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• Facebook Opens Instagram’s AR Filter-Building Tool, ‘Spark,’ To Everyone
• IAB Announces Initial Slate For Second Annual NewFronts West, Featuring Facebook, Vevo, Streamys Brand Awards, More

  The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has announced the lineup for its second annual NewFronts West -- an invitation-only, Los Angeles-based event that grew out of the long-running flagship NewFronts event series in New York, where top digital publishers pitch their latest programming to prospective advertisers in highly-produced presentations.

  
• Facebook Tests Selling Subscriptions To Tastemade Plus, CollegeHumor’s Dropout, BritBox

  Facebook is going hard on aggregating streaming services. The social media giant revealed it’s introducing what it told Variety is a “small-scale test” to gauge users’ interest in purchasing subscriptions, through Facebook, to four services: BBC and ITV’s British TV app BritBox, CollegeHumor’s Dropout, car-focused MotorTrend On Demand, and foodie-forward Tastemade Plus.

  
• Instagram Permanently Suspends Roughly 30 Meme Accounts With Millions Of Followers

  Instagram has reportedly conducted a purge of roughly a dozen meme accounts -- or pages that curate and re-share memes from elsewhere across the web. 

  
• Facebook And Instagram Ban User Posts Selling Alcohol And Tobacco
• Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Says $5 Billion FTC Settlement Terms “Go Beyond Anything Required Under U.S. Law”
• Vine, YouTube Vet Jason Toff Joins New Experimental App Team At Facebook
• Facebook To Face Record $5 Billion FTC Settlement Related To Cambridge Analytica Scandal
• Here’s How To Harness Facebook’s New Privacy Updates To (Sort Of) Control Who Has Your Personal Data
• These Brands Dominated Social Video Through The First Half of 2019 (Study)
• What Actually Counts As Good Engagement For Influencer Marketing?
• Facebook Hosts Second Annual Creator Day In Malibu, Rolls Out Updates To Creator Studio