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18 Jul 2025

The Week in Social

Welcome to ‘The Week in Social’ our team sharing the top stories for you every week o the latest trends, updates and insights in the social-first world! Stories shared by the 1000heads team.

WEEKLY READING LIST 🤓

GOOGLE AI CAN NOW CALL BUSINESSES FOR YOU

Google is adding AI-powered search features, including “agentic capabilities” to complete tasks for you, plus access to advanced Gemini models.

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FACEBOOK LIMITS REACH OF UNORIGINAL CONTENT

Facebook has announced a new algorithm update which will focus on demoting “unoriginal” content, in order to boost material from original creators.

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XAI SAYS GROK 4 ISSUES ARE FIXED

The company updated Grok 4’s system prompts to curb political incorrectness and humor, adding guidance to use diverse sources for controversial topics.

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EDITS ADDS MORE FEATURES TO MUSIC DISCOVERY

Creators can now access a new “Royalty Free” tab in music discovery to find tracks usable without licensing.

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META EXPANDS VIDEO SELFIE AGE CHECKS

As age restriction laws grow, Meta is preparing to expand video selfie verification to comply.

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X PLANS BRANDING MARKERS ON POST SCREENSHOTS

This highlights how Elon Musk has weakened Twitter’s brand by renaming it X to fit his “everything app” vision.

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