[ad_1] At this point, the question isn’t how big the advertising boycott will get, but what will it actually accomplish. So far, it’s not exactly clear. While the boycott has already succeeded in wiping away $56 billion from Facebook’s market value (and making Zuckerberg $7.2 billion poorer), we don’t really know how much money Facebook […]
Category: Social Media
Facebook bans ‘boogaloo’ accounts and pages linked to violence
[ad_1] Facebook isn’t just limiting the spread of “boogaloo” groups on its platform — it’s tossing many of those groups out. The social media giant has banned accounts and pages from the pro-civil-war group after deeming a violent network that breaks the company’s Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy. Facebook primarily removed 220 accounts, 106 groups, […]
Reddit bans r/the_donald for a pattern of inciting hate speech
[ad_1] Earlier this month, several high-profile Reddit pages took a hiatus in protest of the company’s refusal to ban racist content. This seems to have finally caused Reddit to redefine its policies around hate speech and how it enforces them. Today, the company announced that it has banned about 2,000 subreddits, including one of the […]
Starbucks pauses all social media ads over hate speech concerns
[ad_1] However long the pause lasts, Starbucks is adding to a list of major brands pulling their ads (largely from Facebook) to press for change, including Coca-Cola, Honda, Hershey and Engadget’s parent company Verizon. Facebook said it wouldn’t make policy changes in response to financial pressure, but nonetheless said it would label politicians’ posts when […]
Facebook is testing a dark mode in its mobile app
[ad_1] You might not have to stick to your computer if you want to browse Facebook in dark mode. After reports of the palette change popping up, Facebook has confirmed to SocialMediaToday that it’s testing a dark mode in its mobile apps. The feature is only available to a “small percentage” of users worldwide at […]
Twitter will fix its overly aggressive ‘5G corona’ fact-checking
[ad_1] Twitter knows its system for automatically fact-checking posts mentioning 5G and the coronavirus is more than a little overzealous, and it’s hoping to tone things down. The social network has promised to “improve” the precision of its labeling system and fact-check fewer tweets that merely happen to include certain keywords. The company is developing […]
Facebook’s advertiser boycott is getting even bigger
[ad_1] There are now more than 120 companies participating in the boycott, according to a spreadsheet tracking the names. Some companies, like Coca-Cola, are opting to pause their Facebook ads, but are not explicitly joining the boycott. For the month of July, American Honda is withholding its advertising on Facebook and Instagram. We choose to […]
Facebook will link all 2020 US election posts to its voter hub
[ad_1] When it comes to potential cases of voter suppression, every post that mentions the 2020 election will include a link to the Voter Information Center. Facebook also plans to flag posts made by politicians in this same way. “This isn’t a judgment of whether the posts themselves are accurate,” said Zuckerberg. “But we want […]
Facebook will label posts from politicians that break its rules
[ad_1] “We will soon start labeling some of the content we leave up because it is deemed newsworthy, so people can know when this is the case,” Zuckerberg wrote. “We’ll allow people to share this content to condemn it, just like we do with other problematic content, because this is an important part of how […]
Instagram is making its TikTok-like ‘Reels’ easier to find
[ad_1] Instagram is determined to make its TikTok clone, Reels, more of a force to be reckoned with. It’s moving Reels to dedicated sections both in user profiles and (for public accounts) the Explore section, giving you an easier way to find those 15-second clips. It’s also expanding beyond the original Brazil audience to include […]