their Recommendations
At the SXSW event, Spotify introduced a new way for users to shape their own recommendations. The company’s co-CEO, Gustav Söderström, revealed a feature called…
LinkedIn Now Lets AI Conduct Your First Job Interview
A new feature in early testing allows recruiters to send candidates an AI-powered audio or video screening interview as the first step in the hiring…
Instagram Finally Tests Clickable Links in Captions, But There’s A Catch
One of Instagram’s most requested features is finally being tested: clickable links in post captions. The catch is that it’s only available to Meta Verified…
