This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Twitter Opening Verification to All Users, Snapchat to Feature Community AR Lenses, YouTube Allows for Search-Based Targeting, Reddit Launches Native Mobile Ads and Twitter Working on Snapchat Collections-Like Experience.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Allows Branded Content in Discover, Giphy Integration Removed from Snapchat and Instagram Following Discovery of Racist GIF, Twitter Suspends Tweetdecking Accounts, Facebook to Stream 25 MLB Games, Snapchat Testing User Tagging in Stories, Apple Acquires Texture, Twitch Giving Free Games to Prime Members Each Month, YouTube to Counter Conspiracy Videos with Facts, Facebook Working to Launch Daily News Shows for Watch and Facebook Opens Up Instant Games to All Developers.

After a brief break, the Brave Ad World Podcast is back with Episode 259.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Ads to Drive to Live, Instagram Launches New Features to Go Live and Be Ephemeral, Pinterest Updates Business Profiles and Amazon Getting into Header Bidding.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing WiFi-Finding Feature, AT&T Launches DirecTV Now, Instagram Launches Correspondents Program for Colleges, Facebook Launches Instant Games, Facebook’s Creative Hub Launches, Netflix Allows for Offline Viewing, Tumblr Enables SSL by Default on All Blogs, YouTube Launches 4K Support for Live Video, Twitter Users Can Create Moments on Mobile and Twitter Brings Reply Rankings to Mobile.

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