Big downgrading of advertising forecasts for 2022 and 2023
Global advertising spend will increase 8.3% to reach USD 880.9 billion in 2022 boosted by the US elections and the
Teens deserting Facebook for TikTok and YouTube
YouTube’s dominance, Facebook’s fading popularity and TikTok’s growth among teenagers are confirmed in a new survey of social media in
Abortion access and social media moderation
Social media within minutes became the place where women offered help to fellow sisters needing access to in-person or medication
Access to abortion pills a new headache for social media giants
Abortion pills are approved in the U.S. to end pregnancies before the 10th week. The pill has now become a
Survey shows 94% of journalists use social media for their job
94% of journalists in the U.S. use social media for their job. Twitter is the number one. Journalists’ use of
Social media and websites exploiting Ukrainian refugees
Attempts to recruit vulnerable Ukrainian refugees for sexual and labour exploitation via websites and social media have been discovered in
Big tech and social media in agreement to fight disinformation
Meta, Google, Twitter, TikTok, and Microsoft are among 34 organisations that have signed a strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation
Web traffic and video top priorities for publishers
Addressing post-pandemic declining web traffic is a focus for a majority of publishers this year with 73% saying this is
Study shows majority think social media censor political views
A majority of Americans believe that social media sites censor political viewpoints they find objectionable. Regulation of big tech companies
How local news outlets can benefit from artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence could help local news outlets improve social media monitoring and stay on top of content discovery. AI could