TikTok tapped Shavone Charles as its first ever head of diversity and inclusion communications.
https://www.adweek.com/media/shavone-charles-joins-tiktok-as-its-first-head-of-diversity-and-inclusion-communications/
Reddit’s new search experience is fully rolled out to web users, with design updates for its Android and iOS applications in the pipeline.
https://www.adweek.com/media/new-reddit-search-experience-fully-rolls-out-on-desktop/
Twitter’s Tips feature was extended to all Android users 18 and up.
https://www.adweek.com/media/twitter-tips-extended-to-android/
Streaming platform Spotify said last month that it would add podcast ad buying to self-serve ad channel Spotify Ad Studio “in the coming weeks,” and those coming weeks arrived this week.
https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/spotify-rolls-out-podcast-ads-via-self-serve-spotify-ad-studio-in-the-us/
The votes are in for the 2021 American Music Awards and, for the first time, fans were able to vote for their favorites in all 32 categories via TikTok.
https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/voting-for-all-32-categories-in-the-2021-american-music-awards-took-place-on-tiktok/
TikTok kicked off a global project earlier this year to gather information on its younger users’ engagement with potentially harmful challenges and hoaxes on its platform and other social networks, consulting with experts and conducting a survey of more than 10,000 parents, teachers and teens in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, Mexico, the U.K., the U.S. and Vietnam.
https://www.adweek.com/media/tiktok-shares-results-of-deep-dive-on-potentially-harmful-challenges-self-harm-hoaxes/
A second batch of Snapchat augmented reality lenses began rolling out on the My Disney Experience application for visitors of the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla.
https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/second-batch-of-snapchat-lenses-released-for-my-disney-experience-app/
https://www.adweek.com/commerce/twitch-sets-pog-picks-holiday-hive-live-shopping-event/
TikTok marked the upcoming 2021 Latin Grammy Awards with its rollout of a Spanish Sounds Page for Spanish-speaking users in the U.S.
https://www.adweek.com/media/tiktok-debuts-spanish-sounds-page-for-us-users/
Nextdoor-like feature Facebook Neighborhoods is heading south, crossing the border with Canada and kicking off testing in 132 U.S. cities.
https://www.adweek.com/media/facebook-neighborhoods-to-begin-testing-in-132-cities-in-the-us/