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  • [New] Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, now will allow political ads to claim the 2020 election was rigged or stolen; YouTube has reversed itself and now will not take down content that makes false claims of fraud. The Guardian
  • Live streaming on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook is gaining traction, providing marketers with new opportunities to engage with their audience in real-time. BrandCurb
  • Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, is expected to be the single biggest contributor to growth for the overall S&P 500. WKMG
  • New laws are expected to force platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to invest more resources to combat misinformation and hate speech. Marin Software
  • Platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn offer unique opportunities for brand visibility and interaction. Mention
  • Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, plans to deploy its own custom-designed artificial intelligence chips, codenamed Artemis, into its data centers in 2024. TechRadar pro
  • 2024 marks a pivotal year for social media, with platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter projected to maintain dominance. ProfileTree Web Design and Digital Marketing
  • Today, platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook offer unparalleled opportunities for B2B marketers to engage with prospects, build brand awareness, and drive conversions. Reach Above Media
  • With billions of active users on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and TikTok, social media provides an unparalleled opportunity to reach a vast and diverse audience. Reach Above Media
  • Meta's Facebook said last week that it plans to label posts created using AI tools as part of a broader effort to combat election-year misinformation. The Guardian
  • Expanded In-Stream Ads: Facebook is expanding the availability of In-Stream Ads to more countries and languages, giving creators in more regions the opportunity to earn from their video content. Neeraj Monitor
  • Given the use of social media for extremism, data scares such as the Facebook breach by Cambridge Analytica, anxieties about Russian bots, concerted online abuse, and increased data surveillance, the unbridled optimism that technology will create an educational utopia now seems naive. Educause Review
  • Competitors of Facebook Marketplace that advertise on Meta platforms will have the ability to opt out of their data being used to improve the retail platform. The Guardian
  • Experts anticipate continued investment in platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, helping advertisers to reach their target markets. BusinessMole
  • Libra or Diem, as it has been called since the latest relaunch as a simpler, US dollar backed stable coin, could reach 2.5 billion Facebook users worldwide and call into question the sovereignty of smaller central banks. WHU
  • Other cybercriminals will create fake accounts on online marketplaces such as Facebook Marketplace and sell items that are too good to pass up. Keeper Security
  • Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to social media platforms across Pakistan, including X / Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, it said. RFE/RL
  • The Facebook platform is constantly evolving, and 2024 will undoubtedly bring new challenges, opportunities, and innovations for advertisers. WordStream
  • The major piece that everyone should be looking for is the ability to set up Multifactor Authentication to make it as hard as possible for a threat actor to get into a potential communication system like Facebook or X (formerly Twitter). insideBIGDATA
  • Business model is under threat As Meta faces increasing legal scrutiny over Facebook data-gathering to serve personalized ads, its latest tactic is to claim that a feature is really intended to help users. Security Boulevard
  • If you are engaging in groups your audience is in, they are more likely to find your content when they use Facebook search, and Facebook's algorithm will also be more likely to push your content forward. Hubspot
  • Meta, which owns Facebook, has said it will bar political campaigns from using new gen AI advertising products while Meta advertisers will also have to disclose when AI tools are used to alter or create election ads on Facebook and Instagram. VentureBeat

Last updated: 24 March 2024



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