Weekly News Round-up: Youtube comes up with stricter policies, LinkedIn introduces new tools and more

It is never a quiet week in the realm of social media platforms as the tectonic plates keep shifting with new features, products, tests, and other news coming in every day. Here is our weekly roundup of social media news and activity from the industry.

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This week witnessed Youtube coming up with stricter policies to tackle hateful comments. Meanwhile, Facebook comes up with the digital wallet, Callibra. Also, LinkedIn adds on new features for enhancing shareability and introduces new tools to help you prep-up for your interviews.

Check out all the other important social media news and updates that surfaced online this week.

LinkedIn is updating with new features

LinkedIn is keeping the community tight by adding new features; LinkedIn Updates include sharing photos and tagging people, sharing videos via messages and more.

YouTube to come up with stricter policies for tackling hateful content

YouTube is updating policies and partnering with lawmakers and civil society to remove violative & extremist content online.

All you need to know about Facebook’s Calibra

Facebook has formed a subsidiary Calibra, a digital wallet for the new digital currency Libra, expected to launch in 2020.

CWC2019: #INDvPAK becomes the most Tweeted about ODI

INDvPAK broke cricket records on Twitter by becoming the most Tweeted about one day international (ODI) match generating 2.9 million Tweets.

Twitter discards the feature allowing location tagging

Twitter has announced that they would be removing the ability to tag your precise location in tweets.

Tinder associates with Spotify for World Music Day

Spotify and Tinder collaborate this World Music Day allowing Tinder users to access Spotify music.

YouTube has initiated AR for influencer campaigns & display ads

YouTube is powering branded experiences on the platform with augmented reality and interactive 3D assets to display ads.

YouTube is thinking of moving all kids’ content to YouTube Kids and testing hiding comments

YouTube is contemplating removing children’s videos completely from the platform and moving it to YouTube kids.

LinkedIn is introducing new tools to help you prep for your next interview

LinkedIn is starting to roll out a new suite of tools to help you prepare effectively, for your next interview.

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