Facebook Details Changes to Messenger From Facebook API
New privacy rules take effect in Europe Dec. 16.
LinkedIn: How to Stop LinkedIn From Showing You Ads Based on Your Job Information
Users can tell the professional network to stop showing certain kinds of relevant ads.
Another Case Referred to Facebook’s Independent Content Oversight Board
A post was removed for potential violations of the social network’s policy on violence and incitement.
Twitter Pulls Plug on twttr, Goes Back to the Drawing Board on Conversations
The experimental app debuted in February 2019.
YouTube to Warn Users About to Post Potentially Offensive Comments
The Google-owned video site will debut a voluntary survey for creators next year to help ensure that their communities are treated fairly.
How Discord Built a $7 Billion Platform—Without Ads
A look at how the chat service began, its stance on moderating content and where advertisers can fit in.
LinkedIn: How to Stop LinkedIn From Showing You Ads Based on Your Education
The platform lets users tweak their advertising preferences.
Twitter Tweaks Its Annual Best Brand Tweets List to Reflect a Tough 2020
Categories were adjusted to account for the pandemic’s effects.
Twitter Users Can Login to Android, iOS Devices via Physical Security Keys
The two-factor authentication option was already available on desktop.
YouTube to Add 3 New Features to Its Premieres Option
Live Redirect and Trailers began rolling out, with Countdown Themes to follow.
Twitter Updates Its Hateful Conduct Policy
It now covers language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity or national origin.
More Than 1.9M People Took Part in Season of Giving on Facebook, Instagram
They raised over $135 million for 107,000 nonprofits.
Year on TikTok: Top 100 List Shares the Platform’s Highlights From This Past Year
Top creators, memes, music, videos and voices of change.
LinkedIn: How to Stop LinkedIn From Showing You Ads Based on Your Groups
The professional network lets users set their advertising preferences.
LinkedIn Sales Insights Rolls Out to Give Sales Organizations Reliable, Accurate Data
The new data analytics tool incorporates real-time data from the professional network’s 722 million-plus members.