Tag: social media

  • France orders social media platforms to remove extremist content in 1 hour or pay a fine

    The Next Web: France orders social media platforms to remove extremist content in 1 hour or pay a fine. France just passed a new law forcing major social media platforms requiring social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to remove sensitive content related to pedophilia and terrorism within just one hour of notification. This…

  • WeChat impresses with social impact

    TechNode reported on WeChat’s impressive social impact. WeChat-driven information consumption reached RMB 209. 7 billion WeChat accounted for 34% of the total data traffic of users WeChat drove RMB 333.9 billion traditional consumption, covering travel, food, shopping, tourism, etc. WeChat contributed the employment of 20.3 million persons in 2017, more than twice the 2014 figure The number of stores accepting WeChat…

  • T-Mobile and AT&T battle on twitter to win one customer

    It’s not often that you see this happen, but it’s also nice to see social media used in positive ways. Now if only carriers paid that much attention to existing customers. T-Mobile and AT&T went head-to-head on Twitter over a customer

  • Desperate social media managers

    Vice takes a look at social media engagements by large companies. Tom McElligott, founding creative partner of the great Minneapolis ad agency, Fallon McElligott Rice, once said, and I paraphrase because this was pre-internet 1980s: I would much rather overestimate than underestimate the intelligence of the consumer. That quote really stuck with me in ad…