Social media
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TikTok Announces Youth Council To Improve Safety Measures
TikTok is adding another element to reassure parents of teens who use the app, with the establishment of a new Youth Council who’ll share the young user perspective on the key issues and concerns direct with TikTok management. TikTok has come under scrutiny in several regions over the danger that it poses to youngsters, and the content that it exposes…
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The EU Commission Launches Investigations Into Apple, Meta and Google Over DMA Breaches
EU officials are wasting no time in enacting their powers under the new Digital Markets Act (D.M.A.), which is designed to curb the power of large ‘gatekeeper’ platforms in the online space. Today, the EU Commission has launched non-compliance investigations into Google’s self-preferencing of the Google Play Store in Search, Apple’s App Store “steering” rules, and Meta’s ad-free subscription plan.…
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YouTube Advises Channel Managers Not To Delete Uploaded Clips
Here’s an important P.S.A. for YouTube creators: Don’t delete your old video clips. YouTube Product Lead Todd Beaupre shared this key advice last Friday, pointing to the broader impacts of such on algorithmic ranking. YouTubers: Don’t delete videos unless you have a very, very good reason. When you delete a video, you delete your channel’s connection to the audience that…
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Instagram Tests Option To Comment on Specific Frames Within a Carousel Update
Instagram’s testing out a new way to comment on specific images within a carousel post, with some users able to link their reply to a photo or video, based on its assigned number in the display. As you can see in this example, posted by Brent Colmer (and shared by Lindsey Gamble), the new option enables users to @mention the…
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Florida Moves Ahead With Laws To Restrict Teen Use of Social Media
Florida is the latest U.S. state to implement its own provisions around social media use, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing a new bill that will ban children aged under 14 from social media platforms entirely, while also making it compulsory that 14 and 15 year old users gain explicit parental permission to sign up. Which could add some new…
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X Loses Lawsuit Against the Center for Countering Digital Hate
For a free speech “absolutist”, Elon Musk certainly seems very keen to take legal action against anyone who says anything that he doesn’t like. That’s, essentially, the core element of today’s ruling against Musk and X (formerly Twitter), with a U.S. judge dismissing X Corp’s lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (C.C.D.H.), which X had initiated based on…
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YouTube Advises Channel Managers Not to Delete Uploaded Clips
Here’s an important P.S.A. for YouTube creators: Don’t delete your old video clips. YouTube Product Lead Todd Beaupre shared this key advice last Friday, pointing to the broader impacts of such on algorithmic ranking. YouTubers: Don’t delete videos unless you have a very, very good reason. When you delete a video, you delete your channel’s connection to the audience that…
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Florida Moves Ahead with New Laws to Restrict Teen Use of Social Media Apps
Florida is the latest U.S. state to implement its own provisions around social media use, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing a new bill that will ban children aged under 14 from social media platforms entirely, while also making it compulsory that 14 and 15 year old users gain explicit parental permission to sign up. Which could add some new…
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Instagram Tests New Option to Comment on Specific Frames Within a Carousel Update
Instagram’s testing out a new way to comment on specific images within a carousel post, with some users able to link their reply to a photo or video, based on its assigned number in the display. As you can see in this example, posted by Brent Colmer (and shared by Lindsey Gamble), the new option enables users to @mention the…
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LinkedIn Adds Dynamic UTM Parameters to Campaign Tracking
LinkedIn is rolling out a new way to track ad campaign performance, with the addition of dynamic UTM parameters, which will enable marketers to include custom tracking elements in their campaign URLs. Dynamic UTMs, which are already available via many platforms and third party tools, enable simple tracking of the origin of a click. And now, you’ll be able to…
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