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Host: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert)

This week’s headlines: Facebook Sees Engagement Uptick, Snap Gets Its Groove Back and Facebook Rolls On in Earnings While FTC Fine Gets Put in Place.

The week’s news quick hits: FTC and Google Reach Settlement for Children’s Privacy Violations, Google Closes Incognito Mode Tracking Loophole, Justice Department Announces Broad Plans to Investigate Internet Company Market Power, Pinterest Expands Advertiser Tools with Beta Program, Alexa Ads Get More Detail, YouTube Masthead Can Be Bought on CPM Basis, AWS Shows Signs of Slowdown, Alphabet Earns Back Trust from Investors, Facebook Migrates Instant Games to Games Tab and Twitter has Strong Earnings Report.

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This week’s headlines: Twitter Adopts Proactive Approach to Abusive Content, Facebook Working on Voice Assistant Technology and Amazon Launches Free Ad-Supported Streaming Music Service.

The week’s news quick hits: Hulu Buys Out AT&T’s Stake, Facebook Watch Completing Transition From Exclusivity, Messenger Gets Dark Mode Toggle, Facebook Error Uploaded Email Contacts Without Permission, Instagram Tested Removing Like Counts, Amazon and Google End Boycott of Each Other, Pinterest has Good First Day of Trading and Millions of Instagram Passwords Stored in Plain Text.

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Episode 353

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This week’s headlines: TikTok Surpasses One Billion Downloads

The week’s news quick hits: Pinterest and YouTube Go After Anti-Vaccination Propaganda, Instagram May Soon Enable Public Collections, Foursquare Launches New Offline Attribution Offering, Snapchat Android App Coming in 2019, Time Warner Acquisition Gets Closer to Reality, Facebook’s Clear History Feature Confirmed for 2019, LinkedIn Adds Raise Insight to LinkedIn Jobs, Facebook Woos TV Ad Buyers to Watch with Showcase and YouTube Disables Comments on Videos with Minors.

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This week’s headlines: Infowars Removed from Major Platforms, Snapchat Loses Daily Active Users and Facebook Goes After Snapchat with AR Video Chat Games.

The week’s news quick hits: New Details on Disney’s Streaming Service Emerge, Facebook Starts Testing Dating App Internally, Facebook Working on Data-Sharing Agreements with Banks, Facebook Adds Features to Local Pages, Facebook Third Most Popular Browser, Wide Format Video Pins Roll Out to All Advertisers, HQ Runs Traditional Video Ad, Sponsored Posts on Instagram on the Rise and Spotify Tests Skippable Ads.

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This week’s headlines: Twitter Videos Get View Counts, Twitter Comes Out with New Feature for Tweetstorms, Snapchat Opens Up Lens Studio and Facebook Updates Its Approach to Video.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Gives Video Creators New Tools, Facebook Removes the Ticker, Instagram Lets Users Follow Hashtags, Pinterest Giving All Brands Access to Insights Tool and Facebook Lets Brands Add CTA Driving to WhatsApp in Brand Posts.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Messenger Kids, Instagram Lets Users Keep Their Stories and Instagram Separates Messaging into Separate App.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube’s Commits to Adding Content Moderators, Pinterest Launches Messenger Bot and Facebook Adds New Instant Games on Anniversary.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Acquires TBH, Facebook Rolls Out Explore Feed and Pinterest Search Ads Available in Ads Manager.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook May Soon Allow for Conversation Insights Mining, Facebook Lets Users Order Food on Site, Nielsen Can Now Measure Netflix Viewing, Twitter Takes Steps to Curb Hate Speech, Twitter Launches Video Website Cards, Facebook Live Allows for Streaming Screen Shares and Amazon Enables Brands to Enhance Product Pages.

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This week’s headlines: YouTube Launches New Tools for Ad Targeting and Creative, Pinterest Opens Up Taste Graph Targeting, Twitter Testing 280-Character Tweet Limit, Amazon Surprises Everyone with More Echo Products and Snapchat Adds New Sponsored World Lenses.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Aims to Determine How TV and Social Work Together for Brand Lift, Snapchat Adds Sky Filters, Instagram Sees Fastest Growth in Users Yet, Facebook Secures Rights for NFL Highlights, Instagram Gives Users More Control Over Who Can Comment on Posts, Vimeo Launches Live Streaming and Facebook Adds New Objective to Drive Users to Messenger.

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This week’s headlines: Instagram Revisits Approach to Auto-Play Videos with Sound, Pandora Rewards Users for Viewing Ads, Facebook Gives Ad Targeting More Human Oversight and Facebook Allows Targeting for Store Visits.

The week’s news quick hits: Airbnb Lets Users Book Tables, Pinterest Makes Pin Collective Self Serve, Spotify Launches Ad Studio, Twitter Launches Popular Articles and Instagram Adds Stickers to Live Broadcasts.

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Campus Publisher Stories, Facebook Brings New Ad Options to Instagram Stories and Facebook Expands Bonfire Test.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Opens Checkbook for Original Video Content, Apple News Testing Featured Video Section, Facebook Improves Live API, Facebook Testing Videos for Offline Viewing, Twitter Brings in 35 New Video Content Providers, Instagram Stories Can Be Shared Via Direct Message, Apple Unveils New Products and Pinterest has 200 Million Active Users.

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