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.

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TikTok Refutes Claims Made Against it in White House Executive Order as it Pushes to Remain in the US

So what’s the latest on the TikTok takeover situation? This week, as negotiations continue over the sale of TikTok to an Oracle/Walmart lead consortium, which it’s worth noting has not been officially agreed to as yet. While those discussions continue, TikTok continued to combat the US Government’s Executive Order, which could still see the app banned entirely in the US if a deal isn’t reached by November 12th.

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Instagram Announces New Crackdown on Influencers Who Fail to Disclose Commercial Partnerships

Following a recent investigation by the UK Competition and Markets Authority, Instagram has vowed to do more to protect consumers by ensuring that influencers disclose commercial relationships within their posts. In the UK, and in many other nations, influencers are required to flag commercial arrangements by tagging their posts with #ad or #sponsored. But the CMA has found that many don’t do this. That could see Instagram itself face legal action – and in order to avoid such, Instagram has vowed to increase its action on sponsored posts.

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Marketing

How to Optimize Your Real Estate Site for Local Search

The real estate industry is highly competitive, especially in major cities. From the solopreneur trying to make ends meet to the massive national conglomerates, everyone is out to do whatever they can to increase their visibility and get those listings.

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How COVID-19 Has Affected Small Business Marketing Requirements [Infographic]

Has the global pandemic affected the way you market your business? Want to know what other business owners think about their future online marketing requirements? The team from Bluehost share the results from a recent survey in this infographic.

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Digital Advertising Is Not the Next Internet Bubble – Here’s Why

The more things change, the more they stay the same. For decades, marketers have been trying to achieve the “holy grail” or marketing perfection: reaching the right person, with the right message, at the right time. And throughout that time, generation after generation of marketers have come away with the same realization. What is simple in theory is maddeningly difficult in practice and near-impossible at scale.

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