- BrandTotal Seeks Court Order Forcing Facebook To Lift Block
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 19, 2020
"Facebook's complaint brazenly labels the UpVoice browser extension 'malicious' with no explanation," BrandTotal writes in a request for a restraining order against Facebook. ...
- House Democrats Blast FCC Chief Over Plan To Regulate Social Media
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 19, 2020
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is engaged in "a blatant attempt to help a flailing President Trump" by aiming to influence social media companies in the remaining weeks before the election, ...
- Facebook Blocked 2.2 Million Ads For Breaking Political Campaign Rules
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 19, 2020
Facebook tagged warnings to 150 million misleading election-related posts, and 2.2 million ads were rejected because they failed to complete the political ad authorization process. ...
- White House Presses To Move Forward With TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, October 17, 2020
Citing the risk of Chinese espionage, the Trump administration is seeking to lift an injunction that prevents the government from banning new downloads of social app TikTok. ...
- Study Finds Most Will Be Glued To Election Results, But Biden Supporters More Likely To Believe Them
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Monday, October 19, 2020
More than half of American voters plan to follow the results of the 2020 election "very closely" on Election Day, but supporters of Democratic challenger Joe Biden are more apt ...
- VidMob Reveals Nuances Advertisers Don't Know About Their Creatives
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 19, 2020
VidMob's Insight Stream platform surfaces a continual stream of insights from data that tells marketers why the creative works or does not work at any given time. It also provides ...
- Why Email And Social Media Work Well Together
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, October 16, 2020
Email and social media work well together, especially for small businesses. Missing either element, or a website, limits your ability to connect with the customers, writes Elizabeth
Jacobi. ...
- Under GOP Attack, Twitter Retreats On Hacked Materials Stance... As Russia's Use Of Giuliani Provides Backdrop
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, October 16, 2020
Republicans vowed to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, even as it was revealed that Rudy Giuliani -- the indirect source of the NY Post article that was roadblocked by Twitter ...
- BBC Offers Compelling Look At Visual Storytelling On Facebook
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, October 16, 2020
Facebook has become a focal point for innovation in "graphical storytelling" to reach younger audiences. Publishers should take note. ...
- Do Consumers Want To See COVID-19 Mentioned In Holiday Ads?
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 15, 2020
In a study, 64% of consumers said they're as or more excited about the holidays, 42% said holiday ads should mention COVID-19, 57% want ads to make them happy, and ...
- Atlas, Influential Drive Performance, Lift For CPG Influencer Marketing Campaigns
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
"Between 2011 and 2012, I had about 30 million social media followers," said Ryan Detert, CEO at Influential. "I'm not a singer or dancer, but I own several handles on ...
- Report: Social Media Use Soars for Moms
MAD, Larissa Faw - Monday, October 12, 2020
Women with school-aged children have increased their social media time more than any other consumer group, according to BSM Media research. ...
- Twitter Moves To Curb Political Disinformation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 9, 2020
Hoping to prevent the viral spread of false information, Twitter will no longer allow users to "like" misleading posts by politicians, and will prohibit retweets of those posts unless users ...
- Facebook High On Consumer List For Spying On Users
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 12, 2020
Data suggests that 85% of Americans believe big tech companies spy on them. Now what? ...
- 3 Ways UGC Will Change Advertising
Marketing Insider, Rebecca Hawkins - Monday, October 12, 2020
User-generated content (UGC) captures an authentic intimacy no other creative format can match. ...
- Snap's 6-Second Pre-Roll Ad Works For Its TV Show
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 12, 2020
Snap is starting single messaging executions no longer than six seconds -- and Peacock has participated in a beta test. ...
- Ocean Spray Helps TikTok Star Who Posted Viral Video
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, October 8, 2020
A TikTok video featuring a man swigging a bottle of Ocean Spray while wheeling down the road on his skateboard listening to Fleetwood Mac went crazy viral, and the brand ...
- Facebook Raking In Political Ads Amid Rivals' Crackdowns: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, October 9, 2020
In part because rival tech platforms have significantly limited or banned political ads to help protect the integrity of the Presidential election, Facebook pulled in about $164 million in ads ...
- Influencer Marketing Insights Live In Social Media Comments
Marketing Insider, Corey Smock - Friday, October 9, 2020
Tracking comments is the most effective way to measure your influencer marketing campaign. ...
- Wall Street Bullish On Ad Rebound, Especially Digital
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, October 9, 2020
Wall Street analysts have turned extra bullish on digital media, especially social and CTV and streaming services, according to reports from equity research firms assessing the impact of the COVID-19 ...
- Facebook, Following Google, To Ban Political Ads After Polls Close
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 8, 2020
"We plan to temporarily stop running all social issue, electoral or political ads in the US after the polls close on November 3, to reduce opportunities for confusion or abuse," ...
- Cross-Promotion Via Email And Social
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Marketers have limited resources for creating new content. But they can drive engagement with social posts and user-generated content as an addition to email marketing campaign and newsletters. Here’s ...
- White House Makes New Push For Supreme Court Hearing Over Trump's Twitter Blocks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The government pressed its argument that President Trump doesn't violate the First Amendment by blocking critics on Twitter because his account is "personal," as opposed to official. ...
- Is Kylie Jenner The Next Katie Couric?
Social Media Insider, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
More than a third of 16- to 24-year-olds (38%), 25- to 34-year-olds (38%), and 35- to 44-year-olds (34%), worldwide, turn to influencers for news. ...
- Instagram To Add Shopping To IGTV, Test Shopping On Reels
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Adding a shopping function to Reels will give it a leg up against TikTok, which is testing the ability for its creators to sell products directly through the app, but ...
- Performance Marketing, How Marketers Use It And What They Plan To Spend
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The best performance-marketing channels are not always the most obvious, as survey results from Ascend2 on budgets and the most effective channels reveal. ...
- Social Platforms Ban Death Wishes Against Trump; 'The Squad' Nails Twitter For Hypocrisy
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, October 5, 2020
Twitter, Facebook and TikTok all stated that they would remove any threatening messages or death wishes against the President, following a rash of such messages in response to his COVID ...
- Facebook Bans Ads Seeking To Delegitimize Election, Removes Anti-Immigrant Trump Ads
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, October 1, 2020
As Trump's attacks on the election and its outcome ramp up, instead of just labeling such content, Facebook and Instagram are now banning such ads. Facebook also pulled false Trump ...
- Q2 Ad-Spending Analysis Reveals Major Share Increases For Social, Including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 1, 2020
U.S. ad spending fell 30% during Q2 2020 vs. the same quarter in 2019, but the erosion was far more pronounced for traditional media. ...
- 'Deepfake' Political Ads Banned At Last Minute By Local Fox, CNN and MSNBC Affiliates
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The ads feature AI overlays -- known as deepfake technology -- of North Korea's Kim Jong-Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin respectively, speaking about the fragility of the U.S. democracy. The ...
