Twitter permanently suspended a total of 373 accounts from four networks in Armenia, Iran and Russia (two) for violations of its platform manipulation policies and added those networks to its archive of state-linked information operations.
https://www.adweek.com/media/twitter-permanently-suspends-373-accounts-tied-to-state-linked-information-operations/
Facebook is testing new tools aimed at preventing people from sharing content that victimizes children, as well as improvements to its detection and reporting tools.
https://www.adweek.com/media/facebook-tests-new-ways-to-prevent-sharing-of-content-that-victimizes-children/
Facebook is teaming up with U.K. nonprofit Colorintech for the second consecutive year to help close the racial gap in the tech industry in Europe.
https://www.adweek.com/media/facebook-to-work-with-colorintech-again-on-promoting-diversity-in-the-european-tech-sector/
Brands unwittingly spent a minimum of $235 million in advertising on sites linked to disinformation in 2019, according to Global Disinformation Index estimates, and digital media analytics, data and measurement platform DoubleVerify released a new report that examined three of the most important news events of 2020: the U.S. presidential election, the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice.
https://www.adweek.com/media/doubleverify-inflammatory-and-misleading-content-spiked-83-year-over-year-last-november/
What’s the difference between six seconds and 15 seconds? Snap Inc., Magna and IPG Media Lab fought the urge to reply, “nine seconds,” and instead examined responses to video ads of those lengths.
https://www.adweek.com/media/6-seconds-or-15-seconds-snap-magna-ipg-media-lab-seek-the-answer/
Facebook Gaming is teaming up with several gaming community partners to hold over 90 community tournaments.
https://www.adweek.com/media/facebook-gaming-backs-community-tournaments-with-prize-money-technology/
The coronavirus-induced trend of shifting from physical locations to virtual locations caught YouTube Spaces in its wake.
https://www.adweek.com/media/youtube-spaces-goes-100-virtual/
WhatsApp’s much-maligned updates to its terms of service and privacy policy, pushed back from its original Feb. 8 deadline for acceptance by users, will now take effect May 15, and the Facebook-owned messaging application detailed steps it will take to provide more information, while taking a shot at some of its competitors.
https://www.adweek.com/media/lets-try-this-again-whatsapp-preps-users-for-changes-to-terms-of-service-privacy-policy/
The number 25 looms large in Twitter’s diversity, equity and inclusion plans.
https://www.adweek.com/media/twitter-commits-to-25×25-pledge-on-underrepresented-groups-in-leadership-roles/
As promised in January, Oculus From Facebook began rolling out two experimental and highly requested features for its Oculus Quest headsets: multi-user accounts and application sharing.
https://www.adweek.com/media/oculus-quest-2-users-can-now-experiment-with-multi-user-accounts-app-sharing/