Social Media Buzz Weekly: Roundup of Social Media Updates
Welcome to Social Media Buzz Weekly, your weekly bulletin of the latest social media updates. With the social media landscape evolving with each passing day, it can be challenging to keep a tab on the rapid developments. Well, not anymore, as we have taken it upon ourselves to keep you abreast of every happening in the social media space.
So, without any further ado, let’s look at some of the most significant developments from the last week in the world of social media.
1. Zuckerberg is One of the Least-Liked People in the US
According to a new survey conducted by UMass Lowell’s Center for Public Opinion, in partnership with YouGov, Zuckerberg is the least-liked public figure in the U.S. among both Republicans and Democrats.
Zuckerberg has low favorability on both sides of the political spectrum. As such, trust in Zuckerberg, and by extension Meta, which has been so eroded by the company’s past actions, could now become a deciding factor in the next stage of the company. This survey further underlines the company’s trust deficit. And while Meta is trying to improve its standing by establishing a huge new agreement on restricting teenage social media usage, the company is still suffering on other fronts.
2. Meta Expands Community Notes to Latin America
Meta has launched the next phase of its Community Notes roll-out, with an expanded test of the crowdsourced fact-checking program beginning in select countries in Latin America.
Meta launched Community Notes in the U.S. in January 2025. The controversial move saw the company shifting into alignment with X by taking a more hands-off role in content moderation. The main impetus of Community Notes is that it empowers users to decide what’s acceptable and what’s not, lessening the onus for such on the platform itself, while also reducing the ability of external moderation groups to influence what’s allowed in its apps.
3. TikTok Returns as Toronto International Film Festival Platform Partner
TikTok is returning as the official platform partner for the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, while the platform will also serve as presenting partner for the Special Presentations program at this year’s event.
The partnership will see TikTok bring a selection of creators to TIFF. These creators will host premiere screenings and co-host several post-screening Q&A sessions. TikTok also hosted a special event with actors Caleb Hearon and Zooey Deschanel on September 12, where the duo discussed their new film “Trash Mountain.” The pair also talked about how audiences discover stories in the modern age.
4. Instagram Lets Users Add Tagged Posts to Profile Grids
Instagram will now enable users to add posts that they’re tagged in to their main profile grid, which will facilitate more collaboration and presentation options.
Users can now do this directly from that post in-stream. When viewing a tagged post, the tagged creator will see a new “Add to grid” option, and tagged posts will then be displayed in the users’ profile grid with a tag icon in the top right of the thumbnail. The update will give users more ways to collaborate and amplify content to their followers.
5. Instagram Chief Warns Against Eliminating Algorithms
Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri has said that without content ranking algorithms, Instagram will be a far less engaging, less interesting experience for users. Mosseri also said that eliminating algorithms would have a negative impact on creators who rely on the app to reach an audience.
The comments came after the Australian government announced a new plan to implement laws that will restrict the use of engagement-driven algorithms in social media apps. The government hopes that by reducing the influence of algorithmic amplification, that will help to address concerns related to the promotion of harmful content as well as social media addiction. The new regulations, which are currently in the consultation phase, could eventually see Australian social media users reverted to a chronological timeline of posts from people and pages they follow.
6. Snapchat Adds Event Creation Tools
Snapchat has added another feature to facilitate IRL meet-ups, with a new Plans element that will make it easier for users to go from a chat to setting a calendar event.
Snapchatters will now be able to create an event and invite friends in-stream. Event creators will be able to keep track of the event details via a new My Plans section on their profile. Snapchatters can also view info for any accepted events on friends’ pages. Snapchat will send out reminder notes to all attendees an hour before the event starts. It’s the latest move in Snapchat’s efforts to play a bigger role in real-life engagement and expand its connective benefits beyond the app.
7. Pinterest Announces New Deal with Nvidia
Pinterest has announced a new partnership with Nvidia that is designed to improve the app’s artificial intelligence-powered discovery processes.
Using Nvidia’s advanced hardware, the updated system will enable Pinterest to build in more AI elements with less infrastructure investment, ensuring better performance across the platform. The updated process will power the next stage of Pinterest’s visual search via expanded content understanding and improved safety systems. The new partnership is an expansion of Pinterest’s ongoing agreement with Nvidia. That deal establishes a long-term platform relationship intended to power the next generation of visual and conversational experiences across Pinterest.
8. X Continues to Host CSAM Content
X is still hosting a range of CSAM material, according to new insights published by the Canadian Center for Child Protection, despite platform owner Elon Musk making the eradication of child abuse content a top priority of his reformation approach.
The CCCP found that X’s own Grok chatbot has enabled users to generate CSAM material, contributing to the platform’s ongoing issues with CSAM content. The New York Times also ran its own experiment, which found that X users continue to share CSAM material to the app. This includes material that has been previously flagged by authorities, which undermines X’s reported success in eliminating CSAM material. X was recently taken to court by a group of sexual abuse survivors who said that Grok had been trained on pre-existing and known CSAM, which facilitated the generation of CSAM content.
Wrapping Up
And that was a wrap of this week’s Social Media Buzz. We’ll be back next week with more news and updates for you from the social media world. Till then, stay tuned!
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