Facebook Announces Marketing API Updates Aimed at Reducing Discrimination

In March of 2019, Facebook announced changes to the company’s advertising platform, these changes aim to reduce discrimination in job postings, housing ads, and credit ads. These updates were a result of settlement agreements with several civil rights organizations that were claiming the social media giant should provide stronger protections against abuse of the Facebook advertising platform.

Slack Announces New APIs for Creating Templated Workspaces

Slack has recently announced several upgrades to it’s messaging platform, these upgrades aim to improve communication inside larger organizations. These new enhancements include a new API for creating templated workspaces and a new announcement channel for communicating key information on high-level issues.