September 15 2022

• Meta is rolling out a new way to encourage more engagement stemming from Facebook Groups, via a new Community Chat option that’ll facilitate topic-based discussion groups within Messenger. Learn more here.

• More Instagram users are now able to activate end-to-end encryption in their IG Direct chats. Click here to learn more about this update.

• Peiter Zatcko, Twitter’s former security chief appeared before a Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss his recent accusations that Twitter is not fulfilling its security requirements, and has repeatedly misled the market, and its own board, about the state of its performance, on various fronts. Learn more about this update here.

Holidays 9/16/2022:

• Mayflower Day

• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

• Guacamole Day

• Stepfamily Day

• Tradesmen Day

• Teenager Workout Day

• Locate An Old Friend DAy

• Concussion Awareness Day

• 4PM Finish Day

• Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day

• Choose Your Chocolate Day

• Working Parents Day

• Play-Doh Day

• Collect Rocks Day

• Barber Day

• Sit with a Stranger Day

• Tattoo Story Day

• World Ozone Day

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September 14, 2022

• According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Instagram engagement is declining, with Reels, in particular, seeing a significant drop-off in user engagement of late. Read the article here.

• YouTube announced a new, dedicated YouTube Player for Education, which will let educators display YouTube content without ads via certain third-party platforms, while YouTube’s also giving qualified creators the option to offer free or paid courses directly in-app. Learn more about this update here.

Holidays 9/15/2022:

• Felt Hat Day

• Get Ready Day

• Greenpeace Day

• International Dot Day

• Make a Hat Day

• Custom Framing Day

• Google.Com Day

• Online Learning Day

• World Engineers Day

• Linguine Day

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September 13, 2022

• Instagram is now testing a new ‘Repost’ option, which would let you reshare anyone’s post from their feed to your feed. Basically like a retweet for IG. Click here to learn more.

• With Google making some big changes to its Search algorithms of late, which could have major impacts on your site traffic, it may well be worth tuning into the upcoming ‘Search On 22’ event, where Google will outline the latest advances in Search, and how it’s looking to improve its results. Read the article here.

Holidays 9/14/2022:

• Gobstopper Day

• Coloring Day

• Cream Filled Donut Day

• Eat a Hoagie Day

• Food is Medicine Day

• Live Creative Day

• Quiet Day

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September 12, 2022

• Musk’s lawyers have once again sought to delay the October trial, in order to give themselves more time to establish their case for exiting Musk’s original $44 billion Twitter takeover deal. Learn more about this saga here.

• Just weeks out from the US midterms, Twitter announced that it will expand its experimental Birdwatch crowd-sourced fact-checking program, as a means to combat misinformation throughout the app. Click here to read the article.

• Twitter will now let you schedule up to 10 Spaces Broadcasts at a time, up to 30 days in advance. Read about this update here.

• According to the latest Kantar ‘Media Reactions’ survey, TikTok is now considered to be the most innovative global media brand among media buyers around the world. Read the article here.

Holidays 9/13/2022:

• Positive Thinking Day

• Fortune Cookie Day

• Supernatural Day

• Defy Superstition Day

• Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day

• Programmers Day

• Peanut Day

• Bald is Beautiful Day

• International Chocolate Day

• Hug Your Boss Day

• Uncle Sam Day

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September 9, 2022

• Recap of this week’s news

Holidays:

Saturday

• German Language Day

• International Drive Your StudebakerDAy

• TV Dinner Day

• World Suicide Prevention Day

• Swap Ideas Day

• Free Dentistry Day

• White Balloon Day

Sunday

• Grandparents Day

• Hug Your Hound Day

• Patriot Day

• Make Your Bed Day

• No News is Good News Day

• Libraries Remember Day

• Pet Memorial Day

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September 8, 2022

• Instagram is planning to drastically scale back its shopping features as it shifts the focus of its e-commerce efforts to those that directly drive advertising. So basically they are moving away from some long-term projects as they focus on building their short-form video business. Read the article here.

• Twitter’s trying out yet another option to give you more control over your tweet experience, with updated descriptions and icons when switching between the algorithm-defined and latest tweet timelines. Learn more about this update here.

• LinkedIn will hold its Talent Connect event again this October, where it will showcase a range of expert insights on the state of recruitment, along with LinkedIn-specific trends, updates and more.

Holidays 9/8/2022:

• International Literacy Day

• Actor’s Day

• Pardon Day

• World Physical Therapy Day

• Star Trek Day

• Are You Okay Day

• Ampersand Day

• Dog Walker Appreciation Day

• School Pictures Day

• Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

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September 7, 2022

• Instagram is letting some users topics to their Reels uploads, in order to better categorize their clips. Click here to read the article.

• Google Chrome users need to install the latest update to the browser to protect themselves from a serious security vulnerability that hackers are actively exploiting.

  Learn more about this update here.

Holidays 9/8/2022:

• International Literacy Day

• Actor’s Day

• Pardon Day

• World Physical Therapy Day

• Star Trek Day

• Are You Okay Day

• Ampersand Day

• Dog Walker Appreciation Day

• School Pictures Day

• Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

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September 6, 2022

• Twitter has launched the first stage of live testing being able to edit a tweet. Learn more here.

• YouTube has published a new, 31-page overview of YouTube Shorts, covering everything from creating your video clips, to editing, to trend tips, analytics and more.

Holidays 9/7/2022:

• Beer Lovers Day

• Buy a Book Day

• Global Talent Acquisition Day

• Indigenous Literacy Day

• International Day of Clean Air

• Feel the Love Day

• Grateful Patient Day

• Neither Snow Nor Rain Day

• Superhuman Day

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