AI Face Swaps on TikTok Are Getting Out of Control
Kevin Abbaszadeh Technology Editor AI face-swap videos have taken over TikTok in a way that very few people anticipated. In
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Social Media
Florida Leads with One of the Most Restrictive Social Media Laws for Minors
In a significant legislative move, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill imposing one of the nation’s most stringent social media restrictions for minors. This new law, set to take effect on January 1, 2025, prohibits children under 14 from creating social media accounts and mandates parental consent for those aged 14 and 15.
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Big Tech Executives Face Emotional Senate Hearing Amid Calls for Child Safety Legislation
In an emotionally charged Senate hearing, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to families of child abuse victims, acknowledging the gravity of the harm caused by social media platforms. The session, which included executives from TikTok, X, Snap, and Discord, underscored lawmakers’ desperation to implement new protections for children online.
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Meta Attacks TikTok
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Facebook refused to make positive changes to their product – even though they knew their app had a negative effect on children. In late March, it was revealed that Meta was paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms to run this smear campaign on TikTok.
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7-Eleven Strengthens Partnership With Rocket League
The convenience store, 7-Eleven, has teamed up with Rocket League to create customizable 7-Eleven themes for players to use, given a few conditions. Rocket League is one of the hottest games in the E-Sports world, and 7-Eleven wanted to take advantage of the popularity to bring in younger customers.
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Ad Brokers Shed $150 Billion
Digital ad spending ballooned in 2020, with billions of dollars being poured into ad brokers like Google, Facebook, Snapchat, and Pinterest. Many companies discovered that digital ad yields were up to 25% better than traditional mediums.
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Censoring an Army
In China’s latest battle with censorship, Weibo fan accounts for a famous K-Pop singers are the newest target due to chaotic fan behaviors that do not align with the cultural and ideological image that the global powerhouse wishes to present.
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Are Social Media Creators Using Us?
The number of options that users can access when it comes to how they share information is adapting with the demand of its audience, but how can these creators keep up with the trends and profit from the increase of users? The answer lies behind microtargeting and monetization.
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Australia’s New Social Media Legislation
Social media has turned the way news is shared on its head in the last fifteen years switching from the newspaper and television to personalized social media accounts.
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A Rivalry on Data Privacy
Tensions have been rising between Mark Zuckerberg and Apple in response to the pending release of Apple’s new operating system iOS 14. As the latest chapter in the competition between Facebook and Apple, it can be expected that the issue of data privacy in advertising will not be going away anytime soon.
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