It's difficult to stay up to speed when the social media landscape is constantly shifting – we get it! That’s why each month you can count on us to share with you the biggest changes and headlines surrounding social media. Check out What’s New in Social Media: February 2021 Edition. Facebook Announces New App Login Parameters to Assist with Transition to Apple's IDFA Update: With Apple's new IDFA changes looming, Facebook has added a new login mode for app developers, in order to enable them to continue collecting some user data, and avoid being shut out entirely via the new IDFA prompts. In a coming update to iOS, Apple will prompt users with specific information about the data each app that they go to open collects on them and their usage, while also providing an option to block any app from such tracking. Facebook's Removing the 'Our Story' Section from Pages: Facebook is alerting Page owners to a coming update which will see the removal of the 'Our Story' section from your Page presentation options. Facebook is prompting Page owners to shift their 'Story' description to the 'Additional Information' section instead, which will alter how that extra information is presented on your Page Instagram's Testing an Option to Unhide Total Like Counts on Posts: Instagram's currently testing a new option which would enable users to hide or unhide like counts on their posts. That would enable users to display their total like counts for each post once again, which Instagram removed for most users back in 2019 as part of an initiative to support audience wellbeing. Introducing Instagram Content Publishing API: Facebook launched a new feature to make it easier for businesses to publish content. With this feature, Instagram Business accounts can schedule and publish posts to their Instagram Feeds from third-party platforms. Twitter Announces Acquisition of Newsletter Platform, Revue: To make Twitter a better home for writers, the platform has acquired Revue. Revue is a service that helps anyone create and get paid for their newsletters. Revue will stay as a standalone service, but integration will make it easier for audiences and authors to find each other. Here's what else is trending: TikTok Launches New 'Creator Portal' Education Platform to Help Creators Maximize their Efforts: TikTok has launched a new Creator Portal platform in order to provide additional guidance and tips to help creators maximize their in-app presence. Pinterest Tests New Stories Panel at the Top of User Feeds: Pinterest launched a beta test of Story Pins with selected creators last September, which it's slowly expanding, and in line with this, the platform is now also highlighting Stories from Pinners you follow at the top of each users' 'For You' feed. Manage your Newsletter Subscriptions or Unsubscribe Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau, 2201 Second Street, Suite 600, Fort Myers, FL 33901 To view this email in your browser click here.