Facebook Launches New Brand Safety Controls to Better Protect Advertisers

Facebook has updated its Brand Safety tools in order to help businesses ensure their ads don't appear alongside potentially offensive content.

By Andrew Hutchinson • April 12, 2019

Facebook's Implementing New Rules and Processes to Stop the Spread of Harmful Content

Facebook has outlined a range of new tools and rules to crackdown on the spread of false, misleading and/or illegal content on its platform.

By Andrew Hutchinson • April 11, 2019

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A look at the recent top stories in social media and what they mean for marketers.

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Facebook Will Clarify its Terms and Conditions on Data Use Amid Rising Calls for Penalties

Under rising pressure from various government-affiliated groups, Facebook will seek to better explain its data usage regulations within its terms and conditions.

By Andrew Hutchinson • April 10, 2019

Facebook Adds New Tools to Assist in Managing the Profiles of Deceased Users

Facebook is adding new tools to help families and friends manage the accounts of deceased users and related notifications.

By Andrew Hutchinson • April 10, 2019

Should Publishers Use Facebook's 'Breaking News' Label?

Facebook has been slowly rolling out its 'Breaking News' label to more publishers - but does it actually help improve reach?

By Sebastian Huempfer • April 4, 2019

Facebook Statistics that Every Marketer Should Know in 2019 [Inforgraphic]

Facebook is the largest social platform in the world, by a big margin. Here are some key stats to consider in your planning.

By Irfan Ahmad • April 3, 2019

Facebook May Add a Separate News Tab to Promote 'High Quality, Trusted' Journalism

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is looking at new ways to ensure accurate information is shared on Facebook, which may include a new, separate news tab.

By Andrew Hutchinson • April 2, 2019

Facebook Will Now Provide Detail as to Why You're Seeing Each Post in Your News Feed

Facebook is adding a new option which will explain the various factors which determine what you see in your News Feed.

By Andrew Hutchinson • April 1, 2019

Facebook's Considering Implementing Restrictions on Who Can Go Live

In the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, Facebook is considering a range of new processes, including restricting access to Facebook Live.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 30, 2019

Facebook's Making it Easier to Quickly React to Posts

Facebook's added a new quick Reaction option, which enables users to tap and hold on a post, then choose a response.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 29, 2019

Facebook Expands Ad Archive to All Ads and Pages

Facebook has announced the expansion of its Ad Archive to all Pages and ads, not just those associated with politics and political issues.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 29, 2019

Facebook Announces New Ban on White Nationalist Discussion on its Platforms

In the wake of the recent terror attacks in New Zealand, Facebook has announced a new ban on white nationalist discussion.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 28, 2019

Facebook Highlights Evolving Topics of Conversation in Latest 'Topics to Watch' Report

Facebook has released the latest version of its 'Topics to Watch' report, which highlights key subjects gaining momentum, based on mention volume, across The Social Network.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 23, 2019

Facebook's Next Major Shift is Likely to Come via its Blockchain Project

Facebook's secretive blockchain project could be key to the platform's next big shift.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 23, 2019

Facebook Discovers Another Data Security Issue, with Millions of Passwords Inadequately Stored

Facebook has found that millions of user passwords were being accessed internally via a plain text document without adequate protection.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 22, 2019

Facebook Adds New Replies Option to Clarify Messenger Streams

Facebook's adding a new threaded replies option to Messenger to better clarify group message streams.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 21, 2019

Facebook's Removing Ad Targeting Options in Certain Categories to Avoid Discrimination

Facebook has announced that it will remove age, gender and ZIP code targeting options for housing, employment, credit ads

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 20, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg Makes it Facebook Official: The Future of Facebook is Messaging

Facebook is looking to shift more towards messaging, which important for marketers to note.

By Larry Kim • March 20, 2019

Facebook's Looking to Capitalize on FOMO with New Notifier on Shared Articles

Facebook's testing out another way to prompt engagement with posted content, by notifying you when your friends have read the same.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 19, 2019

Facebook's Working on Ultra-Realistic VR Avatars - and They Are Creepy

As Facebook looks to VR as the future of connectivity, they also want to create a real feeling presence - and these ultra-realistic avatars will be part of it.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 19, 2019

5 Best Practices for Facebook Ads - From Facebook

What are the tactics that Facebook's own staff recommend to maximize your Facebook advertising success? Check out this post.

By Nathan Mendenhall • March 19, 2019

Facebook Outlines New Machine Learning Tools to Detect and Remove 'Revenge Porn'

Facebook has outlined new tools to better detect and remove non-consensual intimate images, and new resources to assist victims. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 16, 2019

Facebook Attributes Day Long Outage to 'Server Configuration Change'

Facebook is back after it's biggest ever outage, which prompted concern, and major FOMO, among many social media users.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 15, 2019

Facebook's Rolling Out a Dedicated Link to Gaming Content on the Main Navigation Bar

As it looks to tap into the growing gaming market, Facebook is looking to make gaming content a more significant element of its main app.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 15, 2019

Facebook Adds New 'Watch Party' Option, Spotify Links to Songs on Profiles

Facebook is adding a new option to host a Watch Party for regular TV shows, and a new way to link profile posted songs to Spotify.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 14, 2019