social media apps

Apps

Discord acquires Gas, a compliments-based social media app for teens

Amanda Silberling

Jan 17, 2023

Instagram will begin testing a new repost feature with select users soon

Aisha Malik

Sep 8, 2022

UK closely probing four tech firms over kids’ privacy code breaches

Natasha Lomas

Sep 2, 2022

Apps

Instagram tests new features to give users more control over suggested posts

Aisha Malik

Aug 30, 2022

Security

Meta and Twitter purge web of accounts spreading pro-US propaganda abroad

Taylor Hatmaker

Aug 25, 2022

Apps

Instagram now defaults new users under 16 to most restrictive content setting, adds prompts for existing teens

Sarah Perez

Aug 25, 2022

Apps

TikTok is testing a new ‘Nearby’ feed to display local content

Aisha Malik

Aug 23, 2022

AI

TikTok rolls out a basic in-app, text-to-image AI generator

Aisha Malik

Aug 15, 2022

Media & Entertainment

LinkedIn rolls out new tools to give creators more ways to share visual content

Aisha Malik

Aug 11, 2022

Media & Entertainment

TikTok’s latest test feature aims to improve the app’s search capabilities

Aisha Malik

Aug 9, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Snap’s new creator fund will award independent musicians up to $100,000 per month

Aisha Malik

Jul 28, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Snap misses on Q2 revenue, declines to forecast its future financial performance

Aisha Malik

Jul 21, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Facebook’s new ‘Feeds’ tab chronologically displays posts from your friends and groups

Aisha Malik

Jul 21, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Facebook tests a way to add up to five profiles tied to a single account

Aisha Malik

Jul 14, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Instagram launches its creator marketplace on an invite-only basis

Aisha Malik

Jul 13, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Linktree’s new mobile app allows users to manage their pages on the go

Aisha Malik

Jul 11, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Twitter now lets all users ‘unmention’ themselves in tweets

Aisha Malik

Jul 11, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Twitter begins testing ‘CoTweets’ to allow users to co-author tweets

Aisha Malik

Jul 7, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Twitter rolls out its closed caption toggle on iOS and Android, tests new ways to start Spaces

Aisha Malik

Jun 24, 2022

Co-founders (Austen, left, and Alex, right). Photo by Daniel Nguyen

Startups

Poparazzi hits 5M+ downloads a year after launch, confirms its $15M Series A

Sarah Perez

Jun 1, 2022

Social media giants are failing women, finds Ofcom

Natasha Lomas

Jun 1, 2022

Media & Entertainment

TikTok is testing a ‘clear mode’ for a distraction-free scrolling experience

Aisha Malik

May 31, 2022

Privacy

Twitter launches a new web game to make its privacy policy easier to understand

Aisha Malik

May 11, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Twitter’s new policy highlights its efforts to combat spam and duplicative tweets

Aisha Malik

May 10, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Camera IQ launches support for AR effects within TikTok’s Effect House platform

Aisha Malik

Apr 28, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Instagram is testing a feature that lets you pin posts to your profile

Aisha Malik

Apr 26, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Twitter spotted testing a feature that would let users set status updates

Aisha Malik

Apr 22, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Reddit rolls out new search improvements, including a way to find comments

Aisha Malik

Apr 14, 2022

Media & Entertainment

TikTok is testing a private dislike button for comments

Aisha Malik

Apr 13, 2022

Startups

Salsify secures $200M as the boom in e-commerce catapults its valuation to $2B

Ingrid Lunden

Apr 13, 2022

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