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Curated the: April 18, 2022

Elon Musk Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Twitter

“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy.”, says Elon Musk. Here’s the full story.
Curated the: April 11, 2022

What to Make of Elon Musk's Buy-Up of Twitter Shares

Last week, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, purchased 73.5 million Twitter shares, worth close to $3 billion. With this purchase, Elon now owns 9.2% of the company, making him the largest Twitter shareholder.
Curated the: April 4, 2022

New Data Transfer Agreement Will Ensure That Facebook and Instagram Remain Operational in Europe

In 2020, when Meta was still Facebook, the EU privacy regulator sent the tech giant a preliminary order, ordering the suspension of data transfers to the US, in line with GDPR provisions. Here’s the new agreement.
Curated the: March 28, 2022

Instagram's Testing a New, Full-Screen Main Feed of Feed Posts, Stories and Reels Content

Instagram is working in a full immersive feed. Accordingly, the social media platform is working on a new, fully-integrated home feed that will present everything in a full-screen, immersive, swipeable UI.
Curated the: February 28, 2022

How Social Platforms are Responding to the Crisis in Ukraine

War brings chaos. And the digital landscape doesn’t remain unaffected by this chaos. All major social media platforms are taking action to try to mitigate certain elements of misuse and misinformation on their platforms.
Curated the: February 14, 2022

How Social Platforms are Celebrating Super Bowl LVI

The Super Bowl has become a major focus for brands on social. This is how Meta, Twitter, TikTok, and other social media platforms are celebrating this year’s Super Bowl.
Curated the: January 31, 2022

Meta Plans to Establish an NFT Marketplace, Expanding Beyond Profile Pictures

Teams at Facebook and Instagram are readying a feature that will allow users to display their NFTs on their social media profiles. Meta has also discussed launching a marketplace for users to buy and sell NFTs.
Curated the: January 17, 2022

LinkedIn Launches Test of Audio Rooms, Announces New Formats for Live Events

LinkedIn adds its very own Clubhouse-style audio events on its platform. The #1 professional network has been developing its live audio tools since March last year, and now, finally, it rolls them out.
Curated the: January 10, 2022

8 Emerging Visual Trends for 2022 [Infographic]

Online culture and visual content change, develop, and evolve. From the Metaverse to the art of scrollytelling and Y2K aesthetics, here are the visual trends you need to keep an eye on for 2022.

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