Twitter launches ‘tip jar’ to let users send money to favourite accounts May 7, 2021 Twitter has launched a new “tip jar” feature which will allow people to send money to others on the site. To begin with, only a select group of people will be able to receive tips, including journalists, experts and content creators. The social media giant says the feature is “an easy way to support the [...]
England cricket star Stuart Broad supports social media boycotts as sport takes steps to tackle online abuse April 12, 2021 England cricketer Stuart Broad has become the latest high-profile sporting figure to back a boycott of social media. Football clubs Rangers and Swansea City have temporarily stopped posting on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook in protest at a perceived lack of action against online abuse. “There are great positives to social media but if we have [...]
Screenshot: Will workers’ rights put a puncture in Deliveroo’s IPO? March 26, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: Farewell to the real McCoy **Will workers’ rights put a puncture in Deliveroo’s IPO? **A watchdog bares its teeth Media Moment of the Week: Farewell to the real McCoy In a shock bit of transfer news this week, BBC presenter Simon McCoy announced he was leaving the Beeb [...]
Big Tech hearing: Facebook, Google and Twitter face Congress grilling March 25, 2021 The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter will be hauled in front of Congress again this afternoon to face questions about misinformation and extremism on their platforms. Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey will appear before a virtual joint hearing of two subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It follows a [...]
Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet sells for $2.9m as a non-fungible token March 22, 2021 Twitter boss Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet as an NFT for just over $2.9m earlier today. The tweet is in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) – a kind of unique digital asset that has exploded in popularity so far in 2021. Each NFT has its own blockchain-based digital signature, which serves as [...]
Twitter mulling subscription services and tipping features February 25, 2021 Twitter mulls over introducing new subscription features to provide monetary incentives to influencers
Twitter shares take flight as it unveils plan to double revenue by 2023 February 25, 2021 Shares in Twitter pushed eight per cent higher this afternoon after the social media platform said it plans to double its annual revenue to at least $7.5bn (£5.3bn) over the next three years. Announcing a string of long-term goals ahead of its analyst day today, the company also said it aims to reach 315m monetisable [...]
Expecting football to make Twitter and Facebook stop social media abuse is like asking your six-year-old to tackle Cristiano Ronaldo February 23, 2021 The English football community has finally had enough of the rampant racial abuse and bullying its players suffer on social media. Police are investigating and thePremeir League and other bodies have made an unprecedented direct plea to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey. Of course, these issues on social media don’t just impact football players or [...]
White House approaches Facebook and Twitter to tackle anti-vaxxers February 19, 2021 The White House is in discussions with Facebook, Twitter and Google about ramping up censorship of anti-vaxxer content, as the US seeks to push down the highest coronavirus rates of any country in the world. New US President Joe Biden has reached out to the companies to stop the spread of Covid misinformation proliferating online, [...]
‘Beanz on bix for breakfast’ boosts brand scores for Weetabix and Heinz February 17, 2021 Last week, an "unholy union" of Weetabix and Heinz - featuring "beanz on bix for breakfast" - prompted popular outcry on social media.