SOCIAL MEDIA
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Meta adds new tools including freeze frame to Edits
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta added new features to its Edits video editing app, including freeze frame, personalized sound effects and a new voiceover teleprompter designed to help creators narrate their clips. Freeze frame will enable creators to pause playback on a specific frame, so they…
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X quietly adds option to block Grok from editing uploaded media
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. X added a new option within the image upload settings in the app that will enable users to block its Grok artificial intelligence bot from generating alternate versions of their uploaded media. The new option, available within the image/video upload flow in…
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Instagram, LinkedIn and Threads engagement declined in 2025
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Users who have noticed a dip in their social media performance metrics over the past year are not imagining things. Social media management platform Buffer published a report last week that examined social media engagement rates across Buffer’s 191,000+ monthly users, incorporating…
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Meta faces UK and US investigations over AI smart glasses
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta’s approach to data privacy is under scrutiny again, with new investigations being launched into how the company reviews content captured via Meta’s AI glasses, and how users could unwittingly be exposing private insight into their lives. Earlier this week, Swedish publication…
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X gets rid of its popular night mode in-app setting
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Here’s a quick, but potentially relevant update for X users. This week, some X users have noted that the “night mode” option has been removed from the app settings as of the latest update, and is seemingly no longer available to users.…
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Almost half of US consumers use TikTok as a search engine
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. TikTok’s value as a discovery tool is rising, according to a recent study published by Adobe, which incorporated survey data from 807 consumers and 200 small business owners from across the U.S. The report looked at the use of TikTok search, and…
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More teen social media bans are coming, but will they work?
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. It seems inevitable that more regions will adopt teen social media bans as social platforms continue to get scrutinized for their impact and politicians look for answers to address respective constituent concerns. Right now, Meta, along with several other social media providers,…
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Threads tests simplified DM connection in-stream
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Threads is trying out a new way to encourage DM interactions with a streamlined option to guide users towards messaging in-stream. The new process, which is currently in testing in the U.S. and Canada, will allow users to type “DM me” or…
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Creators express frustration with Instagram’s latest AI experiment
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Creators have raised concerns about Instagram’s latest artificial intelligence-powered shopping test, in which users are being prompted to buy items displayed within Instagram posts, with Meta’s system finding similar product matches to facilitate shopping in-stream. Instagram has been developing this option for…
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LinkedIn ID verification partner Persona under fire for security concerns
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Social media users who are thinking of verifying their IDs on LinkedIn may want to hold off for just a bit. LinkedIn’s third-party ID verification partner Persona has come under fire this week for reportedly sharing users’ personal info with its own…
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