Social Media By angiejjensen 2014 Snapchat is put in "time out" by the FTC for lying about security and privacy 2014 Facebook Buys WhatsApp 2015 Friendster Shuts Down 2015 Pinterest Allows Buyable Pins 2015 Instagram offers "Boomerang" Aug 27, 2015 Facebook Reaches 1 Billion Users In One Day 2016 Pinterest Reaches 150 Million Monthly Users 2016 Facebook Starts "Marketplace" 2016 Instagram Announces it has over 600 million Monthly Users 2017 Twitter Increases Character Limit to 280 Mar 2, 2017 IPO for Snapchat Jun 21, 2017 Snapchat creates "snap map" Jan 29, 2018 Facebook Focuses on Local News