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Instagram Adds New Features for Broadcast Channels
Instagram has announced some updates to its Broadcast Channels option for creators, which provides a private, one-way chat stream to keep your audience informed of important updates. Broadcast Channels is available to all creators with over 10k followers, so it’s not a widely available option, as such. But if you are in that category, channels provides a simple means to…
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Instagram Adds New Features for Broadcast Channels
Instagram has announced some updates to its Broadcast Channels option for creators, which provides a private, one-way chat stream to keep your audience informed of important updates. Broadcast Channels is available to all creators with over 10k followers, so it’s not a widely available option, as such. But if you are in that category, channels provides a simple means to…
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Australia’s eSafety Commission Drops its Case Against X
In what X is proclaiming as “an important moment for free speech”, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has announced that she is abandoning a removal notice put to X regarding footage of a stabbing in a Sydney church. Back in April, a Sydney church leader was stabbed in what authorities later deemed to be a terrorist act. As such, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner…
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YouTube Adds More AI Assistance Tools for Creators
YouTube’s looking to provide more inspiration for content creators, with its revamped “Inspiration” tab in YouTube Studio analytics now able to give you A.I. recommendations for new video ideas. As you can see in this overview, YouTube has renamed its “Research” tab to “Inspiration”, with the updated display now including listings of search trends and “Breakout” video clips. As explained…
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YouTube Launches Live Test of ‘Dream Screen’ AI Background Generator
After first announcing its coming “Dream Screen” A.I. generation option last September, YouTube has now launched a live test of the feature with selected users. Dream Screen enables you to generate background videos or images for your short clips, based on text prompts. bring your wildest ideas to life with Dream Screen ???? if you can imagine it, you can…
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TikTok Implements Protection Measures Ahead of UK Election
With the U.K. General Election date now official, TikTok has announced a new, dedicated in-app General Election centre, where it will provide reliable and authoritative information for users ahead of the poll. As with other elections, TikTok is looking to dispel misinformation and manipulation efforts by providing official information via its dedicated in-app resource. As explained by TikTok: “We’ve partnered…
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TikTok Shares New Marketing Fundamentals Overview [Infographic]
Looking to get started with TikTok marketing? I mean, you probably wanna’ be quick, considering that TikTok may well be gone from the U.S. by early next year. If you do want to try it out, and see whether TikTok can drive more interest for your brand, TikTok’s marketing team has put together a new starter pack for setting up…
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YouTube Expands Community Posts to All Users
Is YouTube really a social network? I mean, viewers can comment on clips, and there is a level of social interaction facilitated in the app. But really, it’s a video platform, first and foremost, with some social elements baked in. Right? Well, over the past year, YouTube’s been looking to make its platform a little more social, through the expansion…
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Threads Rolls Out Side-Swiping Post Interest UI to All Users
After testing it out with selected users over the past few months, Threads is now rolling out its side-swiping post interest UI to all users. As you can see in this example, Threads users (in the mobile app) will now be able to swipe right to indicate that they like a post, and want to see more of this type…
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X Updates Policies To Allow Sexual Content in the App
Could X be looking to monetize adult content in future, as another potential revenue path for the app? Today, the platform formerly known as Twitter has updated its policy on adult content, which means that “consensually produced and distributed adult nudity or sexual behavior” is now officially allowed in the app. I mean, it goes with the name, I guess.…
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