- Analysis: A Year After Boycott, Starbucks Tops Social Ad Spending
Marketing Daily, Steve Ellwanger - Monday, November 22, 2021
The majority (39%) of total QSR ad impressions were on Twitter, followed by YouTube (33%), Facebook (15%) and Instagram (13%). ...
- State AGs To Probe Instagram's Effects On Children
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, November 19, 2021
The bipartisan group of prosecutors from at least 10 states will investigate Instagram's methods for wooing and keeping young people engaged, the effects, and whether Meta, nee Facebook, has violat ...
- DJ Khaled Brings Authenticity, Passion To Pandora's Multichannel Brand Campaign
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Khaled expresses his genuine love for Pandora with three ads that will make their TV premiere Nov. 28 during BET's 2021 Soul Train Music Awards. ...
- Ohio Sues Facebook Over Statements About 'Harmful' Content
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Facebook duped investors by misrepresenting its policies regarding "misinformation" and "harmful content," Ohio Attorney Gen. Dave Yost alleges in a securities fraud lawsuit against the company. ...
- Budgets Show Spending Across All Social Networks: Trends For 2022
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The data shows a big increase in "improving the employee experience" and "brand protection," and excitement about "expanding social's impact on other departments" -- particularly among senior-level
marketers. ...
- New Senate Bill Would Thwart Big Tech Acquisitions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 5, 2021
The "Platform Competition and Opportunity Act," proposed by Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tom Cotton would make it harder for large tech platforms to purchase competitors or potential competitors. ...
- MRC Accredits IAS For Facebook, Instagram Measurement
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, November 3, 2021
The third-party measurement service cites "continued growth of social media." ...
- 5 Ways To Use Influencers When Social Apps Go Down
Marketing Insider, Maria Bailey - Wednesday, November 3, 2021
For example: Use an influencer's influence offline. ...
- Study Reveals Reach, Performance Of Instagram Reels Vs. TikTok Video Ads
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, October 26, 2021
In one recent study testing the reach of a similar video ad campaign on the two platforms, Instagram Reels completely outperformed TikTok. ...
- Instagram Updates Insights Platform: Enhances Data For Marketers, Creators
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, October 20, 2021
As part of the update, Instagram says creators who partner with brands will receive additional visibility. ...
- Facebook Customizes Ads, Measures Ad Performance To Support SMBs
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 21, 2021
Facebook is focusing heavily on small and-medium-sized businesses, even as the company plans to rebrand. On Thursday it released features to help SMBs drive performance on its platform. ...
- Father Of Slain Reporter Asks FTC To Investigate Facebook Over Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The father of a journalist killed on the air is urging the FTC to investigate Facebook for allegedly allowing videos of her murder to remain on the platform. ...
- FTC Urged To Police Teen Privacy On Instagram, YouTube, Other Tech Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 8, 2021
"The need to protect young people from privacy threats online is more urgent than ever," Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Kathy Castor and Lori Trahan said Friday in a lett ...
- Americans: Facebook Contributing To National Health Crisis, Should Be Regulated Like A Drug
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, October 11, 2021
Many consider it physically addictive and felt like they were going through withdrawal during last week's outage. ...
- What Happens When Facebook Goes Down? Traffic To The Open Web Soars
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Data reveals traffic to other destinations on the open web jumped by 21% when Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went dark Monday. ...
- Facebook Whistleblower Blasts 'Moral Bankruptcy,' Calls For New Laws
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen blasted the company's practices at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, stating that the social networking service repeatedly chose profits over users' safety. ...
- Facebook Asks Court To Throw Out FTC's Revised Antitrust Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 4, 2021
The FTC's amended monopoly complaint "rests on guesswork rather than facts," Facebook argues in court papers filed Monday. ...
- Facebook CTO Apologizes For Outage
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 4, 2021
Security experts tracking the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outages say they could have been triggered by a configuration error or could be the result of an internal mistake. An outsi ...
- How Data Is Generated, Viewed Across Internet With 92% Of World Using Mobile
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 1, 2021
From Jan.-July 2021, the number of people accessing the internet jumped by 10%, with 5.17 billion people, or 65% of the population, logging on, according to Domo, a mobile cloud-bas ...
- Facebook Puts Brakes On Instagram Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 27, 2021
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a blog post: "This will give us time to work with parents, experts, policymakers and regulators, to listen to their concerns, and to demonstra ...
- Google Said To Be Seeking Search Deals With TikTok, Instagram
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 24, 2021
Google execs are negotiating with their counterparts at ByteDance and Facebook to get data needed to index and rank videos on TikTok and Instagram, respectively, in search results, according ...
- Senator Blumenthal Still Aiming For Bipartisan Privacy Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday expressed optimism that he and Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas will be able to move forward with efforts to craft a bipartisan priva ...
- Confronting The Hypocrisy Of Advertising On Instagram And Facebook
Digital News Daily, Barry Lowenthal - Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Can we, in good conscience, continue to recommend platforms that directly and negatively impact the mental health of our youth? Platforms should be responsible for helping users feel better abo ...
- Judge Sides With Instagram In Copyright Fight Over Embedding Tool
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 20, 2021
A federal judge in California threw out claims by photographers who alleged Instagram's embedding tool enabled outside publishers to infringe copyright. ...
- Lawmakers Urge Facebook To Halt Plans To Launch New Platforms For Kids
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 15, 2021
A trio of Democratic lawmakers are urging Facebook to immediately cease efforts to launch a version of Instagram for children, given a new report about company research into the service ...
- Starbucks Launches Instagram AR Effect With Poet Morgan Harper Nichols
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, September 15, 2021
"Morning Mantras" finds inspiration where many of us are: home. Nichols says she believes in the power of a few words "to remind us, 'Hey, we're all in this togeth ...
- Animal Rights Activists Sue Government For Suppressing Comments On Social Media
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 9, 2021
The National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services are using automated filters on Facebook and Instagram to hide comments that might express criticism of anim ...
- FTC Unseals Allegations Against Facebook, Including Monthly User Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The FTC on Wednesday unsealed a host of previously secret material involving Facebook, ranging from information about the company's monthly users to details about prior acquisitions. ...
- 'Hype House' Boosts Pool-Sharing Brand: Influencers Take Plunge Via TikTok, Instagram
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, September 3, 2021
Swimply gives homeowners the ability to make money off their unused spaces by renting their pools. "It's this small tweak to the sharing economy," says Swimply's head of growth Son ...
- Hulu Series Reveals Dark Side Of Social Media Fame
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, September 3, 2021
"The D'Amelio Show" traces sisters Charli and Dixie's rise in the social media ranks, where they have attracted tens of millions of followers. ...
