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06 Apr 2023

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 🤓

SNAPCHAT OUTLINES CHATBOT SAFEGUARDS

Snapchat has provided an update on the development of its ‘My AI’ chatbot tool, which incorporates OpenAI’s GPT technology.

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YOUTUBE’S LIVE-STREAM TIMED REACTIONS

YouTube is launching reactions within live-streams to all eligible creators, which will provide another way for viewers to engage with live-content.

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INSTAGRAM BIRTHDAY PROFILE EFFECT

Instagram is looking to release a new update to boost engagement and help celebrate users birthdays by updating their profile picture.

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AUSTRALIA BANS TIKTOK ON OFFICIAL DEVICES

Australia has joined a long list of western countries banning TikTok on official devices. The prohibition will be implemented very soon.

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TIKTOK FINED $15 MILLION IN THE UK

The ICO estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its rules prohibiting this.

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INSTAGRAM NFTS WILL SOON BE DEACTIVATED

Meta has informed Instagram users that any existing and active NFTs within the app will be deactivated as of 11th April 2023.

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META’S NEW AD PLACEMENT CONTROLS

Meta has released new ad placements known as ‘Inventory Filters’ that enable brands to avoid unwanted association with other content.

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TWITTER UNVEILS A NEW DOGE LOGO

If you’ve logged onto Twitter today, you would have noticed Elon Musk’s latest ‘hilarious’ prank – updating Twitter’s profile picture to the Dodge logo.

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