Facebook has published a report on government requests in the first half of 2016. According to the company, the number of such cases increased by 27% compared to last year.
Facebook introduced a Live Audio – a new option that allows for live broadcasts in the "audio only".
Technical Director Twitter Adam Messinger, Vice-President for product Josh McFarland announced his decision to leave the company.
The photo service Instagram has added new features and tools in the Stories section. It now has stickers, a paintbrush and other features.
The European Commission may fine Facebook for 1% of revenue for 2014. Social network is accused in the fact that it introduced the controller to the error regarding the details of the transaction on purchase of WhatsApp. About it reports Business Insider.
Social network VK has officially launched its own app for streaming Live VK for iOS devices. It is already possible to download in the App Store.
On December 19 in Turkey has restricted access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube after the murder of the Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov. About it reports The Daily Dot, citing the organization Turkey Blocks, which monitors the situation.
Users have noticed that Twitter is testing notifications about important news. The latest of these was the incident at the fair in Berlin. Last month the company the same way inform the user about the death of Fidel Castro.
Twitter announced that now the search results in the service will be ranked by relevance, not time of publication.
In the updated editor for Android ICQ focuses on the emotions of users, you can easily handle photos, draw pictures, add masks, filters and various stickers. In addition to the new version, all features of the editor available for creating colourful avatars.
Social network VK app launches Live which will allow users and administrators to communities to conduct video broadcasts in real time. Videos will be displayed either on the page (the wall), or in the community, if the stream will be provided by the administrator. About this report "Izvestia" with reference to the statement of the official representative of VK Eugene Krasnikov. The application in the very near future will be available on the iOS platform, and later will appear in the app store Google Play.
Team VK announced about the launch of the new application for communities – Jobs. It can be used to search for employees without leaving the social network. It broadens the base of possible candidates, because not all are special sites for job search, and often does reside in a passive search of a new place.
In the European Union can adopt legislation aimed at the fight with fake news in social networks. This initiative was made by the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, reports Deutsche Welle.
Facebook found a new error in their measurements. This time we are talking about viewing the "instant articles".
Social network VK has launched a service "Products" where all users can publish their ads. About it reports the vc.ru, with reference to the representatives of the social network. Go to the service user from the left menu, where the appropriate tab:
Facebook is launching a number of innovations that are designed to help the company to cope with the spread of fake news on the social network.
Audience Instagram has exceeded 600 million users per month. For six months this figure rose to 100 million, reported in the blog service.
Twitter more than a year working on creating its own messenger, but eventually abandoned the idea and closed the project. About it reports Buzzfeed.
Instagram announced that now users will be able to save pictures and videos for later viewing. To do this, simply click on the icon in the tab view below the post.
Facebook conducts negotiations with TV studios about licensing games and sports show, as well as scripts, ReCode writes.