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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-launches-test-of-new-shops-tab-with-selected-users/581165/
Instagram Launches Test of New 'Shops' Tab with Selected Users | Social Media Today
Instagram has launched a global test of its new Shops tab, which, eventually, will make it easier for users to buy direct from businesses in the app.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-now-has-a-billion-monthly-active-users/526188/
Instagram Now Has a Billion Monthly Active Users | Social Media Today
Instagram has announced that it has crossed the billion active user threshold.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-rolls-out-shots-image-sharing-option-to-more-regions/760074/
Instagram Rolls Out Image Sharing Option to More Users | Social Media Today
Shots is a “no-edit, no-filter” image-sharing option designed to prompt spontaneous interaction in the app.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snapchat-expands-creator-subscriptions-to-all-eligible-users/816424/
Snapchat expands Creator Subscriptions to all eligible users | Social Media Today
The program launched in February for Snap Stars and offers exclusive ways to monetize content, such as subscriber-only Stories.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/pinterest-q3-earnings-results-2025/804703/
Pinterest Reaches 600M Users | Social Media Today
Pinterest's growth is back on track, now it just needs its revenue to follow suit.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-adds-more-protections-for-teen-users/809664/
YouTube Adds More Protections for Teen Users | Social Media Today
YouTube is looking to give parents more control and assurance.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-verification-job-listings-user-trust-id/650958/
LinkedIn Adds Verifications in Job Listings to Provide More Assurance for Users | Social Media Today
Another ID confirmation element from LinkedIn.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-launches-updated-integration-for-wix-users/817028/
TikTok launches updated integration for Wix users | Social Media Today
Available in the Wix App Market, the new option connects Wix websites to TikTok for Business to facilitate advanced ad campaign management.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads-tweetdeck-desktop-display-coming-all-users/717579/
Threads’ TweetDeck-Like Desktop Display Is Coming to All Users | Social Media Today
While trying to take a more balanced approach, Threads is leaning more into real time content.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-adds-icon-options-teen-users/803444/
Instagram Adds New App Icons for Teen Users | Social Media Today
New ways for teens to express themselves through generic icons.
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https://forgeorganizing.org/article/for-the-record-how-social-media-users-are-highlighting-media-bias-and-reframing-the-narrative/
For the Record: How Social Media Users are Highlighting Media Bias and Reframing the Narrative |...
Dec 12, 2025 - Social media users are exposing how major news headlines manipulate language to sanitize violence in Gaza—proving that a simple annotation can be a means of...
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https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jan/27/tweets/Image-AI-Minneapolis-Alex-Pretti-Immigration/
PolitiFact | Social media users spread AI-manipulated image of Alex Pretti holding gun
This image of the Minneapolis nurse, Alex Pretti, being held down by federal immigration agents isn’t real. It was manipulated using Google’s AI tool Gemini.
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https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/glp-1-social-media-side-effects-study.html
GLP-1 users reveal underreported side effects on social media
Apr 15, 2026 - A study has revealed GLP-1 medication side effects from real-world data that are not fully captured in clinical trials or on regulatory documents.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/Meta-Expands-Meta-Verified-to-the-UK/650465/
Meta Expands ‘Meta Verified’ Verification Subscription Program to Users in the UK | Social Media...
UK users will now get their chance to buy themselves a blue tick on Facebook and IG.
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https://balkaninsight.com/2026/04/03/turkey-to-require-social-media-users-to-verify-their-identities/bi/
Turkey to Require Social Media Users to Verify Their Identities | Balkan Insight
Apr 3, 2026 - Minister says Turkey and social media companies have agreed that Turkish citizens will soon have to verify their identities to use social media accounts - a...
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/pinterest-says-that-gen-z-users-are-finding-themselves-in-pins/809382/
Pinterest Says Gen Z Users Are Finding Themselves in Pins | Social Media Today
Pinterest says it offers an alternative to angst-inducing algorithms.
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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/04/22/lawsuit-dhs-ice-sued-over-immigration-subpoenas-id-social-media-users.html
Lawsuit: DHS, ICE Sued Over Immigration Subpoenas to ID Social Media Users | Military.com
DHS, ICE are alleged to be using subpoenas
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-us-users-impacted-by-another-problem-at-oracle/813856/
TikTok US users impacted by another problem at Oracle | Social Media Today
Issues at a local data center in Ashburn, Virginia, led to more timeouts, errors and latency issues — and user speculation about government interference.
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/social-media-users-respond-facts-when-writer-atlantic/
Social Media Users Respond with Facts When Writer at The Atlantic Asks Why Trust in Public Health...
Apr 4, 2026 - Conor Friedersdorf, a staff writer for the far-left outlet The Atlantic, took to X to ask why there has been a precipitous drop in the people's trust in public...
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