LinkedIn announces free identity verification via company email for all users globally and via a government ID and phone number for US users using CLEAR
Here's the TL;DR: — 1.) … Ken Y. : You can now have a verified account on LinkedIn...for free! — That's right...the verification craze has caught up with LinkedIn. … Matt Navarra : LinkedIn just l...
Source: TikTok is paying dozens of creators to visit DC next week and lobby lawmakers against a forced sale, ahead of CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony on March 23
TikTok's planning to flood the nation's capital with “dozens” … The Economic Times : US justice department investigating TikTok's owner for ‘spying’ on journos: report Rebecca Falconer / Axios : TikTo...
TikTok's playbook to win DC's trust, like touring its Transparency and Accountability Center in California, echoes Huawei's unsuccessful US and Europe strategy
and Some Want to Ban It Entirely Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times : Democrat Senator Michael Bennet calls on Apple and Google to ban TikTok from their app stores Makena Kelly / The Verge : Apple and ...
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart warns UK ministers against undermining encryption in the Online Safety Bill, arguing the move would embolden authoritarian regimes
Moves to undermine messaging encryption could embolden hostile nation states, Will Cathcart says Tweets: @webdevlaw , @mattnavarra , @webdevlaw , @webdevlaw , and @pt Tweets: Heather Burns / @webdevla...
An investigation details Twitter's business in China: local governments and state media buying ads, a growing non-US revenue stream, internal tensions, and more
Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, its local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the site … Tweets: @niubi , @mattnavarra , @780thc , @olivertheyoung , @aparanjape , ...
A look at livestreamed e-commerce, already popular in China, which TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Amazon, and others want to bring to the US and Europe
Manrika Khaira regularly broadcasts live on TikTok to her following of more than half a million people. She uses the social media platform … Tweets: @aulia , @astaniscia86 , and @mattnavarra Tweets: ...
A look at how central banks are increasingly using Instagram as inflation rises; Bank Indonesia is the most-followed with 699K, followed by Venezuela and Brazil
The world's central banks are mixing it with wellness influencers, makeup experts and amateur chefs on Instagram as they increasingly turn … Tweets: @samsonellis , @b50 , @deepcutstweets , @samsonelli...
Sources: WhatsApp is struggling to sign up local partners in Brazil for its business payments service and is still awaiting central bank approval
Financial Times : Tweets: @bryanhimself , @muradahmed , and @mattnavarra Tweets: Bryan H / @bryanhimself : Nothing is ever simple in Brazil, although Meta should have known that from the outset. Grea...
LinkedIn profiles show TikTok has hired over 190 European content moderators from Accenture and others since January 2021, as its European business explodes
Short-form video app hires hundreds to help curb spread of harmful content — TikTok has poached hundreds of content moderators … Tweets: @j_k9 , @atbwebb , @mattnavarra , @muradahmed , and @cristina...
Sources: Twitter is testing new privacy-focused tools, including archiving and hiding old tweets and editing follower lists, as part of a “social privacy” push
Users will soon be able to remove followers. This is currently only possible by blocking someone. Twitter plans to test this feature starting this month.” https://twitter.com/... @fancytomboy : Thank ...