Social Media Today

• Meta glasses face more challenges

  Sales are strong but customer misuse has prompted bans, restrictions and a new market of apps that will alert people when camera-equipped devices are nearby. 

   

• Instagram stresses the importance of captions

  The platform offered guidance on what makes text compelling and said creators should aim to tell a story or offer useful information.

• Will Meta be found guilty of driving social media addiction?

  

  A high-profile case in the U.S. got underway last week and the company may be on the hook for as much as $1 trillion in damages, but questions linger.

• X launches MCP server

  The system allows advertisers to connect their campaigns to the artificial intelligence tool of their choice and use it to guide their promotions.

• YouTube expands Channels experiment

  The platform is opening up its television-style streaming feature to a new group of musicians, podcasters and media creators but the test pool is still limited.