Facebook, Inc.

Hui Ding

Michel Krieger

Samantha P Krug

Ian McIntyre Silber

Christopher Cunningham

Peter Xiu Deng

Kevin York Systrom

Shilpa Sarkar

Ryan Jacob Gomba

A social networking system user identifies one or more social networking system users authorized to present content items to the user via the social networking system ('authorized users'). When an additional user requests presentation of a content item to the user, the social networking system determines if the additional user is an authorized user. If the additional user is an authorized user, the content item is presented to the user. However, if the additional user is not an authorized user, the social networking system identifies the additional user to the user along with a request to identify the additional user as an authorized user. If the user identifies the additional user as an authorized user in response to the request, the content item is presented to the user.

Applying user-specified permissions to distribution of content items to social networking system users

The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing a start trigger for a live video broadcast. In particular, in some embodiments the systems and methods described herein provide a live video stream received from a broadcaster client device to one or more viewer client devices. Additionally, the systems and methods described herein determine whether an audience satisfies a triggering event to provide the video stream to an audience of viewers. The systems and methods provide content for a wait screen in response to determining that the audience does not satisfy the triggering event, and provide the video stream in a live broadcast in response to determining that the audience does satisfy the triggering event.

Providing a start trigger for a live video broadcast

A social networking system user ('sending user') identifies a content item to the social networking system and also identifies one or more additional social networking system users ('receiving users') to be presented with a content item. The social networking system communicates the content item to client devices for presentation to the receiving users. An interface identifying the receiving users and a status associated with each receiving user is presented to the sending user. The status associated with a receiving user describes how the receiving user interacted with the content item, and may be updated to reflect subsequent interactions with the content item by a receiving user.

Presentation of content item to social networking system users identified by a social networking system user

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