Coronavirus

Facebook Implements Bans on Ads Seeking to Capitalize on Coronavirus Concerns

With concerns around the spread of novel coronavirus rising, Facebook is now taking action against profiteering advertisers that have been seeking to capitalize on such concerns. As reported by Business Insider, Facebook has this week announced a ban on ads on its platforms which mention coronavirus in relation to cures or prevention, or those which attempt to “create…

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Attacks Facebook F8 Developer Conference

Amid ongoing concerns around the coronavirus outbreak, Facebook has this week announced that it’s canceling the ‘in-person component’ of its annual F8 developer conference, which was planned to be held in San Jose on May 5th and 6th. As explained by Facebook: “Every year, we look forward to connecting with our global developer community at F8 and sharing our vision…

Tweets

A New Option to Add New Tweets Into Old Tweet Threads by Twitter

I could almost hear the circuit grids of a million keyboards cracking as Twitter users responded to this gleeful new update of adding new tweets into old tweet threads. Now you can add Tweets to one you already Tweeted, faster! So, that seems pretty cool, pretty helpful. I mean, it’s not an amazing, groundbreaking update that…

Facebook stories

Facebook Tests New Format for their Separate Facebook Stories Discovery Page

Every time Facebook tries out another Facebook Stories addition, a part of me does feel like its a bit Regina George. But Facebook is certain that Stories are the future of social sharing, and the way more users are heading – and it has the stats to prove that more people are, in fact, using Facebook Stories every…

Twitter

A New Notification Tag on Identified Misinformation by Twitter (Coming soon)

After recently launching tags to signify manipulated media in tweets, Twitter is now also considering new labels for identified misinformation, with large tags on ‘harmfully misleading’ reports, and links to reference material to cross-check. As explained by NBC News: “In this version, misinformation or misleading information posted by public figures would be corrected directly beneath a tweet…

Facebook

Facebook Launched a New Creator Studio Mobile App (2020)

Facebook this week launched a new, mobile version of its Creator Studio tool, with a separate Creator Studio app to help better manage your Facebook Pages on the go. The new app will be able to manage and edit Page posts, view performance analytics and respond to messages – with the added capacity to manage multiple Facebook Pages through…