CEOs from Socialbakers and Steelhouse say CEO Kevin Systrom’s and CTO Mike Krieger’s departures will not impact Instagram’s ad business. Instagram founders CEO Kevin Systrom and CTO Mike Krieger announced Monday they would be leaving the Facebook-owned company. Purchased by Read More
The company says it fixed the bug two weeks ago, but it had persisted for more than a year. On Friday, Twitter began alerting some users that their direct messages or protected tweets may have been sent to Twitter developers Read More
A new report from the Wall Street Journal has revealed that third-party app developers have access to the emails of millions of Gmail account holders. Two companies have reportedly even allowed employees to read said emails. While Google claims that Read More
Just over half have also adjusted their privacy settings. According to new survey data from the Pew Research Center (June 2018), a substantial number of Facebook users (42 percent) have stepped back from daily activity and engagement. This stands in Read More
With the midterm elections coming up, Twitter users will have to brace themselves for a barrage of ads. But this time around, they’ll also be getting information on who paid for those ads and why they received said advertisement. Twitter Read More
New authorization for Pages ‘with large US audiences’ will prevent posting by those who decline to complete the process. In late June, Facebook announced several measures to bring more transparency to Pages and their associated ad campaigns. Those included a Read More
WhatsApp recently unveiled a new feature that Telegram users will have no trouble recognizing. WhatsApp users will now be able to create a one-way broadcast communication stream. With this new feature, only the administrator or owner will be able to Read More
Facebook Pages now include an ‘Info & Ads’ section listing all ads a Page has run across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook’s partner networks. Facebook is continuing its transparency efforts around Pages and ads, now including an “Info & Ads” Read More
Facebook is facing accusations of gathering more user data than disclosed. According to court filings, former start-up Six4Three claimed that the social media company conducted mass surveillance on its users and their friends alike. Based on the lawsuit documents, Facebook Read More
Promoted Posts are now available on Reddit’s Android and iOS apps. Reddit announced Wednesday that it has rolled out its native ad placements to the Reddit Android app. This follows the initial rollout of the native ads to the iOS app last month. The Read More
