📰 Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads and TikTok Ads news
Everything that changes in Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads and TikTok Ads, week by week: gathered from official and industry sources, and summarised clearly by Ninja Scripts.
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Week of 28 September
Meta now lets brands amplify a creator's live Instagram broadcast as a paid advertisement, extending a feature that already exists on Facebook to Instagram for the first time.
🔗 netinfluencer.com · 2026-09-30
For the first time, advertisers can see the overall health status of their campaigns directly in TikTok Ads Manager, labeled Good, Fair, or Poor, with clear guidance to improve and qualify for available coupons and incentives.
🔗 ads.tiktok.com · 2026-09-29
TikTok evolved its Agency Badging Program with a new two-tier model to highlight best-in-class agency performance.
🔗 ads.tiktok.com · 2026-09-28
Week of 21 September
TikTok updated its advertising policy for alcohol-related establishments to require approval and certification from local regulating authorities, and explicitly prohibited certain surgeries, including weight loss and aesthetic genital surgeries, in ads.
🔗 auditsocials.com · 2026-09-27
Meta and YouTube confirmed they will accept advertising for director Alex Gibney's upcoming Elon Musk documentary, following earlier reports that several social platforms had rejected the ads.
🔗 techcrunch.com · 2026-09-26
🎵 TikTok Ads TikTok launches an 'Agentic Hub' for reporting, audience management and budget optimization
TikTok introduced a new Agentic Hub that automates reporting, audience management, and budget optimization via AI, alongside a Pulse Mentions feature, though rollout timing to all markets remains unclear.
🔗 cure-intelligence.com · 2026-09-25
Meta introduced its official Ads CLI, a tool that enables system user token setup and campaign management commands, compatible with AI assistants like Claude Code or Codex.
🔗 adsuploader.com · 2026-09-23
Meta launched a new Creative Diversity rating inside Ads Manager that scores the creative variety of advertisers' campaigns.
🔗 goodmorningco.com · 2026-09-23
Week of 14 September
TikTok unveiled expanded measurement and ad integrity solutions along with new advertiser controls, aiming to build a more transparent, measurable, and trusted advertising ecosystem.
🔗 ads.tiktok.com · 2026-09-20
Starting September 29, Meta made live video ads generally available on Instagram, allowing brands to sponsor creator livestreams as partnership ads.
🔗 commonthreadco.com · 2026-09-19
LinkedIn added a 180-day attribution window option for conversion types like Purchase, Lead and Qualified Lead in its Conversions API, alongside richer company intelligence data and CREATIVE_NAME support in dynamic UTM tracking.
🔗 releasebot.io · 2026-09-17
LinkedIn now allows advertisers to target audiences based on LinkedIn profile data within Search and Audience campaigns, improving B2B targeting precision.
🔗 socialbee.com · 2026-09-16
Meta released its own first-party MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for ads, enabling AI agents to connect directly to ad account management.
🔗 admakeai.com · 2026-09-16
📘 Meta Ads Meta launches Meta One, a paid subscription with advanced tools for businesses and creators
Meta introduced Meta One on September 15, a four-tier paid subscription that gates previously free features like Competitive Insights and Custom Audience Insights, available across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Meta AI.
🔗 about.fb.com · 2026-09-15
TikTok continues strengthening requirements for brands and agencies to operate from a verified, official presence on the platform, expanding formal agency recognition based on managed spend.
🔗 ads.tiktok.com · 2026-09-14
Week of 7 September
Meta's Marketing API v24.0 sunsets on October 6, 2026, and on October 27 the v26.0 field removals extend to all remaining API versions, affecting developers and integration tools.
🔗 beyonddigita.com · 2026-09-08
Week of 31 August
💼 LinkedIn Ads LinkedIn outlines new ad formats, including AI variants
LinkedIn announced new ad options including Reserved Ads to maximize impact, ad personalization, and AI-generated ad variants.
🔗 socialmediatoday.com · 2026-09-05
Meta announced new AI-powered tools to boost purchases from livestreams working with platforms like CommentSold and Firework, and rolled out 'Post-view ads,' a new ad format for Instagram Reels.
🔗 socialbee.com · 2026-09-03
TikTok Ads introduced Mini Series, an in-app episodic storytelling feature for brands and marketers, paired with Growth Max to amplify automated ad performance.
🔗 releasebot.io · 2026-09-02
TikTok published its ad policy change log updated through September 2026, with accumulated modifications across categories like financial services, alcohol, prediction markets, and adult content.
🔗 ads.tiktok.com · 2026-09-01
TikTok introduced Growth Max: Mini Games, a new way to promote games directly within the app, letting users engage without ever leaving TikTok.
🔗 ads.tiktok.com · 2026-09-01
📘 Meta Ads Meta adds exclusion-only custom audiences
Meta now allows advertisers to build custom audiences specifically for excluding groups such as existing customers or opted-out users, helping avoid wasted budget on unwanted audiences.
🔗 bootcampdigital.com · 2026-09-01
TikTok announced an update to its Financial Services ad policy allowing Contracts for Difference (CFD) ads in Canada and the United States, subject to strict compliance and prior approval from a TikTok sales representative.
🔗 ads.tiktok.com · 2026-09-01
TikTok announced that SMB advertisers can now choose full, partial, or manual automation control over audience, budget, placements, and catalog within Smart+, with new visual labels in the interface.
🔗 ads.tiktok.com · 2026-09-01
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