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: March 2021 Edition. Facebook May Soon Enable Users to Share their Instagram Reels to Facebook Watch: Facebook is now prompting some Reels creators to share their Reels clips to Facebook, where they can be recommended to any of Facebook's 2.8 billion users, greatly expanding reach. Instagram Says Its Algorithm Won’t Promote Reels that Have a TikTok Watermark: Instagram announced it was making changes to its algorithm and how it recommends Reels to users in an effort to stop users from posting recycled content from TikTok. Along with that, it’s issuing new best practices on its @creators account to give Instagram users tips on how to make content that’s likely to be seen and promoted. Instagram Plans to Launch Multi-Participant Live-Streams: Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri revealed that the company is planning to launch multi-participant Instagram Live video chats within the next few weeks. Twitter Launches Live Test of Voice Recordings in DMs: After the feature was first spotted in testing last August, Twitter has now officially launched a full live test of voice clips within direct messages to users in India, Brazil and Japan. Twitter Launches Birdwatch, A Wikipedia-Style Approach To Fight Misinformation: In a significant attempt to overhaul how it moderates content, Twitter unveiled Birdwatch, a pilot program to crowdsource fact-checks to combat misinformation. Birdwatch will allow regular users, called “Birdwatchers,” to identify tweets they think have misinformation and write notes with more information and context. Here's what else is trending: TikTok Lays Out Plans for New eCommerce Integrations as it Eyes the Next Stage: TikTok is looking to add more eCommerce integrations as it seeks to maximize its revenue opportunities. TikTok Publishes 2021 Content Trends Report, Highlight Rising Subjects of Audience Interest: TikTok has published a new rising trends report, which highlights a range of key topics that saw significant growth in interest on the platform throughout 2020. You can find the report here. Why Facebook banned (and then unbanned) news in Australia: Facebook says it’s gotten reassurances from the Australian government that it won’t be forced to agree to pay publishers but will instead be given the chance to negotiate agreements with them. 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.