So what’s the latest on the TikTok takeover situation? I’m glad you asked – 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…
Twitter has added another warning prompt to slow the spread of misinformation, this time alerting users when they go to share a tweet that has been flagged under the platform’s rules against misinformation. As you can see here, the prompt will alert the user looking to retweet or quote a tweet that the claim included in…
Google has announced a range of new updates for search, which provide varying levels of functionality for brands, and are worth noting within your SEO approach. The main focus, of course, is on helping people find the information they need, so they’re not specifically aligned with brand queries. But some of them will be search considerations –…
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…
Like everything in 2020, Halloween is going to look a lot different this time around, with limitations on how people can participate, and take part in the normally significant community event. The advantage of that could be that you won’t have to put in so much effort with your Halloween costume – and if you…
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and in-line with the awareness push, Instagram’s adding some new tools to help reduce cyberbullying within its app, and protect, in particular, its younger, more susceptible, audience cohort. First off, Instagram is launching a new test of a feature that will automatically hide comments which are similar to those that…
As if a global pandemic wasn’t hard enough in itself, COVID-19 has opened up the floodgates to mental health challenges around the world. With global mental health issues on the rise, medical experts are teaming up with social media platforms to raise awareness and provide helpful resources to those in need. Just in time for World…
Honestly, Twitter’s efforts on content discovery are difficult to understand at times. Back in 2015, then Twitter CFO Anthony Noto told investors in an earnings call that the platform had been struggling to grow because it lacked the mass-market appeal that other platforms enjoyed. “Simply said, the product remains too difficult to use.” That became a…
Instagram is celebrating its tenth birthday, and to mark the occasion, it’s added a couple of new, celebratory features and updates, ranging from visual additions to the expansion of its eCommerce tools. The main celebratory element is its Stories Map, which provides a private look at where you’ve posted Instagram Stories from (when you’ve used a…
So this might be of interest to the few people still using Instagram’s ‘Threads’ app. As shared by both Matt Navarra and Jane Manchun Wong, Instagram has announced a new update for Threads which adds full messaging functionality into the app, which, as TechCrunch notes, essentially makes it like Instagram’s discontinued ‘Direct’ app, but with auto-status updates. At launch, Threads…