Twitter has launched a user survey asking for feedback on its policies defining dehumanizing language before it makes the policy part of its Twitter Rules. Survey questions include “How would you rate the clarity of the dehumanization policy?” and “How can the dehumanization policy be improved?” — as well as a request citing examples of […]
Influencer marketing is so hot right now. I’ve spoken to several brands that have shared an interest in testing out influencer marketing, but they’re hesitant because they have a small budget or aren’t ready to go all-in for a strong campaign. If you are just getting started with influencer marketing, here are a few ways you
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Snapchat is testing a new visual search tool and is partnering with Amazon to launch it. The new feature will make it possible to take a picture of a product or barcode with the Snapchat camera, and then press and hold on the camera screen to launch an Amazon product page to learn more and
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Facebook has announced it will begin proactively enrolling apps in the new app review process launched in July — meaning that even if a developer has not yet enrolled their app for review, Facebook will add it to the queue automatically. Developers will be notified via an alert in their app dashboards once the app
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On Friday, Twitter began alerting some users that their direct messages or protected tweets may have been sent to Twitter developers who were not authorized to receive them due to a bug identified nearly two weeks ago. The company says it identified the bug on Monday, September 10. What happened? In a developer notice posted
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Instagram is rumored to be testing a number of new features including a hashtag selector tool, the ability to geo-fence posts and a video-tagging feature, according to a TechCrunch report. Why marketers should care Instagram is continuing to build out its platform to attract more advertisers and marketers. Now, with more than 1 billion monthly
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Facebook has been exploited in the past for discriminatory ad targeting, specifically in the housing market. Now the Communications Workers of America and the ACLU are alleging that some employers used the platform to discriminate against women. The parties filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Facebook and 10 employers alleging
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Instagram is expanding Shopping in Stories globally and launching a Shopping channel in its Explore tab. Since it began testing the Shopping Bag icon in Stories this past June with a limited number of e-commerce brands, the company reports more than 90 million accounts per month have tapped on the shopping bag tag used in
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Question and answer platform Quora says it now has an audience of 300 million monthly unique users, that’s up from 200 million reported last year. The company also announced the launch of Broad Targeting. With this targeting option, ads run across the platform and adapts its targeting as the system learns which audiences engage with
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Twitter is making it easier for users to find live broadcasts from the accounts they follow, while at the same time giving advertisers running in-stream video ad campaigns prime real estate by pushing video content to a prominent position on the app. Announced via a Tweet yesterday, the company said it would be putting livestreams
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