YouTube Will Provide More Context on Policy Violations with Two Coming Updates
Social Media Today
JANUARY 20, 2023
The updates will make it easier for users to understand policy violations, and how to address them.
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Twitter Reminds Users of Upcoming Changes to Verification Policy
Social Media Today
JANUARY 21, 2021
Twitter's new verification policy comes into effect this week, which means all currently verified profiles that don't comply will lose their blue tick.
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TikTok Suspends Planned Data Usage Policy Change Amid New EU Investigation
Social Media Today
JULY 12, 2022
TikTok was seeking to sidestep new EU data usage rules via a loophole in the wording of the policy.
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Meta Updates Privacy Policy with New, More Illustrative Examples and Language
Social Media Today
MAY 26, 2022
The updated policy documents provide more context as to how each clause relates to your usage.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Removes Protections For Trans Users In New Policy
Forbes Social Media
APRIL 18, 2023
Twitter has updated its “hateful conduct policy” to remove protections for trans users, according to an announcement from GLAAD, the LGBT advocacy organization. And there’s already widespread speculation this has something to do with CEO Elon Musk’s estrangement from his trans daughter.
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Google’s new privacy policy
Sherrilynne Starkie
JANUARY 28, 2012
Most Gmail users will have received at least one message from Google this week (I received ten) explaining the company’s new privacy policy. The company has more than 60 privacy policies tied to its various products and services and so, in March 2012, it will be streamlining this all down into one policy. Related articles.
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Meta Outlines Policy Requirements for Businesses Looking to Advertise and Sell on its Platforms
Social Media Today
JANUARY 13, 2022
A good refresher on Meta's various regulations and requirements, with links through to all the relevant policy documents.
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WhatsApp Softens Approach to Privacy Policy Update Amid Rising Pressure from Indian Regulators
Social Media Today
JUNE 1, 2021
WhatsApp is once again changing its approach to its coming privacy policy update amid mounting pressure from the Indian Government.
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Elon Musk Picks a Fight with Apple Over App Store Policies and Reduction in Twitter Ad Spend
Social Media Today
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Elon’s taking Apple to task over its App Store policies, which could have impacts for the app.
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A Guide to Understanding Ad Policies and Restrictions on Social Media
Ignite Social Media
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Social media networks have gained a lot of criticism over the years for what they deem inappropriate or flag as an asset that doesn’t comply with their ad policies and content guidelines. That said, every network has its own set of ad policies and content restrictions. Ad Policies and Content Restrictions Across All Networks.
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Facebook Previews Upcoming Changes to Content Monetization Policies and Brand Safety Controls
Social Media Today
JULY 20, 2020
Facebook has shared an overview of upcoming changes to its content monetization policies and brand safety controls as a result of its recent civil rights audit.
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Social Media Strategy: Connecting Within The Bounds Of Your HR Policies
SocMed Sean
AUGUST 16, 2018
There are so many benefits to using social media; increased networking, growing your influence, and generating leads for your business, but some organizations have a hard time finding the balance between effective social media and staying within their human resource policies. Hiring the right talent. We’re all adults here (most of the time…).
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Facebook's Civil Rights Audit Raises Significant Concerns with the Platform's Political Policy Approach
Social Media Today
JULY 8, 2020
An audit of Facebook's approach to civil rights has raised serious concerns with the platform's policies, in particular, it's decision not to fact-check political ads or take action on comments from political leaders.
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57 Social Media Policy Examples and Resources
Dave Fleet
JULY 26, 2010
One of the key elements of this work, in my opinion, is creating a social media policy that fits well with the organization’s goals, culture and risk tolerance. Here are 57 61 great social media policy templates and resources to use when building your own. Social Media Policies and Guidelines. Social Media Policy.
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WhatsApp is Re-Launching its Controversial Privacy Policy Update, Will Penalize Users that Don't Accept
Social Media Today
MAY 11, 2021
WhatsApp is rolling out its controversial Privacy Policy update once again, which will see it share some information with parent company Facebook.
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Pinterest Announces New Policy to Remove Misinformation About the Upcoming Census
Social Media Today
JANUARY 30, 2020
Pinterest has announced a new policy which will see it remove misleading content related to civic participation, with a focus on misinformation around the upcoming US census.
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Meta Reassures Users That it Has Not Changed its Policies on Abortion-Related Content
Social Media Today
JUNE 28, 2022
Meta says that it has made no change to its policies in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling.
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Instagram Updates Policies Around UGC to Expand Content Collaboration Opportunities
Social Media Today
MAY 1, 2023
The update will expand the range of ways in which brands can utilize UGC.
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Social Media Today
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
After calling for public input into its deepfakes policy last month, Twitter has now outlined its first take at a policy to address concerns with digital impersonation.
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Facebook's Stance on Political Ads Once Again Highlights a Common Flaw in its Policy Approach
Social Media Today
MAY 30, 2020
Facebook's decision not to fact-check or censor content from political leaders makes some sense, but it also underlines a common flaw in Facebook's policy approach.
