WhatsApp Allows Sent Message Editing

WhatsApp has added yet another handy feature. Wow, WhatsApp, and by extension, Meta, has been very busy lately. Anyhow, WhatsApp’s latest addition allows users to edit sent messages in the app, roughly 15 minutes after hitting ‘Send’. That’s like, in the most basic sense, time travel. Will The Sent Message Change? As seen in their […]

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TikTok Faces Off Against Montana Ban

As expected, TikTok’s not going to Montana’s ban decision lying down. Last Wednesday, Montana Governor Greg Giaforte signed legislation to ban TikTok from operating in the state outright, to essentially protect Montanans from intelligence-gathering operations by China. At the same time, TikTok vowed to fight for its users in the region, and today, it announced […]

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Blue Twitter Ticks Added to Pentagon Explosion Hoax

Well, well, how could things have ever come to this? On May 22, a range of blue tick accounts on Twitter sparked confusion, and even a dip in the stock market, after sharing what appeared to be AI-generated images of an explosion outside the Pentagon building. As per Vice: “Accounts such as @WarMonitors, @BloombergFeed, and […]

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Meta Reaches New EU Fine Record

Meta has managed to obtain another huge penal expense from regulators, with the European Data Protection Board (EDPU) slamming the company with a €1.2 billion fine ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data back to the US without explicit permission or adequate protections in place. This fine, which happens to be the largest of its […]

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Twitter’s New Explainers on Verified Accounts

Is Twitter now planning to reinstate its recently-retired legacy verified accounts? How fickle of it if it were to do so, but even that wouldn’t be surprising, at least not at this point. While that might be a bit of a stretch, Twitter is experimenting with a new way to show an account’s verification history, […]

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YouTube’s New Unskippable 30-Second CTV Ads

YouTube’s looking to capitalize on its rising usage on home TV sets, with the expansion of 30-second non-skippable ads to Connected TV campaigns. Regular YouTube ads, if you don’t have Premium, are already annoying, now imagine an unskippable 30-second version of them – on 50+ inch screens. Yikes. We’ve already foreshadowed that this might be […]

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TikTok’s New Yankees Inclusive Content

TikTok has announced a renewal of its partnership with the iconic Baseball team – the New York Yankees, which will see the Yankees’ creative team continue to produce exclusive content for the platform, helping solidify the platform’s connection and relatability with sports fans. Home Run The partnership, which TikTok first established back in 2020, has […]

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TikTok Adds New Funding Initiatives

TikTok is looking to strengthen its bond with top creators through the addition of a new Creator Effects Funding Program for top AR creators in the app. At the same time, TikTok’s also expanding its Creativity Program, which provides direct funding for top-performing clips. New TikTok Cash Course Right into the nitty gritty of things, […]

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YouTube’s New Shorts and Revenue Analytics

YouTube recently announced its latest round of tweaks and updates, including new insights into audience behavior, new tools for scanning through shorts clips, and more ways to recognize paying subscribers in-stream. Short-Stacked Analytics First off, YouTube’s rolling out yet another new analytics card in YouTube Studio which shows users the content formats their viewers are […]

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Meta Provides New Insights on Recent Content Removals

Meta has recently published its latest Transparency and Community Standards Enforcement Reports, providing insight into all of the content removals and requests that have been submitted to the company in recent months. Meta’s Transparency Report covers the second half of 2022, while its Community Standards update for Q1 2022 supplies insight into all of the […]

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