by Kate WhittingtonWith so much going on in the world of social media each week, it can be hard to keep up. Worry not, we’ve got it covered for you and have collated some of the recent top social headlines.
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February is Black History Month, and this week all of the major social platforms have announced new programs and initiatives to celebrate Black stories and highlight the contributions of people of colour
Read more on Social Media Today here
Black History Month is HERE!
This year, we're celebrating US.
Our joy
Our resilience
Our superpowersLet it be known that this month, we're about to be all up and down your TL. And we #LoveToSeeIt again and again. pic.twitter.com/ZNKZyDjv5E
— Twitter Blackbirds (@Blackbirds) February 1, 2021
Instagram is making it easier to bring back deleted posts. The channel is rolling out a “recently deleted” feature in the app that’ll allow you to review content you’ve deleted, including photos, videos, reels, IGTV videos, and stories, and restore them. Read more on The Verge here.
Instagram is adding a "Recently Deleted" recovery feature
- Useful if hackers gain control of an account + start deleting content
- Deleted items will be kept for 30 days (except Stories)https://t.co/f5c8lpmMRu— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 2, 2021
Normally, Twitter publishes a month-by-month listing of key events and dates for your planning each year, but with the COVID-19 pandemic tanking so many events, Twitter has opted for an overall strategic guide. It includes prompts, insights, tips and templates to map out your tweet approach.
Read more here.
Handy notes for your tweet strategy https://t.co/DzOSIVhjTs
— Social Media Today (@socialmedia2day) January 18, 2021
To mark this year's Holocaust Memorial Day, TikTok changed its search function to enable users to look for terms related to the Holocaust and direct them to a new in-app information hub. This is populated with educational videos about the Holocaust, the Jewish community and antisemitism today.
Read more here.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, we're encouraging our community to come together & learn about the Holocaust with our new in-app educational resources, created with @HolocaustUK @antisempolicy & @CST_UK #HMD2021 https://t.co/l2mORgZiPT
— TikTok UK (@tiktok_uk) January 27, 2021
