Category: Social Media

Australia’s first social media platform for business owners, entrepreneurs launched

Boa, a new social media platform designed for business owners and entrepreneurs has opened its doors to the public, with the aim of democratising the...

TikTok promotes vaping as a fun, safe and socially accepted pastime – and omits the harms

Renee Carey, Curtin University and Jonine Jancey, Curtin University Social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Facebook overwhelmingly show vaping in a positive light....

Musk stepping down, hires Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO

Five months after losing a Twitter poll on whether he should remain as CEO for Twitter, Elon Musk has announced former NBC Universal advertising chief...

ACCC report highlights need for more robust protections for consumers, small business

A report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed a range of harms to consumers and small businesses occurring across social media...

Twitter backs down, removes ‘government-funded media’ tag

After a decidedly public spat with western broadcasters last week, Elon Musk’s Twitter has removed the controversial “government-funded media” tag from accounts belonging to news...

Twitter slaps ‘government-funded media’ tag on ABC News, SBS

Twitter has placed the tag “government-funded media” on several media outlets’ Twitter pages, including Australian public broadcasters ABC News and SBS. The tag is one...

Discord was used to leak sensitive info on the Ukraine War; here’s what they’re doing about it

Originally a social messaging app aimed for gamers, Discord has earned some notoriety of late for reasons that its founders couldn’t have intended. The latest...

How beauty filters like TikTok’s ‘bold glamour’ affect tweens using social media

Claire Pescott, University of South Wales TikTok’s new bold glamour filter “enhances” physical features in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish whether someone...

Banning TikTok could weaken personal cybersecurity

Robert Olson, Rochester Institute of Technology TikTok is not be the first app to be scrutinised over the potential exposure of U.S. user data, but...

Aus gov’t bans TikTok on fed-owned devices 

The Australian federal government has finally dropped the hammer on TikTok by banning its use on government-owned devices, following concerns that the platform could facilitate...

Phanto secures patent for ‘authentic social media posts’

US-based social networking product development company Phanto just secured another patent that it plans to use for its breakthrough social networking platfom for authenticity. Phanto<span...

AU social media commerce to become a $3.212 billion market by 2028, report finds

As social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, continue to invest and improve their social commerce capabilities, the trend of social buying and...

How digital marketing of legal but harmful products escalates health threats to the most vulnerable

Tim McCreanor, Massey University; Angela Moewaka Barnes, Massey University; Antonia Lyons, University of Auckland; Ian Goodwin, Massey University, and Nicholas Carah, The University of Queensland...

Data is innovation’s best friend with DAFF’s Caroline Lanzon

Despite being integral for modern-day communications and engagement work, social media has only been around for less than a decade. This means that despite its...

Should the US ban TikTok? Can it?

Doug Jacobson, Iowa State University TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023, amid a chorus...

First Nations youth at risk due to hate speech online, research says

New research is showing that more and more young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are turning to technology for cultural expression and engagement but...

Antisemitism on Twitter has more than doubled since Elon Musk took over the platform – new research

Carl Miller, King’s College London In the days after Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, the social media platform saw a “surge in...

What We Learned from the 5th Annual Social Media for Gov NZ Summit

Social media use has been on the rise for decades — a fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed by either the private sector or government agencies....

Australians see almost 40,000 alcohol ads each year on social media, report finds

Alcohol companies are creating harmful online environments, with a new report revealing that 39,820 distinct alcohol ads are placed on Facebook and Instagram each year,...

Third-party data remains crucial to digital marketing strategy, study finds

Digital data pioneer Datonics has released industry intelligence about the use of third-party data in the programmatic ecosystem. Its Programmatic Audience Targeting Survey, which gathered...