⚡️ Dimple's Digital Digest: 27 October ⚡️
This week, we cover the Facebook revelations, how Couch Guy went viral, Google banning climate misinformation, CoppaFeel!’s cancer-fighting campaign and why one clever museum is turning to… OnlyFans? ⬇️
READ ME (PART ONE):
🚨 Must-read: Four revelations from the Facebook Papers…
🇺🇸 And how the platform endangers American democracy
⏰ What happens on the Internet every minute:
🤓 Social media managers on what their careers really entail
📱 Snapchat is US teens’ favourite social media app
📉 Instagram struggles with fears of losing young users
READ ME (PART TWO):
🥇 Which brands were winning on IGTV?
🎥 YouTube takes the crown in non-TV video content
₿ Twitter jumps into NFTs and starts accepting Bitcoin
🤳 Twitch turns 10, and the creator economy is in debt
🛋️ Couch Guy and the nightmare of going viral
A SPOTLIGHT ON TIKTOK:
📈 TikTok has finally reached 1 billion monthly active users…
💸 Thanks to spending huge amounts of money on Facebook ads
📺 Their new brand film has a simple message: ‘you have to see it’
🛍️ Why TikTok is turning into a shopping powerhouse
📚 The app is also inspiring a reading renaissance
HEY THAT’S COOL:
🗣️ A powerful video from Police Scotland is a PSA to men everywhere
✋ CoppaFeel!’s new cancer-fighting video wants you to explore your body
🍈 Twitter partners with Breast Cancer Now for live breast-checking event
🦯 RNIB’s #DesignForEveryone campaign wishes for a more inclusive world
📰 Reuters releases brand campaign to position itself as ‘the source’
🧵 Plan International’s #DayOfTheGirl video is fighting stereotypes
WINS OF THE WEEK:
🚩 Scope charity’s important message on the viral red flag meme
🦑 How Netflix’s Squid Game is getting attention from brands online
🕵️ James Bond film finally jumps on ‘the weekend’ meme for premiere
😂 Twitter made the most of being flooded after Facebook outage
UH OH:
📷 Instagram in India is erasing working-class creators
🚫 YouTube is banning prominent anti-vaccine activists…
💉 While doctors are being forced off Clubhouse by them
🌡️ Google bans ads that spread climate misinformation
BONUS!
🤔 What if we just… deleted Twitter?
✨ The sparkles emoji is rising in 2021
🏛️ Vienna museums move NSFW images to OnlyFans
🤝 Everything you need to know about Instagram Collabs