Welcome to FWD, coming to you after Pride Month which Google closed out with this Doodle honouring LBGTQ+ activist Martha P Johnson.
- WhatsApp launches a bunch of new features including animated stickers and QR codes
- Facebook and Instagram to prompt mask usage in app
- Google brings AI powered SmartReply to YouTube
- Pernod Ricard are developing an app to allow the public to report hate speech and objectionable content
- LinkedIn launches a ‘Support’ reaction to reflect the current job market
- Learn how beauty brands are gamifying beauty moments on Snapchat
- YouTube lift the lid on their algorithm in this YouTube video
- Hamilton has caused a surge in Disney+ downloads
- Try on some Gucci shoes without leaving Snachat
- How Florentine Uffizi gallery is bossing TikTok through memes
- Amazon Prime launches watch with friends
- An archaeologist and his daughter have recreated a Bronze Age tomb in Minecraft
- Fortnite is screening Christopher Nolan movies in Party Royale island
- Study reveals that people are angrier on Twitter on Mondays and when the weather gets hotter
- Long read charting the debate over Section 230 The Communications Decency Act that followed the marking of Trump’s Tweets as misinformation
- The UK Competition and Markets Authority has published their online platforms and digital advertising market study, key takes from the FT here