SOCIAL MEDIA
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X Announces New Requirements for Parody Accounts
After implementing “Parody Account” labels back in December, X is now moving to make parody profiles even more visible in the app, with updated username requirements for joke accounts. As explained by X: “We’re rolling out updates to improve transparency for Parody, Commentary, and Fan (PCF) accounts on our platform. Starting April 10, all PCF accounts will be required to…
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LinkedIn Tests Video Trends to Encourage Member Engagement
LinkedIn’s taking another step into TikTok territory, with a new video trends feature that will encourage members to add their own video responses to trending topics in the app. As you can see in this example, posted by social media expert Lindsey Gamble, LinkedIn’s new format will include header tags within video clips, as well as within the main feed, that…
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X Shares Notes on Emerging Fashion Trends in the App
X has shared some new data on the evolving fashion discussion in the app, though the data provided to support this is pretty questionable, and also a little unclear at points. As, unfortunately, has been the case with many of X’s communications. X starts out its fashion overview by presenting its contention that its platform is now at the center…
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EU Seeking to Fine X $1B for DSA Violations
This could end up prompting a significant escalation in already tense U.S. and EU relations. As reported by The New York Times, the EU Commission is currently finalizing plans to issue Elon Musk’s X with a penalty in the range of $US1 billion for violations of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). As per NYT: “European Union regulators are preparing…
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TikTok Announces New Safety Initiatives for African Users
With its future in the U.S. still up in the air, TikTok continues to expand its efforts in other regions, in order to build on its extended business opportunities. And Africa, which is steadily improving its digital connectivity, could end up playing a significant role in this. Aligning with this, last week, TikTok held its second annual Sub-Saharan Africa Safer…
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YouTube Outlines Monetization Options for Creators
As it continues to expand and refine its monetization offerings, YouTube has provided a quick overview of the various money-making mechanisms that are now available to creators in the app, in order to help ensure that all creators are aware of their options. As you can see in this graphic, YouTubers now have a range of considerations on this front,…
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Reddit Rolls Out Updates to Its Conversation Ads
Reddit has announced an expansion of its Conversation Ads offering, which enables marketers to place their promotions within the chat section beneath Reddit posts. Which is where most of the engagement in the app happens, and now, Reddit says that all advertisers will be able to serve ads between comments on conversation pages when they run conversation ads. Reddit launched its updated…
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xAI Acquires X in a Deal That Secures the App’s Immediate Future
Okay, anybody who’s been closely watching the slow-speed financial crash of Twitter/X probably knew that Elon Musk was eventually going to find a way to funnel money from his xAI startup into the troubled app. I didn’t, however, think that he would be this upfront about it. Today, Elon Musk has announced X the platform has been acquired by xAI,…
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TikTok Retires Its Separate Notes App
RIP TikTok Notes. We hardly knew thee. Less than a year after the launch of its separate photo-sharing app, TikTok is discontinuing the experiment, and shutting down TikTok Notes for all users. Well, all users that could access it, that is, as TikTok Notes was only ever made available in certain nations. As you can see in this notification, shared…
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TikTok Shares Data on EU Enforcement Actions in H2 2024
TikTok has published its latest Transparency Report, as required under the EU Code of Practice, which outlines all of the enforcement actions it undertook within EU member states over the last six months of last year. And there are some interesting notes in regard to the impact of content labeling, the rise of AI-generated or manipulated media, foreign influence operations,…
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