Social Media Daily News Roundup 16.07.2019

Todays social media news, rounded up in one place so you don’t have to go anywhere else. 

🌴 Twitter brings desktop users up to speed with a streamlined redesign

🌴 Snapchat's Testing a New, Dedicated Tab for its Exclusive Snap Shows

🌴 Twitter won’t hide Donald Trump’s racist tweets

🌴 House Democrats are considering a bill to ban Facebook from the finance industry

🌴 Social media linked to rise in teenage depression as shows off 'perfect lives' of wealthier peers, study suggests 

Twitter brings desktop users up to speed with a streamlined redesign - The Drum 

Twitter has given its primary desktop website a spit and polish for the first time in seven years with a shiny new look that promises to streamline the user experience and provide a greater degree of personalisation.

Snapchat's Testing a New, Dedicated Tab for its Exclusive Snap Shows - Social Media Today

After last week announcing a new slate of exclusive Snap shows from celebrities - including programs from Serena Williams, Arnold Schwarzenegger and comedian Kevin Hart - Snapchat is also testing out a new way to boost exposure for its exclusive content, with a new section, separate from Discover, focused solely on Snap's owned content.

Twitter won’t hide Donald Trump’s racist tweets - The Verge

Twitter won’t be treating President Donald Trump’s recent tweets telling congresswomen to “go back” to their supposed home countries as a violation of its hateful conduct policy, the company confirmed to The Verge. That means the tweets won’t trigger a flagging systemTwitter announced last month, intended to limit the reach of banned content by public officials.

House Democrats are considering a bill to ban Facebook from the finance industry - The Verge

Democrats in Congress are considering a new bill that would stop Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans in its tracks. Dubbed the Keep Big Tech Out of Finance Act, the new bill would explicitly ban large platform companies from performing banking functions. The bill would be a direct rebuke to Facebook’s plans with the Libra cryptocurrency, which would likely have to be severed from the company if the bill were introduced and passed.

Social media linked to rise in teenage depression as shows off 'perfect lives' of wealthier peers, study suggests - The Telegraph

The more time adolescents spend on social media and in front of the television, the more severe their symptoms of depression become, it is suggested.