Social Media What the FTC’s Call for Facebook’s Break-Up Means for the Tech Sector Facebook is facing antitrust lawsuits from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 46 states alleging that the company employed anticompetitive, illegal practices to acquire or eliminate its rivals. For the full article click here Twitter Acquires Multi-Participant Streaming App Squad, Which Enables Screen-Sharing Within […]
Social Media FTC Launches Lawsuit Against Facebook Over Antitrust Activity The Federal Trade Commission has launched new legal action against Facebook, which alleges that the company is “illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct”. The suit specifically focuses on Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, and calls for a […]
Social Media TikTok’s Looking to Expand its Video Length Limit to Three Minutes According to reports, TikTok is testing a new option which would enable users to upload videos of up to three minutes in length, an increase on the current 60-second limit. For the full article click here Snapchat Announces New, $3.5 Million AR Creator […]
Social Media YouTube Gaming Saw 100 Billion Hours of Watch Time in 2020, Underlining the Rise of Gaming Culture If you’re not paying attention to the influence of gaming on popular culture in 2020, you’re missing out on one of the most significant elements for the next generation, with gamers now becoming major celebrities in […]
Social Media Facebook Shares New Insights into the Impacts of COVID-19 on SMBs Facebook has published the latest version of its State of Small Business Report, which looks at how COVID-19, and the related lockdown measures, are impacting SMBs around the world. The data, which Facebook has been tracking since July, incorporates responses from more than 30,000 small […]
Social Media 10 TikTok Trends to Guide Your Social Media Strategy in 2021 [Infographic] Are you looking for ways to improve your social media marketing in 2021? Want to know how TikTok could fit into your online strategy? The team from Oberlo share the TikTok trends you need to know in this infographic. For the full article […]
Social Media Facebook’s Updating its Approach to Hate Speech to Combat ‘The Worst of the Worst’ Cases Facebook is reportedly looking to overhaul its approach to hate speech, in order to better detect and address ‘the worst of the worst’ cases, as opposed to treating all hate speech incidents equally. According to The Washington Post, Facebook […]
Social Media Twitter Strengthens Two-Factor Authentication Options with Physical Security Keys Twitter is looking to beef up its account security options with the expansion of its support for physical security keys to mobile devices, which will enable anyone to use physical security keys to login to Twitter via iOS and Android. For the full article click here […]
Social Media Reddit Reports That it Now Sees 52 Million Daily Active Users Reddit has reported that it averaged 52 million daily active users in October 2020, a 44% year-on-year increase in active engagement. It’s the first time Reddit has reported daily active usage – last December, Reddit reported that it had reached 430 million monthly active users, a +30% YoY […]
Social Media Social Shorts: Snapchat’s TikTok Rival Is Here, Facebook Teams with BBB for Ad Reviews The social media marketing week in review: A round up of news and announcements you may have missed. For the full article click here Instagram Adds ‘Giving Tuesday’ Features to Highlight How People Can Assist Nonprofits and SMBs Instagram’s […]
