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WHEW 🥵

Having a hard time keeping track of everything Twitter announced this week? Us too. Here's a recap as we roll into the weekend 👇

We launched a global #FollowLocalJournalists campaign on #WorldPressFreedomDay to spotlight and support local journalists, which included print and digital ads in local newspapers across the US.

Check out @Axios’ scoop:

https://twitter.com/axios/status/1388842607241990147

Access to host Spaces expanded, plus we outlined some new @TwitterSpaces features we're working on:

- Ticketed Spaces
- Co-hosting
- Scheduling
- More block labels + warnings
- Improved captions

blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/p…

We acquired Scroll, which gives readers an ad-free experience, and publishers a way to bring in more revenue than from traditional ads on a page. Both @Revue and @tryscroll will help us accelerate a new workstream we’re calling Longform. More to come!

blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/c…

We recently called for public input on our world leader policy, and just announced that we received a record 49K responses from people around the globe, including civil society, experts, & academics.

@Reuters broke this news and added valuable context:

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1389669922951811073

We’ve tested prompts that encourage people to reconsider a potentially harmful or offensive reply before they hit send, and made improvements based on the results. Now, we’re rolling these improved prompts out across iOS and Android, more info here:

blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/p…

We hosted our annual US NewFronts and announced some 🔥 partnerships: a new trending chart from @billboard, delish content from @tastemade, action from the @WNBA, @NBCOlympics, @MLB, @NHL and more premium, brand safe content.

All the details here: business.twitter.com/en/blog/twitte…

We changed the way standard size, single images appear in your Home timeline on mobile. Goodbye Twitter crop, hello full-size images!

Everything you need to know about this update via @EliteDaily:

https://twitter.com/EliteDaily/status/1390396051392274434

🤑 We’re testing Tip Jar, a new way to support the creative voices and causes you care about on Twitter. It lets you send someone a tip through several payment services by tapping the new Tip Jar icon on their profile.

More here:
blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/p…