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Instagram is expanding its pinned comments feature to everyone, after testing the tool with a select group of users in May. The social media giant said the feature aims to help Instagrammers manage the conversations being had in the comment section of their posts. “Today we’re rolling out pinned comments everywhere,” Instagram tweeted on Tuesday. …

Facebook on Thursday said it’ll start pushing information on face coverings and other preventive measures for COVID-19 on its platform, as well as on Instagram, which it owns. This comes as the US sees an increase in cases across the country.  All US users will see an alert at the top of their Facebook news feed, as well as a …

This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook on Thursday said it’s launching its Fourth of July voter registration drive this week, the “largest voting information campaign in American history.” This follows an announcement by the company late last month that it aims to get 4 million people to register to vote in …

Facebook is expanding the ways that people can make money from their audience on the social network, the company said Monday in a blog post. As the coronavirus pandemic scuttles in-person events, the company has started inviting some people running Facebook pages to use tools designed to create, promote, host and monetize virtual live events.  The paid online events product will expand in the …

Adobe has had mobile apps like Photoshop Express and Lightroom for a long time. They give you the chance to touch up photos before sharing them with your friends, but require a certain amount of skill to get decent results.  Now, with Photoshop Camera, Adobe has its sights set squarely on the social sharing market. Yes, these lenses look a …

For Erin Feher, protesting systemic racism after the death of George Floyd meant relying heavily on one app: Google Maps.  Feher, a magazine editor in San Francisco, organized a caravan of automobiles to drive through some of the city’s sleepier neighborhoods earlier this month, in order to bring the protest to places other than downtown centers. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, …

Instagram plans to reevaluate its policies in an effort to ensure black voices are heard on the app. In a blog post on Tuesday, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri promised to address inequities in the social media company’s approach to harassment, account verification, content distribution and algorithmic bias. “The irony that we’re a platform that stands for elevating Black voices, but …

Instagram is likely to overtake Twitter as a source for news within the next year, according to the 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News report. Use of the Facebook-owned app for news has doubled across age groups since 2018, the report says.  Instagram, which in recent years has expanded to include features like Stories and IGTV, now reaches more than a …

Still haven’t created a Facebook avatar? You’re missing out. The social network’s newest addition lets you make a cartoony character version of yourself, which you can customize with a variety of faces, hairstyles and outfits. You’ll then be able to use the avatar in your Facebook comments, stories, your profile picture and Facebook Messenger chat windows. They’re similar in style to …

This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook says it’ll label links that come from state-controlled media companies, in an effort to make it clear where people are getting their news from. It’s because these news sources “combine the influence of a media organization with the strategic backing of a …