⚡️ Dimple's Digital Digest: 7 August ⚡️
Welcome to your regular round-up of what’s hot and what’s not in the digital world.
This week, we cover the US TikTok ban, conspiracy theories in Beirut, the teenager behind the Twitter hack, and how to crack influencer marketing.
READ ME:
😂 Have you played social media manager bingo?
🤔 How to know when your brand should stay quiet on social
🧩 LEGO becomes most popular brand channel on YouTube
📱 Instagram launches TikTok clone ‘Reels’ - and TikTok react
👤 The teenage “mastermind” behind the Twitter breach
‼️ What it’s like to lose a loved one to QAnon
🏺 Facebook’s looted artefact problem
A SPOTLIGHT ON TIKTOK:
📈 TikTok: The story of a social media giant
🇺🇸 Why America is afraid of TikTok
🤝 Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch the deal
🤩 Meet its seven highest-earning stars
🔓 This is why the app is opening up its algorithm
💸 It has unveiled $200 million fund for U.S. creators
HEY THAT’S COOL:
✔️ Nike does it again with this viral ad on the power of perseverance
🦁 ZSL’s animal-based marketing team welcome back human visitors
WIN OF THE WEEK:
🖼️ York Museums Trust celebrates #YorkshireDay with incredible thread
UH OH:
🇱🇧 Beirut explosion: how conspiracy theories spread online
🚫 Please think twice before posting photos of children
💉 Influencers are boosting anti-vaccination messages…
🤭 And many apologise for attending pandemic parties
BONUS!
🤳 Brands should give up control to crack influencer marketing
🔒 True kindness is locking a friend out of their social accounts
💡 5 changes driving the future of media post coronavirus crisis