Tag: social media

Pinterest’s road to becoming social media ecommerce centre

In the Q2 of 2022, Pinterest has managed to stay at 433 million active monthly users, the same number it reported in Q1, when its...

Instagram post may have led to rapper’s death

Police believe an Instagram post may have given the assailant information about the rapper PnB Rock’s whereabouts, which led to the robbery and subsequent shooting...

Beyond being social with Kate Davies of Lake Macquarie City Council

Today, Kate Davies, Head of Communications and Corporate Strategy at Lake Macquarie City Council, joined Comms Room to share how she and her organisation keeps...

Tech giants ordered to show actions against child abuse

Global tech giants including Apple and Facebook have been ordered to show Australian authorities what they are actually doing to stop child abuse on their...

Two in three Aussies back junk food ad ban, says survey

Two in three Australians back a junk food ad ban during children’s viewing hours, a poll indicates. One of Canberra’s newest additions is using the...

New report to shed light on rise of far-right extremism

The growth of far-right extremism in Victoria and how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced it will be explored in a new report. Victoria’s Legal and Social...

Social media platforms, online influencers to come under ACCC’s scrutiny

Online “influencers” and new social media platforms will come under the Australian competition regulator’s scrutiny. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is examining the...

Jenelle McMinn of Hobsons Bay City Council on maximising reach

Jenelle McMinn of Hobsons Bay City Council shares the key to maximising reach through a comms strategy complimented by social media....

US says TikTok can’t be trusted with user data. Should Aussies be worried?

When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media some 500 years...

Danni Hudson of Snap Inc. on building authentic social media connections

Social media is a superb platform for connecting with constituents, launching campaigns, and spreading awareness of causes. It is also a crucial tool for crisis...

Cyber Security Minister warns about TikTok data collection

Minister for Cyber Security Clare O’Neil warned Australians to be careful with providing personal information to social media companies after TikTok revealed that local user...

Snapchat: A platform that cares beyond social media

In its ongoing efforts to create technology that serves humanity, Snapchat continues to leave its mark as a platform that cares for the community. In...

Elon Musk to meet Twitter staff for the 1st time since takeover bid

Elon Musk is set to meet with Twitter employees for the first time since launching his $44 billion takeover bid in April. The announcement comes...

ATO cracks down on over 40,000 Aussies for tax fraud

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is cracking down on thousands of taxpayers over an $850 million tax fraud that is being promoted on social media....

Russia’s ‘troll factory’ is plaguing disinformation across social media: UK

The British Foreign Office says that Russia is using a ‘troll factory’ as one of the new tactics of its large-scale disinformation campaign about its...

Billionaire Elon Musk takes Twitter private in $61 billion deal

Elon Musk has struck a deal to acquire Twitter for $44 billion ($A61 billion) in a transaction that will shift control of the social network...

Instagram Algorithm to Put More Focus on Original Content

Today, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has announced that Instagram is making update to the way that it ranks content, in order to put more focus...

Elon Musk tweets Elvis tune as Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has posted a cryptic tweet after Twitter moved to protect itself from his unsolicited purchase offer to buy the social media...

University of Queensland launches online election spending tracker

The University of Queensland has launched a unique online tracker to map social media spending trends of election candidates during the federal election campaign. Experts...

Australian adults can report cyber abuse under new online safety laws

Australian adults who are experiencing online abuse will be able to report incidents to the eSafety commissioner under new laws that have come into force....