TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has presented pre-prepared testimony to the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce ahead of a potential ban of the popular social media app in the US. Shou Zi Chew argued that a ban would harm local businesses and highlighted the benefits that TikTok brings to the US, including exposure to American …
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Snapchat introduces a new feature that lets users pause their Snap Streaks. The popular feature, which involves sending a snap to a friend every 24 hours, is essential to many Snapchat users. However, the company now allows users to take a break and pause their streaks without worrying about losing them. During the testing phase, users …
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YouTube’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Susan Wojcicki, has announced that she is stepping down from her position and will be replaced by Neal Mohan, the company’s current Chief Product Officer. Wojcicki has been with the video streaming platform for nine years and chose Mohan, an Indian American executive working alongside her for 15 years, as …
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Instagram is testing a new way to prompt users to share old posts. Instagram – Memory A “Memory” Story prompt now appears in some user feeds, allowing users to re-share previous stories from around the same date. This is similar to Facebook’s “On this day” prompts and is meant to encourage more engagement within the …
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Twitter plans to re-launch a feature allowing users to swipe between different feeds on the platform. This feature was originally launched in March of this year but was quickly removed due to user feedback. The main feed, called the “Home” timeline, shows users a mix of tweets from accounts they follow, tweets liked by their …
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Adam Mosseri, the CEO of Instagram, has shared his priorities for the platform in 2023. First, the priority is to inspire people to be creative through customization and editing tools, particularly in augmented reality (AR) and 3D creation. The second priority is to help people discover things they love by shifting user behavior away from their current curated feed …
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