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• Facebook To Launch TikTok Competitor ‘Reels’ Globally In August
• 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.

  
• As India Bans TikTok, Instagram Has Begun Testing TikTok Clone ‘Reels’ (Report)

  Instagram is reportedly seizing on a India's ban of TikTok to begin building a user base for its own TikTok clone, Reels. The Facebook-owned photo and video-sharing app is expanding the test of its TikTok competitor, Reels, to India as its progenitor has gotten the block, Business Insider reports.

  
• Facebook Shutters TikTok Competitor ‘Lasso’, As Instagram’s Own Clone ‘Reels’ Expands To New Markets

  Facebook has shuttered Lasso -- a standalone app that the social network created as its answer to burgeoning micro video powerhouse TikTok. Lasso, which launched roughly a year and a half ago, will close for good on July 10, per a notice to users yesterday.

  
• Netflix Embraces YouTube, TikTok, And Instagram For ‘Pride’ Event
• Instagram Unveils Suite Of Programming, Tools, And Resources In Honor Of Juneteenth
• Instagram To Review Its Policies, Algorithms For Any Bias Against Black Community
• #ShareTheMicNow Campaign Seeks To Magnify The Voices Of Black Women On Instagram
• Instagram Names Pandora, Lyft Vet Melissa Waters Global VP Of Marketing
• Instagram Highlights Black Creators, Businesses, Organizations With #ShareBlackStories
• How YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, And More Platforms Are Responding To The George Floyd Protests
• Doing Things Media Drops Energy Drink Inspired By Viral ‘No Chaser’ Insta Account