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Facebook and Instagram are resorting to scare tactics to convince iOS users to allow the companies to track them. The latest version of iOS 14 forces apps to ask for permission before tracking users. Apple has framed the feature in the context of protecting user privacy and, just...

A discussion on Facebook’s Limited Data Use setting for California users, how it is affecting campaigns, retargeting and steps advertisers need to consider. How to market to California residents on Facebook and stay CCPA compliant. Facebook was very late to the CCPA party,...

Alternative media plan considerations for businesses participating in #StopHateForProfit. Prominent brands and civil rights groups are leading the charge for a July 2020 boycott of Facebook Ads. They want to see changes implemented to the platform and are organizing under the...

Will Snapchat and Pinterest benefit from advertiser frustrations? Facebook Ads has earned a reputation for being particularly glitchy and unpredictable. Over the past 12 to 18 hours, many advertisers experienced issues with temporary ad disapprovals and accounts being disable...

The social media marketing week in review: A round up of news and announcements you may have missed. Twitter enables frequency capping for all campaign types Advertisers can now control the number of times ads are shown to users with campaign frequency caps. The feature is...

The end to a long relationship with Microsoft search is another signal that Facebook is concentrating on serving connections within its network. Facebook has broken up with Bing, quietly dropping results from the Microsoft search engine as part of this week’s Facebook search...

TechCrunch reports Facebook has removed the Gmail option of finding friends on Facebook. If you go to the find friends section on Facebook, you will find options to find your friends via Skype, AIM, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, Comcast, MSN, sbcglobal and verizon.net, but...

Oracle’s bid to purchase TikTok, in conjunction with Walmart, is on hold indefinitely as a result of the change in administration. The Trump administration aggressively went after a number of Chinese companies, including Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi and TikTok, accusing them of being a...

witter’s 5th birthday celebration is underway — the company is sharing a new video, new website, blog posts, and has a national TV appearance on tap, too. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is scheduled to appear on tonight’s Conan show on cable network TBS. That’ll be the cap ...

India has asked WhatsApp to reconsider its announced privacy changes, the latest backlash the company is facing. WhatsApp made headlines when it notified users it was changing its privacy terms. Under the new terms, the company would share data it collects with other...