4 social media changes you need to know about this week

This week’s social media changes include what TikTok is doing to help live video creators, why Facebook’s Instant Articles program is going away, how Meta hopes to make life easier for brands and creators to work together through Facebook Reels and how Gas is promoting kindness through its app.

Here is a roundup of this week’s news.

TikTok announced plans to allow creators to have up to five guests during live events.

Creators can tap the three dots during live videos to change a variety of settings. These include the ability to flip the camera, add effects and stickers, filter comments and add moderators.

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In addition, TikTok said the minimum age to host live events will rise from 16 to 18 on Nov. 23 and creators can restrict events to those 18 and up.