The Week in Social
Welcome to ‘The Week in Social’ our team sharing the top stories for you every week on the latest trends, updates and insights in the social-first world! Stories shared by the 1000heads team.
WEEKLY READING LIST 🤓
PINTEREST ADDS LANGUAGE OPTION
Pinterest is expanding its language options and is now available for Pinners globally in Afrikaans, Croatian and Bulgarian.
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META DEVELOPS NEW AI SYSTEM
Cicero, a new AI system human-level performance in the strategy game Diplomacy, allows machines to hold longer conversations with humans.
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UPDATED YOUTUBE COMMUNITY FEATURES
YouTube’s launched two new tests for its Community Posts feature, including new image editing tools and interactive quiz options.
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TWITTER DM’S TO BE ENCRYPTED
Twitter users will be able to communicate more privately as the platform works on encrypting DMs and adding encrypted video/voice calls.
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YOUTUBE PROMOTES SHORTS AT WORLD CUP
YouTube’s looking to use the FIFA World Cup as another avenue to promote YouTube Shorts via a range of themed activations and challenges.
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META IS REMOVING SOME PROFILE FIELDS
To make the platform easier to navigate, Facebook is removing a handful of profile fields including interested in and religious views.
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