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• Beverly Hills cops try to weaponize Instagram's algorithms in failed attempt to thwart live streamers

  We don't know if Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) Sergeant Billy Fair practices Santeria (or owns a crystal ball), but we know he listens to the Sublime song of the same name. We know this because he's become a viral sensation on Instagram after blasting the 1990's hit at a ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Facebook's 'supreme court' overturns most of the platform's post removals in its first rulings

  The Facebook Oversight Board has overruled the social network's decisions in four of the first five cases that it's reviewed. ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Zuckerberg promises Facebook will show less political content from now on

  During Facebook's quarterly earnings call today, Mark Zuckerberg highlighted some major changes coming to Facebook. After years of being the primary news source for many people, Facebook has decided it wants to show less political content. According to Zuckerberg, "there has been ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Facebook's Trump ban could be lifted by its Oversight Board

  Donald Trump's "indefinite" ban from Facebook will be reviewed by the company's newly-formed Oversight Board.

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Merkel calls Trump's Twitter ban 'problematic'

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined a growing list of European politicians who've criticized Twitter's decision to ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Trump banned 'indefinitely' from Facebook and Instagram

  Mark Zuckerberg said Trump's Facebook account would be blocked for at least the remainder of his term as president.

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Twitch's PogChamp ban highlights the platform's growing role in politics

  Twitch banned the emote after the person it portrays posted incendiary tweets about the deadly riots at the US Capitol.

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Why empathy should be the key ingredient in products

  In 2019, Bloom & Wild, a letterbox flower delivery company, informed its customers they could opt out of Mother’s Day marketing. This followed some customers asking for emails to be paused in the run-up to what can be a sensitive holiday for some.  The response was overwhelmingly ...

  • Toni Sekinah

• Snapchat is ripping off TikTok — the cycle is now complete

  As surely as the student succeeds the master, the cannibalized social media service shall, in turn, cannibalize another. ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• 4 reasons why you should automate your social media marketing

  Social media advertising can be daunting, especially as brands  juggle multiple social media platforms. The average person ...

  • Alexis Ong

• Instagram Reels are now double the length and easier to edit

  Instagram has added new features to Reels, doubling their length and making them less of a headache to edit -- and making ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Marketers: Change how you approach social media in the post-COVID-19 world

  The pandemic has opened up opportunities for marketers to boost engagement on social media, but only if you pay attention ...

  • Ben Jacobson