Social Media News — September 16, 2026

This digest separates announcements, study findings, and publisher guidance.

TikTok creators

Social Media Today says TikTok named Fernando Hurtado, Jasmine Wesley, and Eric Sedeño. It places them in a larger community celebration.

Snapchat voting study

Released before November’s U.S. midterms, Snapchat’s study found nearly 80% of Snapchatters plan to vote. That is a platform-study figure, not a population estimate.

Google CrUX metrics

Search Engine Journal reports Google added four publisher-ad experience metrics to CrUX.

Cloudflare crawler control

Cloudflare’s control separates AI-training opt-outs from search access; Bing robots.txt support is reported as pending.

Social data collection

Hootsuite’s September 15 guide covers collecting performance, audience, and public-conversation data.

TikTok monetization

Its guide presents 15 monetization methods and varied follower thresholds.

AI video workflow

Social Media Examiner outlines a Seedance workflow from concept to generated clips.

Industry roundup

Its roundup flags Instagram email subscribers, no-ad YouTube business, and industry news.

Which update is most consequential for social publishers or marketers?

Cloudflare’s separate AI-training opt-out is the most consequential because it creates a distinct control boundary: publishers can restrict training access while preserving search discovery through Googlebot. Bing support is still pending. The other items are mainly insights, guidance, measurement, or individual platform initiatives; this changes the publisher’s technical access policy.