Instagram forecast to overtake Twitter for news consumption
Instagram is set to overtake Twitter as a news source, as more people, media and political figures have opted for it as a broadcast platform, research suggests.
Twitter takes down propaganda accounts in China, Turkey and Russia
Social media companies are pulling more of the tens of thousands of the foreign propaganda accounts notorious in interfering in elections around the world.
“Please don’t buy our tea”: How one brand sparked a Twitter storm over BLM support
Yorkshire Tea has shown it’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement by telling a right-wing YouTuber ‘please don’t buy our tea again’, resulting in much support and controversy amid global protests over racial discrimination.
Twitter fail: Gin firm apologises for ‘flammable’ tweet about US riots
Bristol Gin has faced a social media backlash after it tweeted that rioters favoured its gin due to its flammability.
Twitter hides Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’ as social media row escalates
Twitter has flagged down one of Donald Trump’s tweets after the president wrote “When the looting starts, shooting starts” in response to violent protests over the death of a black man in Minneapolis.
Trump threatens to ‘close down’ social media firms amid Twitter row
Donald Trump has threatened to “strongly regulate” or close down social media companies after Twitter flagged two of his tweets to a fact-checking page.
Twitter flags and fact checks Trump’s tweets for first time
Twitter has flagged a tweet from Donald Trump for the first time in its history, leading to the US President criticising the social media platform of “interfering in the 2020 presidential election”.
Twitter allows employees to work from home ‘forever’
Twitter will let its employees work from home permanently following the COVID-19 pandemic, and won’t reopen until September 2020 with few exceptions.
ASA rules Lord Sugar broke UK ad rules with tweet
Lord Alan Sugar has been found in breach of advertising guidelines, with the UK ad watchdog forcing him to remove a tweet promoting a teeth whitening product.
Twitter sees usage soar (but ad growth falters)
Twitter saw a first-quarter usership surge, but a growth in ad revenue did little to boot its bottom line.
Global digital ad trends: Facebook reaches 2.02bn people with ads worldwide
The number of people that can be reached on Facebook via ads is now 2.02 billion, compared to 970 million on Instagram, 398 million on Snapchat and 386 million on twitter, according to new research.
Twitter co-founder donates $1bn of personal wealth to coronavirus relief
Twitter CEO and founder Jack Dorsey is committing 28% of his personal wealth to coronavirus relief through his philanthropic fund.
Twitter takes on Snapchat and Instagram with vanishing ‘Fleets’
Twitter has begun testing “fleets,” tweets that self-destruct after 24 hours, a format first popularised by Snapchat’s Stories and later Instagram.
Twitter fail: Snickers sparks outrage for Welsh language joke
Chocolate bar brand Snickers has apologised after sending out a tweet this week comparing Welsh place names to ‘someone sitting on a keyboard’.
Twitter plans to fight misinformation with new label
Twitter is considering new labels for identified misinformation, with large tags on ‘harmfully misleading’ reports, and links to reference material to cross-check.
The worst marketing fails of 2019: Area 51 aliens, lethal smoothies and competition calamities
As 2019 draws to a close, we look at some of the biggest marketing blunders of the year. From the US military threatening to bomb alien hunters to lethal conker recipes, there were plenty of mistakes from companies that should know better. Read on, learn from the mistakes and hope your team doesn’t make the list in 2020…
Twitter comeback continues with stronger user growth
Twitter has posted positive earnings results on the back of its renewed focus on its data business, appealing to marketers.
April Fools’ round-up: Tinder height tool, Google plant talk and BBC skips the sex
April Fool’s Day has become a major event in the digital calendar, with many brands and media owners creating elaborate pranks to show off their funny side (and get plenty of social media shares and column inches in the process). We’ve put together some of the best hoaxes from 2019’s pranksters for your viewing pleasure…
Twitter comeback continues as it reveals ‘daily user’ numbers for first time
Twitter has given data around its daily user numbers for the first time, as the social network continued its comeback with strong revenue and profit growth at the end of 2018.
The 10 worst marketing fails of 2018: Spotify’s ‘Drake spam’, lady-friendly crisps and fake robots
As 2018 draws to a close, we look at some of the biggest marketing blunders of the year. From backfiring tweets to political privacy blunders, there were plenty of mistakes from companies that should know better. Read on, learn from the mistakes and hope your team doesn’t make the list in 2019…
