Daily Minute Master Series
July 22, 2025
by Corey Padveen
Marketing News and Updates
Social Media Giants Hoping Trump Will Back Them in Opposing EU Penalties
Trump’s team has repeatedly criticized foreign penalties being imposed on the tech giants, and recently threatened to halt all trade discussions with Canadian officials over the implementation of Canada’s “Digital Services Tax.” That forced Canada to back down, and now, Meta and others are hoping that the White House will apply the same approach in other cases where they’re facing significant, targeted penalties in foreign nations.
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X Restricts Emoji Use in Promoted Posts
After recently outlawing hashtags in promoted posts, X is now taking aim at another aesthetic element, with the platform implementing new restrictions on ads that contain more than one emoji.
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TikTok US Sale Faces More Challenges With 59 Days Remaining
Oh yeah, TikTok is still being sold off in the U.S., and still needs to find a U.S.-based partner before September 17th, or it’ll be expelled from the U.S. Yes, despite President Trump claiming to have a deal in place, pending Chinese government approval, and despite Trump repeatedly extending the deadline for such a deal to come into effect, in line with the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” TikTok is still operating in violation of U.S. law, and is technically already banned in the region.
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X Sees Revenue Boost After Launch of Latest AI Tools
With its advertising business still down on previous levels, and its audience slowly filtering away to other apps, how will Elon Musk’s X continue to make money, and remain a viable proposition moving forward?
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Meta snubs the EU’s voluntary AI guidelines
Meta says it won’t sign the European Union’s artificial intelligence code of practice agreement, warning that “Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI.” The code published by the EU on July 10th is a voluntary set of guidelines to help companies follow the AI Act’s rules around general-purpose AI before they come into effect in a few weeks.
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OpenAI says ChatGPT users send over 2.5 billion prompts every day
OpenAI’s ChatGPT sees more than 2.5 billion requests daily, with 330 million from users based in the US, according to data obtained by Axios.
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