Job insights platform Glassdoor expanded upon the tools it introduced last September to help its users better understand diversity, equity and inclusion at companies, introducing employee-provided company ratings and salary reports broken out by specific demographic groups Wednesday.
https://www.adweek.com/media/glassdoor-debuts-company-ratings-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-topics/
TikTok’s celebration of Black History Month has taken a musical turn.
https://www.adweek.com/media/leon-bridges-kaytranada-debut-original-tracks-on-tiktok/
Shorts, YouTube’s answer to TikTok and Instagram Reels, will be coming to the U.S. in beta form in the coming weeks.
https://www.adweek.com/media/youtube-to-bring-shorts-to-the-u-s-in-beta/
Monetization platform Facebook Audience Network released a host of new information and resources Tuesday to help application developers and publishers grow their businesses.
https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/facebook-audience-network-rolls-out-information-resources-for-app-developers-publishers/
TikTok Fashion Month is back, with celebrities, creators, fashion houses and the video creation platform’s community walking its virtual runway through March 18 via hashtags, livestreams and other initiatives.
https://www.adweek.com/media/tiktok-fashion-month-kicks-off-runs-through-march-18/
Messenger From Facebook and Messenger Kids released a limited-edition sticker pack to mark Black History Month.
https://www.adweek.com/media/messenger-from-facebook-messenger-kids-roll-out-black-history-month-sticker-pack/
Facebook shared details on steps it is taking to support the citizens of Myanmar following the military coup that occurred there Feb. 1.
https://www.adweek.com/media/facebook-details-efforts-to-protect-myanmar-citizens-in-wake-of-military-coup/
More than 59 million Snapchatters in the U.S. engaged with augmented reality lenses on Super Bowl Sunday, and much of that engagement was with content from brands, as sponsored AR lenses saw over 200 million engagements from U.S. Snapchatters on game day.
https://www.adweek.com/media/brands-ar-lenses-on-snapchat-score-big-on-super-sunday/
The mere six-month gap between the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing provides a challenge in terms of content creation and advertising opportunities, and Discovery and Snap Inc. are teaming up to meet that challenge head-on.
https://www.adweek.com/media/discovery-snapchat-team-up-on-content-advertising-for-next-2-olympics/
Facebook found itself on the defense over its handling of groups prior to, during and after the violent attacks on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 during a press call to detail the release of its Community Standards Enforcement Report for the fourth quarter of 2020.
https://www.adweek.com/media/facebook-defends-its-preventive-measures-leading-up-to-the-capitol-attack/