Instagram now requires users to have at least 1,000 followers to go live
Until now, Instagram allowed anyone to go live, regardless of their follower count or whether their account was public or private.
TikTok
TikTok merges its Core Product and Trust & Safety teams
As part of the changes, TikTok’s head of Operations and Trust & Safety Adam Presser will become the General Manager of TikTok USDS, a separate entity of TikTok that’s tasked with safeguarding U.S. national security interests, TechCrunch confirmed with TikTok.
TikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them
TikTok is officially rolling out Footnotes, a community fact-checking program that’s supposed to add helpful context to videos. With this update, US-based users will start seeing Footnotes on videos in the coming weeks, and will also get the option to rate them. After allowing people to join the Footnotes pilot in April, TikTok says almost […]
Footnotes, TikTok’s crowdsourced fact-checks, launches in the US
All U.S. TikTok users are able to view the notes that have been rated as helpful and submit their own ratings in return.
TikTok adds YouTube Music as an option to save songs playing in videos
You can now save tracks playing in TikTok videos directly to a playlist on YouTube Music.
How a Y Combinator food-delivery app used TikTok to soar in the App Store
BiteSight is a food-delivery app that lets users watch videos of food before ordering. It also lets customers see what their friends have ordered and bookmark places to try out.
TikTok is putting the spotlight on songwriters
TikTok will now let songwriters highlight tracks they’ve written or co-written directly on their profiles. The list of songs will live within the “Music” tab on their profile, similar to the one TikTok already offers for artists on the platform. Users who register as songwriters will also get a “Songwriter” label beneath their account name. […]
TikTok is adding features for songwriters to its app
TikTok is adding a new label to its app, allowing songwriters to highlight their profiles
TikTok lures songwriters with new promotional features
TikTok is adding a new label to its app, allowing songwriters to highlight their profiles