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The Implications of Privacy Updates on Social Media Performance

Ignite Social Media

Digital Privacy Takes Center Stage in 2021. As the digital space continues its evolution, two very important privacy situations are unfolding that can fundamentally change the marketing landscape. Apple took a strong stand on user privacy with its iOS 14.5 What Privacy Updates Mean for Social Media Marketers.

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Facebook scandal: The dawn of a new era in social media marketing?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook’s so-called data breach is dominating news cycles, and the story is making people more aware of how the social network uses their data. Of course, this wasn’t exactly a data breach, because users have willingly agreed to allow Facebook to access and sell their data. This is not the end of social media marketing.

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How “The Facebook Files” Could Impact Social Media Marketing

Ignite Social Media

The Fallout from “The Facebook Files” Has Begun. Rather it appears to be the first chip to fall from the bombshell “ Facebook Files ” series released two weeks prior by the Wall Street Journal. In fact, brands should be prepared for other changes that could impact their social media marketing performance.

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These Ads Suck: Will Users in a Privacy-Altered World Like What They See?

Jon Loomer

If Facebook is right, we’re in the process of entering a very different online world. Privacy as the goal, advertising will suddenly seem very “different” to users. This prompt, most importantly for Facebook advertisers who run ads for mobile web, will be shown for Facebook and Instagram app users.

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Evolution of Privacy on Facebook

Mindjumpers

During the last couple of years, Facebook’s default privacy settings have become more and more permissive – and often with great confusion to the users. During the last couple of years, Facebook’s default privacy settings have become more and more permissive – and often with great confusion to the users.

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The Interests That Facebook Advertisers Can Use to Target You

Jon Loomer

A recent North Carolina State study suggests that Facebook interest targeting is inaccurate or irrelevant 30% of the time. So, how accurate are the interests that Facebook advertisers can use to target you? This is something that all Facebook users can check. Digital Marketing. Social Media Marketing. MLB Network.

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Growing Privacy Concerns Put Social Networks’ Targeting at Risk

Ignite Social Media

Currently, most social networks use web browser information to power a pixel or tag (Facebook Pixel, Twitter Tag, Pinterest Tag, LinkedIn Insight Tag ), which is a snippet of code that is placed on a brand’s site. Facebook’s Solution: The Conversions API. Platforms such as Facebook are looking at other ways of getting this data.