Google News Initiative and McClatchy Will Fill a Local News Void in 3 U.S. Markets

The search engine giant and the newspaper publisher introduced The Compass Experiment.

Brands Can Now Add Instagram’s Poll Sticker to Instagram Stories Ads

Three-second video views rose during beta campaigns.

The Facebook Ban Hammer Struck Inauthentic Behavior in Iran, Russia, Macedonia, Kosovo

2,632 pages, groups and accounts were removed.

Instagram: Here’s How to Buy Something via the New Checkout Feature

Shop without leaving the app.

Here Are the Brands and Organizations Finalists for the 11th Annual Shorty Awards

Entries grew significantly for Long-Form Video, Storytelling, Comedy Video.

Google News Initiative Unveiled Its Realtime Content Insights Tool

The program for publishers also debuted a Data Maturity Benchmarking Tool with Deloitte.

Does Messaging App Telegram’s Newest Privacy Update Go Too Far?

Users can permanently delete any messages or chats, which will disappear for all participants.

A Scammer Pleaded Guilty of Fleecing Facebook of $98 Million, Google of $23 Million

He and co-conspirators posed as employees of Quanta Computer, established fake bank accounts.

TikTok: Here’s How to Turn On Screen Time Management

Limit your app usage.

Instagram Is Testing the Locking of Old Usernames for 14 Days After Changes

The feature may also prevent bots from securing and selling those handles.