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• Instagram opens comments on Stories as a new way to soft-launch your relationship
• You can now give a thumbs down to TikTok commenters, but dislike counts will be hidden

  TikTok's dislike button is now available for users around the world. Like on YouTube, dislike counts will be hidden from public view.

  
• YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel For At Least One Week, Disables Comments Indefinitely

  YouTube has issued its first strike against President Trump’s channel, meaning that he will be suspended from posting or livestreaming for at least one week.

  
• Instagram Rolls Out Ability To Pin Three Comments To The Top Of Any Thread

  Instagram is going wide with a new feature that will enable creators to clean up their comments -- and get their most pressing takeaways about any posts straight to the top.

  
• YouTube Testing New App Layout With Three Featured Comments Directly Under Videos
• After Child Video Scandal, YouTube Says Ad-Friendly Videos Can Be Demonetized For Inappropriate Comments
• Insights: A Pox on Your Vox – ESPN, Netflix Latest To Dump User Input
• YouTube Improves Livestreaming Latency, Adds New Chat Moderation Tools
• Instagram Will Organize Comments Into Threads To Make Them Easier To Follow
• Instagram To Roll Out Obscuring ‘Screens’ Atop Sensitive Photos And Videos
• For His Latest Trick, PewDiePie Got Five Million YouTube Comments On A Single Video
• Susan Wojcicki: More Than 1,000 YouTubers Surpassed 1 Million Subscribers In 2016