Social Media Facebook Launches ‘Black Business August’ to Support and Highlight Black-Owned Businesses Facebook has announced a new slate of free education sessions and awareness programs as part of National Black Business Month, which celebrates the contributions of black-owned businesses around the world. For the full article click here Facebook’s Updated Chat Plugin for Websites Enables Messaging […]
Social Media White House Gives TikTok Till September 15th to Sell its Business: Here’s What You Need to Know To recap the current situation – earlier this month, following the Indian Government’s decision to ban all Chinese apps, including TikTok, in its nation amid ongoing border battles with Chinese forces, US President Donald Trump said that […]
Social Media TikTok Responds to Possible US Ban: “We’re Not Planning on Going Anywhere” Are we close to saying goodbye to TikTok? On Friday evening, speaking to the press pool, US President Donald Trump said that TikTok would soon be banned in the US, sparking an outpouring of emotional responses from the app’s users, and a […]
Social Media Snapchat Publishes First-Ever ‘CitizenSnap’ Report Which Outlines its Contributions to Societal Improvement< Snapchat has today published its first-ever CitizenSnap report, which provides an overview of the company’s efforts to address racial inequality, environmental responsibility and societal impact over the past year. For the full article click here Facebook Adds 100 Million More Users, Reports […]
Social Media Snapchat Publishes New Study into Evolving Video Consumption Behaviors Snapchat has published a new study which looks at evolving video consumption behaviors, particularly among younger audiences, and provides recommendations on how businesses can align their content efforts with these shifts. The report is based on research conducted by The National Research Group, and incorporates responses from over N=1,000 […]
Social Media Twitter Updates Hate Speech Policy to Include Links to ‘Hateful’ Content Twitter has updated its policies to now include links to hateful content within its parameters to unacceptable activity. For the full article click here Facebook Offers Lucrative Deals to Prominent TikTok Creators Ahead of Wider Release of Instagram Reels Amid ongoing speculation about the […]
Social Media Who Are the Most Influential Women on Instagram Right Now? Nowadays, Instagram is one of the biggest and most successful social media networks in the world with more than 1 billion active monthly users online. The platform has also become a source of income for many users – if there could be one […]
Social Media Microsoft Taps into the Popularity of Snapchat Lenses for Major New Xbox Campaign With Microsoft this week showing off its coming, next gen Xbox Series X gaming console at its Xbox Games Showcase event, the company has also partnered with Snapchat on a new AR campaign which will see a series of game-themed AR Lenses […]
Social Media TikTok Launches ‘Creator Fund’ to Pay Platform Influencer for Their Efforts Amid rising speculation about the future of the app, with authorities in several regions calling for potential restrictions due to its links with the Chinese Government, TikTok is looking to deepen its economic roots, in order to make it harder to justify removing […]
Social Media Facebook Is Launching a New Investigation into Potential Algorithmic Bias in its Systems Facebook is launching a new investigation into potential bias within its algorithms, as it works to improve its systems in response to the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and in light of its recent civil rights audit. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, both […]
