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This week’s headlines: Facebook Gets Hollywood Involved in Long-Form Content, Facebook Ads Get Slew of New Updates In Time for Holiday Planning, Snapchat Makes Geofilters Easier to Make and Facebook Messenger Elevates Bots in Discover Tab.

The week’s news quick hits: Tech Companies Partner to Fight Violent Extremism, Messenger Adds Filters to Video Chats, Posts on Google Expands to Local Businesses, YouTube Measurement Program Goes Live, Uber Allows Users to Order Rides for Others, Facebook Hits 2 Billion User Milestone, Google Tests VR Ad Format, Pinterest Rolls Out Security Protections, Pandora Focuses on US Market, Instagram Tests Nested Comments, YouTube’s Uptime Removes Invite-Only Limitation, Instagram Launches Comment Filters, Twitch Allows Live Streaming from Mobile Devices and AMC Launches Commercial-Free Platform.

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This week’s headlines: Nielsen Introduces Twitter TV Ratings, Twitter Focuses on Mobile on Homepage, Facebook Streamlines Ad Creation Process, Facebook Rolls Out New Page Insights and Facebook Removes Timeline Lookup Privacy Setting.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Expands Social TV Reports to Overseas Broadcasters, Twitter Launches Update for Windows Phone, Flickr for iOS Gets Auto-Upload Feature, Twitter and Comcast Launch ‘See It’ Feature, Instagram Updates iOS and Android Apps and Foursquare Updates with Real-Time Recommendations.