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Celebrities and brands pause Instagram in Stop Hate for Profit campaign

The charity Stop Hate for Profit is asking Instagram users to join a 24-hour social media “freeze” on Wednesday, during which they put up a message about Facebook Group’s “repeated failures to address hate speech and election disinformation on their platforms.” In July brands including Adidas, Birchbox, Dockers and French Connection US paused...

Sep 16, 2020

Business

New data shows which social channels display most ads

Research from search engine WhistleOut shows Instagram and Facebook display the most advertising in user feeds across social media platforms. Facebook feeds were found to have an average of 21.2 percent ads while Instagram had 20.6 percent. LinkedIn was next with 19.6 percent followed by Twitter (14.2 percent) and TikTok (2.4 percent). This...

Aug 11, 2020

Report

Amazon, Apple and Google defend "American success stories"

Leaders of the world's four most powerful companies will defend the Internet giants, painting them as US success stories in a fiercely competitive world during a major antitrust hearing Wednesday. The unprecedented hearing will feature chief executives Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of...

Jul 29, 2020

Retail

Instagram Shop launches in US, global rollout to follow in coming weeks

Instagram has launched its new shopping feature in the US and will expand it globally in the coming weeks. Instagram Shop is a space for users to explore and purchase products from brands and creators, and features personalised recommendations and special curations from Instagram’s social shopping channel, @shop. An arrow symbol - ‘or checkout...

Jul 17, 2020

Fashion

Vans becomes latest brand to boycott Facebook

Vans is the latest in a growing list of fashion brands to boycott Facebook over concerns it is not doing enough to censor hate speech across its platforms. The VF Corporation-owned brand said it has pulled its ad investment from Facebook and Instagram - which is also owned by Facebook - for the month of July as part of a #StopHateForProfit...

Jul 1, 2020

Business

Puma and Adidas join fashion brands boycotting Facebook advertisements

German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma said Tuesday they would join agrowing advertiser boycott over hate speech against Facebook and Instagram in July, following major consumer companies like Levi's and Coca-Cola. "Puma will join the #StopHateForProfit campaign... throughout July," a spokeswoman told AFP, citing a social media hashtag...

Jun 30, 2020

Fashion

A growing list of brands is boycotting advertising on Facebook

A host of outdoor clothing brands are boycotting advertising on Facebook as part of a Stop Hate for Profits campaign. Companies including Patagonia, The North Face and Rei are calling for brands to stop advertising on the social media platform for the month of July. The North Face said it was halting ads “until stricter policies are put in place...

Jun 23, 2020

Retail

Facebook to launch Shops as businesses look online for salvation

Facebook has announced it will be launching a new shopping feature allowing businesses of all sizes to set up a free online store on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook Shops allows businesses to set up customised online stores which can be found by people through the business’ Facebook Page or Instagram profile and targeted ads. Shoppers can then...

May 20, 2020

Report

Facebook, Google, Amazon to be affected by new UK digital service tax

The UK government has confirmed it will introduce a digital service tax on the UK revenues of online companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google. The 2 percent levy will apply to large multinational enterprises - regardless of where they are based - that provide a social media service, search engine or an online marketplace to UK users and...

Mar 12, 2020

Fashion

Facebook Pay launched for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp

Facebook has launched a new payment method to be used across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp. Facebook Pay allows users to add preferred payment methods which can then be used across the company’s four social platforms, providing “a convenient, secure and consistent payment experience”, according to Facebook. The new payment method...

Nov 13, 2019

Business

Instagram hides ‘likes’ from more users

After a successful trial in Canada, Instagram has hidden ‘likes’ on its platform in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Japan, Ireland and Italy. According to Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, the aim of the trial is to verify whether the absence of likes “reduces pressure” on users, following criticism about Instagram’s impact on users’...

Jul 18, 2019

Business

Instagram will start putting ads within the Explore page

Businesses will soon have more opportunities to make themselves visible on Instagram. The social media platform announced on Wednesday that it will start placing ads within the Explore page, the section where users can discover new content based on their preferences. Currently, ads are only placed in the app’s main feed and Stories. The ads,...

Jun 27, 2019