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With various celebrations coming up, Snapchat has today shared some new insight into how its users are planning to engage with these events, and how marketers can look to reach them with their campaigns. As explained by Snap: "Snapchatters are gearing up for a season of celebrating, with holidays and festivals like Easter, Ramadan, Passover, and Holi all on the horizon. One in two Snapchatters around the world plan to observe a holiday or festival this March and April, but many have had to get extra creative with their celebrations." Indeed, with pandemic restrictions still limiting what people can do, Snapchat users have been forced to re-assess their regular holiday routines once again. But the pandemic may also have strengthened their resolve to uphold their traditions, with most looking to stay focused on the positive elements as a means of maintaining some level of normalcy and connection. But that will, as noted, mean a change in approach. So how are Snapchatters looking to change? One way could be through increased gift-giving: "Most Snapchatters plan to spend the same amount of money or more on holiday purchases this year. Specialty foods and drinks are a top purchase for Snapchatters, along with new outfits…

Instagram has announced it is taking steps to make it more difficult for strangers to contact teenagers through its app. A new feature will ban adults from sending direct messages to people under age 18 who don’t follow them. If an adult tries to do so, they’ll receive a notification explaining they can’t direct message the account. A blogpost from Instagram’s parent company Facebook explains this is just one of the updates they are implementing in their efforts to “keep our youngest community members safe.” If an adult is social media friends with a teenager, Instagram may prompt the teen to be cautious if they decide to have private messaging conversations. The safety notices will tell young people if an adult they are interacting with is exhibiting potentially suspicious behavior. For instance, if an adult is trying to send messages to a lot of people under 18, the young account holder will get a safety notification from Instagram. The notice gives teenagers the option of ending the conversation and then restricting, blocking or reporting the adult. If kids really want to chat with adult strangers, they can always lie about their age when they sign up. But Instagram says it’s…

A SCHOOLBOY said goodbye to his friends on Snapchat before he hanged himself, an inquest has heard. Talented kickboxer Kian Southway, 15, posted the Snapchat message saying "Goodbye everyone" after struggling to cope just days into the first national lockdown. 3Kian Southway, 15, posted the Snapchat message saying 'Goodbye everyone'Credit: Jolene Southway/Media Wales His parents rushed to check on Kian in March last year after his younger sister was alerted to the social media post by friends. But the tragic teenager was found hanged and despite being rushed to hospital his condition declined and he died four days later. An inquest heard he had been missing his friends and school due to lockdown and was worried about not sitting his exams. The Pontypridd hearing was told Kian, of Treorchy, Rhondda, had also had a "tiff" with a girl he had been close with. The girl told the hearing she and Kian "were more than just friends" but had not been in a formal relationship. She said: "I last saw Kian the weekend prior to his death. We had a bit of a tiff but I wouldn't say it was a fight or an argument. 3An inquest heard he had been…

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Press Releases 03/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Calls on Facebook, Twitter to Stop Spread of Anti-Vaxxer Coronavirus Disinformation (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of eleven other attorneys general calling on Facebook and Twitter to take stronger measures to stop the spread of anti-vaxxer coronavirus disinformation on their social media platforms. In letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the attorneys general urge both leaders to immediately and fully enforce company guidelines against vaccine misinformation to prevent needless infection and death and to hasten our road to recovery. The availability of safe and effective vaccines means the end of this pandemic is in sight. But our ability to do so quickly and limit further loss of life depends on broad public acceptance of these vaccines. False information regarding the safety of coronavirus vaccines by a small number of individuals lacking medical expertise and often motivated by their own financial interests has reached over 59 million followers on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter,  » Read More

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Ashley Sumner, the C.E.O. of Quilt, announced she was striking gender from her bio. The LinkedIn crowd went wild.Ashley Sumner, the chief executive of Quilt.Credit...Alec KuglerMarch 24, 2021, 11:47 a.m. ETIn a start-up economy of self-described “boss babes,” Ashley Sumner wants to be known in simpler terms.While on a run near her home in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles in early March, Ms. Sumner was thinking about identity and the peppy phrases that female professionals use to describe themselves online: “girl bosses” and the like.“I worry about the negative impact of that,” Ms. Sumner, 32, said. “I worry that it allows investors to see founders who are women as a separate class from the rest of the founders. I worry it allows investors to write women founders smaller checks. I do believe that women need to help inspire other women but also that identity can be used as labels to separate us.”Ms. Sumner is the chief executive officer of Quilt, an audio platform for conversations about self-care topics like wellness in the workplace, PTSD and astrology. (In prepandemic days, the company organized work gatherings and group discussions in people’s homes.)She has felt marginalized in the woman section of founders’…

(Adds further details on ruling)By Nate RaymondBOSTON, March 24 (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top court on Wednesday reversed an order requiring Facebook Inc to turn over to state Attorney General Maura Healey records identifying apps the company suspected had misused customer data, but the justices said she ultimately could obtain some materials.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that while some of Facebook's records were protected from disclosure, Healey had demonstrated a "substantial need" for materials to investigate the social media company's privacy practices following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.Healey and Facebook did not respond to requests for comment.The records stemmed from an internal investigation Facebook launched in 2018 after revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, had improperly gained access to data from as many as 87 million of the social media network's users.Cambridge Analytica provided the data to help Donald Trump's 2016 presidential election campaign.According to court papers, Facebook's internal investigation led it to suspend 69,000 apps, mostly because their developers did not cooperate with the investigation.  » Read More

Instagram (Pixabay) Instagram is one of the most popular image-sharing platforms in the world. It not only enables users to share images and videos but over the years, Facebook has also added the ability that enables users to shop and even chat using this app.In addition to this, Instagram has also added a feature that enables users to share disappearing images and videos on the platform. These images and videos stay in a receiver’s inbox until they haven’t seen them. They disappear once users have seen them.So, here’s how you can send disappearing photos and video on Instagram:Step 1: Tap on the message icon in the top right of Feed.Step 2: Tap Search, tap the username of the person you're searching for and then tap on the camera icon.Step 3: Tap the circle at the bottom of the screen to take a photo or video.Step 4: Choose to add effects.Step 5: Select View Once to let the person or group receiving your photo or video only view it once or select Allow Replay to loop your photo or video or select Keep in Chat to keep a preview image of the photo or video visible in the chat thread.Step 6:…

Lucas Farrell is on a mission to give struggling businesses something to hold on to with the help of his social media account, STL Bucket List ST. LOUIS — The phrase “bucket list” usually means places to go or things to do before you leave Earth. But the words are taking on new meaning in St Louis. The Eat Rite Diner in downtown St Louis was probably a bucket list item for people in the area. It now sits empty with the windows boarded up. “It’s truly heartbreaking,” Lucas Farrell told 5 On Your Side. Sadly, Eat Rite isn’t the only place breaking hearts. “There’s a lot of other businesses that are in that same boat. They’re holding up by a thread,” said Farrell. Farrell is on a mission to give those struggling businesses something to hold on to with the help of his social media account, STL Bucket List. “I think of social media as a digital billboard,” he said. He set it up originally on Instagram to post his favorite eats and showcase his favorite places. “A lot of people want to see great pics of the city,” he said. “Everything that really makes St. Louis great.” It…