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Zuckerberg Says Recent Policy Changes Do Not Reflect a Change in Approach at Facebook
Social Media Today
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told staff that recent shifts in its policies around QAnon, Holocaust denial and anti-vax ads are not reflective of an internal re-think.
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Reddit Updates Political Ad Policy. Launches Transparency Subreddit Listing Political Advertisers
Social Media Today
APRIL 14, 2020
Reddit is moving to clarify its political advertising policies ahead of the 2020 US Presidential election.
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Twitter Takes Another Step Towards Identifying Bots With New Developer Policy Update
Social Media Today
MARCH 12, 2020
Twitter has taken another step towards highlighting bot profiles on its platform with a new update to its developer policy.
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The Average Social Media Privacy Policy Takes an Hour to Read
The Realtime Report
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Policy Takes an Hour to Read. Privacy Policies vs. Historical Texts and Literary Works. Whether you care to admit it or not, we’ve all hit the “I accept” button on a privacy policy without reading the fine print. Up until recently, it wasn’t that big of a deal to not read privacy policies. Written by. Maddie Roderick.
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Why It Is Imperative to Have a Data Privacy Policy
The Realtime Report
JANUARY 4, 2022
Data Privacy Policy. Building A Data Privacy Policy. Organizations must develop and implement a data privacy policy as a matter of urgency. This is a policy that’s designed to balance the data privacy rights for individuals with the organization’s requirements for using data. Why It Is Imperative to Have a.
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Twitter Updates Data Sharing Policy, Which Will See More User Data Provided for Advertising Purposes
Social Media Today
APRIL 9, 2020
Twitter has announced a change to its data sharing policy which will see it provide more user insight for ad targeting, and no way to opt out for most users.
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YouTube Launches 'How YouTube Works' Explainer Platform to Share Information on Platform Policies
Social Media Today
JUNE 26, 2020
YouTube has launched a new hub of information on its various platform policies, and how they're implemented.
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Twitter Expands Policies Around Election Misinformation to Cover More False Claims Around the Voting Process
Social Media Today
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Twitter is expanding its election misinformation policies to cover more types of potentially misleading claims and updates.
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Twitter Updates Violent Speech Policy to Add More Elements
Social Media Today
MARCH 1, 2023
The updates don't greatly expand Twitter's rules, but do add some new provisos.
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Facebook Announces New Policy to Crackdown on Manipulated Media
Social Media Today
JANUARY 6, 2020
After meeting with experts in recent months, Facebook has launched the first iteration of its policy to eliminate the misuse of manipulated media, including 'deepfakes'
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How to Develop a Social Media Policy for Employees in 2020 and Beyond
Oktopost
JUNE 4, 2020
A decade ago Zappo’s had a social media policy for employees that was more or less the industry standard: “Be real and use your best judgment”. Ten years ago this policy might have been enough. The need for an effective social media policy for employees, however, has become more pressing than ever. Policy enforcement.
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WhatsApp Faces EU Complaint For ‘Aggressive’ Rollout Of Controversial Privacy Policies
Forbes Social Media
JULY 12, 2021
The group said WhatsApp has been “bombarding users for months with aggressive and persistent pop-up messages to force them to accept its new terms of use and privacy policy.”.
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YouTube Will Ease its 'Sensitive Events' Policy to Allow Monetization of Some Coronavirus-Related Videos
Social Media Today
MARCH 12, 2020
YouTube says that it will update its policies to allow monetization of some coronavirus-related videos due to the scope of the issue.
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The Pentagon Adopted First Department-Wide Policy To Address Social Media
Forbes Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2022
Though some of the military services and other agencies have published social media policies in the past, DODI 5400.17 is the Pentagon's first instruction to specifically address the use of social media.
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How to Create An Effective Social Media Policy (Before It’s Too Late)
agora pulse
JULY 2, 2020
If your business or agency or doesn’t yet have a social media policy, it’s time to build one. Here are tips to make your policy ironclad. Creating an official social media policy is always a good idea. If there is more than one person on your team involved in your social media accounts, such a policy is essential.
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Pam Moore
OCTOBER 29, 2017
The email states it violates their policy. “What policy?” ” Instead, it's time you educate and empower yourself to better understand the Facebook advertising policies. However, the truth is that as a marketer or business owner it is up to you understand the Facebook advertising policies and guidelines.
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YouTube Updates Content ID Claim Policies to Better Protect Creators
Social Media Today
AUGUST 16, 2019
After months of complaints from creators, YouTube is updating its Content ID policy, which has seen many claims for minor infringements.
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Facebook Updates its Community Values to Better Frame its Policy Decisions
Social Media Today
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Facebook has outlined a new set of changes to its community values, which it uses to guide its policy decisions and enforcements.
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Twitter Releases New Political Ad Policy Following Announcement of Ban on Political Ads
Social Media Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Twitter has released the details of its revised political ad policy, which aims to ban political ads entirely, but allow certain issues-based ads within specific parameters.
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