Social Media Zuckerberg, Dorsey Appear Before Senate in Hearing Over Potential Reforms for Section 230 Will Section 230 be reformed, and if so, what will that mean for digital media more broadly? After months of calls for reforms to internet protection laws, today, the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google all faced a US Senate Committee […]
Social Media TikTok Announces New Partnership with Shopify, Another Step Towards In-Stream Commerce As TikTok continues to grow, and remains in operation in the US, despite a White House Executive Order for its sale, it also continues to churn out new stars, its own platform celebrities who themselves continue to grow and expand their audience reach, and become […]
Social Media Snapchat’s Dancing Hot Dog is Making a Comeback to Encourage Voter Participation Snapchat’s continuing its drive to encourage more people to vote by bringing back its popular ‘Dancing Hot Dog’ AR effect, this time in election-themed clothing and bearing a key awareness message. For the full article click here Twitter Launches New Prompts to Reduce […]
Social Media Can Social Media Data Predict the Winner of the 2020 US Presidential Election? A Look at the Latest Trends Can social media data predict the outcome of an election? It’s a key question many have asked, and have worked to decipher from the troves of user data available. But thus far, there’s no […]
Social Media Facebook’s Oversight Board Begins Hearing Cases, Adding a New Element to Content Decisions Back in January 2019, Facebook announced its plans for a new Content Oversight Board, a collection of independent, external experts who would come together to review appeals of content decisions made by Facebook’s moderators. Since then, the coming Oversight Board has been […]
Social Media TikTok Updates Moderation Guidelines Around QAnon and Harmful Targeting of Minorities After a recent report highlighted flaws in TikTok’s approach to removing QAnon-related content, despite the platform’s rules against such, the company has today outlined additional steps that it’s taking in order to combat hate speech, and protect users from manipulation and misinformation. For the full article […]
Social Media Instagram Expands its Badges for Live-Stream Donations, Advances IGTV Ads After testing them with selected creators over the past few months, Instagram is rolling out its new badges in Instagram Live broadcasts to wider pool of creators. For the full article click here Snapchat Reports Increases in Both Users and Revenue Rise in […]
Social Media Facebook Updates Messenger API to Incorporate Instagram Direct, Enabling New Connection Opportunities Following the recent announcement of the integration of Messenger and Instagram Direct, Facebook is now also updating its Messenger API to include support for Instagram messaging, which will provide businesses with a range of new connection opportunities through its messaging tools. For the full […]
Social Media Twitter Adds New Prompts to Alert Users Before Sharing Any Tweet Flagged for Misinformation Twitter has added another warning prompt to slow the spread of misinformation, this time alerting users when they go to share a tweet which has been flagged under the platform’s rules against misinformation. For the full article click here TikTok Refutes […]
Social Media Facebook Releases New Insights on Groups Usage During COVID-19 Amid the COVID-19 lockdowns, people have been turning to social media to stay connected, and online groups, in particular, have seen significant increases in engagement as users look to maintain social activity while physically unable to get together. That’s lead to increased reliance on […]
