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Snapchat mental health feature to provide interventions to vulnerable users

02/14/202002/13/2020 Julie Campbell

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The Here For You tool will offer users with applicable content from experts in mental wellness. A new Snapchat mental health tool is launching. It is called Here For You. It will offer users “safety resources” from mental health experts if a user conducts a search for certain sensitive topics. Among the search subjects that can trigger the feature include depression, anxiety, bullying and suicide. The company announced the launch of the Snapchat mental health tool earlier this week. The goal is to support its users during vulnerable times in…

Virtual Reality Facebook OS could help the platform skip Google and Android

12/31/201912/27/2019 L. Green

The social network giant is reportedly working on developing its own operating system. A new Facebook OS is currently in development, according to a report from The Information. Should this operating system be successful, it could help the social network firm to step away from its dependence on Google and Android. The operating system is reportedly in development to support its movements in virtual reality. At the moment the company doesn’t have its own virtual reality Facebook OS. Therefore, its Oculus VR headsets and Portal smart displays operate on an…

The number of Facebook likes on a post may not be viewable in the future

09/04/201909/04/2019 Stephanie Beck

Facebook may test hiding “like” counts in a user’s news feed. Facebook likes are a big deal among the social media giant’s user base. However, Facebook is considering implementing a test that would hide the number of likes and reactions on posts that are shown in users’ News Feeds. This isn’t the first time the company has conducted such a test. Although Facebook told Forbes it is considering a test that would hide likes and reaction count, the company said that the test had not yet started running. That being…

Instagram likes to be hidden on IG photos and videos during test in Canada

05/02/201905/02/2019 John Montgallo

The social sharing platform is considering removing the number of “likes” on a post. Instagram likes are a big part of its platform and experience, but the Facebook-owned photo sharing app wants to conduct a test and hide the total number of likes on photos and videos to see what effect this will have on IG (Instagram) users. The test is being rolled out in Canada. The test, which is rolling out in Canada before the end of the week, hides the total number of Instagram likes on photos and…

Social media accounts run by inmates shut down by prisons in UK

04/03/201904/02/2019 L. Green

An increasing number of mobile phones are being smuggled into jails. UK prison authorities have deactivated hundreds of social media accounts run by inmates due to a rising number of mobile phones being smuggled into jails. Over 1,700 accounts were removed from 2015 to 2018. The number of Instagram, Facebook and YouTube profiles that have been deactivated at the request of prison authorities has nearly quadrupled in three years, reports the Telegraph. The majority of these deactivated social media accounts were the result of prisoners using illicit mobile phones to…

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