Today, we discuss Australia's plans to ban social media for children under the age of 16, and dissect John Oliver's clip from Last Week Tonight all about the TikTok ban in the United States, which is supposed to go into effect January 19th.

Show Notes:

Australia bans social media for under 16s (The Verge)

TikTok Struggles to Protect U.S. Data From Its China Parent (WSJ) (Bypass Paywall)

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Today on the show, we talk about some updates to Instagram's DM Inbox including stickers (ick) and location sharing (yes!). We also dive into what the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, shared in his recent Ask Me Anything, answering questions all about Reach. Does posting a Reel to your Stories effect reach? Why do some posts get more reach than others? Find out answers to those questions and more in today's episode.

Show Notes:

More Ways to Express Yourself and Deepen Friendships in DMs (Instagram)

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Today on the show, we have an update on YouTube Shorts over 60 seconds, plus the YouTube Creator Insider team shares news on Gifts, Jewels, and Hype. Facebook changes its primary metric to views, the Instagram team begins to roll out a way to reset your recommendations, and Threads adds custom feeds to the pull down in the app.

Show Notes:

YouTubeLiasion: Creators, we are entering 'longer Shorts' Phase 3! (Threads)

YouTube Creator Insider Team Weekly Update - Jewels, Gifts, and Hype (YouTube)

Facebook Changing It's Primary Metric to Views (Facebook)

Instagram metric that shows what percentage of viewers watched past the first 3 seconds (Threads)

Reshape Your Instagram With a Recommendations Reset (Instagram)

Threads Rolls Out Custom Feeds in Pull Down (Threads)

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