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Facebook Live launches
Facebook Live was an innovative way of letting content creators interact with their audiences in real-time. -
Instagram reaches 500 million monthly users
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Instagram Stories launches
Instagram admits that the idea came from Snapchat so as to steal some of their user base. -
Tik Tok launches in China
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Vine shutdown
Vine, the most popular video sharing app of its time, was discontinued by Twitter since it was out-competed by its competitors like Snapchat. -
Facebook Fundraising launches
Allowing users to fundraise within their online social media community is a great step forward for charity. -
Snapchat files IPO and begins trading on NY:SE
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Facebook reaches 2 billion monthly users
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Tik Tok launches around the globe
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Tik Tok buys Musical.ly
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Facebook launches Trust Indicators
This is the first real policy on social media to combat fake news -
Parler launches
Parler was one of the first social media sites to gain success with its policy of upholding all free speech on its platform -
Tik Tok has 1 billion app downloads worldwide
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Sale of VR headsets grew by 30%
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62% of the world uses the internet
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U.S. Government announces possible ban on Tik Tok from U.S.
This is an important event for all social media platforms since it could form a foundation on how the U.S. government deals with and censors other social media platforms in the future. -
Microsoft launches Xbox X
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Parler is pulled from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store