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TikTok is experimenting with games, initially in partnership with mobile gaming giant Zynga. On Monday, Zynga announced its plans to launch a new HTML5-based game, “Disco Loco 3D,” exclusively on the TikTok platform. The casual game is a single-player endless runner...
Facebook announced today that it will no longer allow advertisers to target users based on potentially “sensitive” topics like health, sexual orientation, or religious and political beliefs. “Lung cancer awareness,” “LGBT culture” and “Jewish holidays” are just some...
Facebook have published their Community Standards Enforcement Report for the third quarter of 2021. This report provides metrics on how we enforced our policies from July 2021 through September 2021. With these additional metrics we now report on 14 policy areas on...
We’re publishing our biannual transparency report for the first half of 2021 to provide details on how we address government requests for user data, content violating local law, global internet disruptions and intellectual property. Continue reading
Facebook have published the Widely Viewed Content Report (WVCR) for the third quarter of 2021. This is the second edition of this report, which highlights the most viewed organic content in News Feed, including domains, links, Pages and posts in the US. Continue...
As a social technology company, helping people feel safe to connect and engage with others is central to what we do. But one form of abuse that has unfortunately always existed when people interact with each other is bullying and harassment. While this challenge isn’t...
Are you looking for ways to maximize your Instagram efforts this holiday season? Instagram has provided some quick tips to help, via Lolly Hu, the founder of stationery brand ‘Oh Lolly Day’ which has built a large, engaged audience in the app. Continue...
Pinterest has published its latest Transparency Report, which outlines all of the content it removed or otherwise took action on based on rule violations over the first half of 2021. Continue reading
They’ve been in testing over the last few months, but now, Twitter is rolling out its updated visual customization and editing tools to more users. Continue reading
TikTok has published a new guide to help marketers maximize their holiday campaigns, which outlines key insights into usage trends, critical dates for planning, ad tips, seasonal templates and more. Continue reading
Instagram earlier this year said it would explore the idea of creator subscriptions and was later spotted developing a feature that would offer exclusive Stories that were only visible to a creator’s subscriptions. Now, it seems, the company is poised to launch...
As it looks to increase its efforts to combat the spread of climate change misinformation on its platforms, Facebook has also conducted a new study, in conjunction with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, to get a better sense of people’s attitudes...