While there’s a growing body of academic research which suggests that social media can have negative impacts on mental health, there are also positives, including enhanced connection, support, finding interest communities, and more. But which is more impactful, the negatives...
As Google continues to investigate more privacy-aligned solutions to limit personal data collection, while still enabling optimal ad targeting, it’s rolling out a new process called “confidential matching” for Google Ads, which will provide a new way to combine Google’s...
Meta, Snapchat and TikTok are teaming up on a new initiative that’s designed to help detect and remove suicide and self-harm-related content, in order to reduce exposure among at-risk users. The new initiative, called “Thrive”, will be overseen by the...
Australia is looking to follow the lead of Europe by implementing new fines for social media platforms that enable the distribution of misinformation within their apps. As per a new bill put before Australian Parliament, key regulator the Australian Communications...
Threads is making it easier for people to activate fediverse sharing, with a new, streamlined connection process that enables users to switch on fediverse linkage in-stream. The new option, activated via this URL (on the web), will enable users to link...
Google’s looking to help SMBs get a better understanding of the potential that generative AI holds for evolving their business processes, via a new grant program, and a new AI workshop initiative, which will offer advanced AI training to U.S.-based...
This is handy. Meta has announced an update to its Marketing API which will ensure that those creating Instagram Reminder Ads in third-party apps will have all the same functionality available in Meta Ads Manager. Up till now, the API...
Snapchat has announced that it now serves 1.5 million users in New Zealand every month, which, in a country of only 5 million people, is a significant level of take-up. As per Snap: “Globally, 850 million people love to use Snapchat...
Looking to get a better understanding of how the Threads algorithm works? This might help. Business Insider reporter Katie Notopoulos recently conducted an experiment in “rage baiting,” in which she posted a range of controversial queries on Threads designed to...
Soon, you’ll be able to use X as your primary DM platform of choice, even if you never post anything else in the app. Which, I guess, you can already do now, but X is trying to make this a...
