Evan Spiegel, Snapchat co-founder and chief executive has said the platform will fact-check all political ads that run on its platform, laying bare the contrast in approaches between social networks. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended Facebook’s decision not to fact-check political ads, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey decided to ban all political advertising, though …
Facebook has always been careful not to lose touch with the kids. Enter their latest attempt to stay cool with the younger generation. The screenshots in the header image are from a new app called Whale (not to be confused with Whale Chat!) which is now available to Canadian users via a company called NPE …
Product manager Ellen Havlicek said in a blog post that the chat information allows publishers to see tweets they may have missed through the social network’s content listening tools, which go to other than mentions and hashtags. “Conversation Insights finds and displays Tweets that you might ordinarily miss, thanks to our content listening tools that …
TikTok is reportedly testing embedding social commerce links in videos. This intent shows that TikTok looks to make it easier for influencers to connect with brands and retailers. TikTok has more than a billion users on its platform, and it seems as a suitable time for TikTok to begin to experiment with ways to monetize …
It is clear that Facebook has a great responsibility towards the community and works to fulfill its responsibilities. This week, the culmination of this mighty effort, came as a strong boost in its charitable giving business. On this front, the company unveiled on its official blog two new announcements. First off, Facebook reported that fundraisers around the …
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was recently called onto stage to answer tough questions from the creator community at the platform’s first-ever Gaming Creator Summit. One hundred creators from around the world gathered at the end of October in Palm Springs for the three-day event. YouTube’s creator summits are invite-only and the platform doesn’t generally release …
Facebook announces the launch of Facebook Pay. The new payment method presents part of Facebook’s efforts to make eCommerce more convenient for users and significantly easier for small businesses, “a convenient, secure, and consistent payment experience” across its platforms. Facebook states in a blog post on Tuesday, that the new service, called Facebook Pay, will …
On Thursday, the messaging behemoth WhatsApp rolled out ‘Catalogs’ for WhatsApp Business app. The feature will allow enterprises to showcase photographs of various products that potential customers can browse through. As WhatsApp puts it, the new feature creates “a mobile storefront for businesses to showcase and share their goods”. WhatsApp continues in a blog post: …
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