
Facebook’s ‘Keyword Snooze’ feature will let users hide posts with specific words
Facebook is looking for new ways to give users more control over the content they see in their News Feed. Today, the company announced it...

Facebook opens door to cryptocurrency ads, reversing policy announced earlier this year
Facebook is now allowing ads promoting cryptocurrency and related products, reversing a decision it made in January to prohibit such ads....

Facebook enables marketers to set up app event tracking without having to add code
App developers and marketers now have access to a Codeless App Events Setup feature within the Facebook SDK Marketing Kit that lets them...

Facebook’s latest data faux pas: app analytics reports sent to the wrong people
Facebook’s data security issues have turned into a nonstop game of whack-a-mole. After having to alert 14 million users that their...

Facebook takes fight against fake news to more countries & ups machine learning efforts around
Facebook is continuing its efforts to fight fake news and stop the spread of false information on the platform. Today, the company...

Facebook gives autoplay video ads in Messenger a go
After introducing static ads into Messenger last year, Facebook is starting to run autoplay video ads on its messaging app. “We’re in the...

Facebook opens up Watch to creators & adds video features to take on YouTube
Facebook is expanding its video offerings for creators and publishers, giving more of them access to revenue opportunities, launching new...

Facebook to limit weapon accessory ad targeting to users 18 & over
Starting June 21, Facebook will begin enforcing a new rule for ads promoting weapon accessories, restricting the audience age for weapon...

Finally! The 800 million ways Facebook gets serious about local business
But for years, searching for a business on Facebook has been a clumsy and unreliable experience. As a result, Google has become the...

Facebook updates Custom Audience list requirements to create more ad transparency
Facebook is making changes to the way advertisers manage their Custom Audience lists to give users more transparency about why they see...

Facebook launches tool to let users rate advertisers’ customer service
tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com Facebook has launched a new “Leave Feedback” tool for users to rate their experiences with businesses whose...

Direct-to-consumer advertisers are shifting ad dollars away from Facebook
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are pulling back on their Facebook ad spend, according to a report from Digiday, some shifting as much as...

The big list of political ad policies from leading social & search platforms
We’re six months out from the 2018 US midterm elections, races that will shape the political balance of both the House and Senate. Of the...

Facebook shared user data with Chinese company identified as posing a national security threat
LJZ / Shutterstock.com Raise your hand if Facebook shared user data with you — because the list keeps growing. Days after learning the...

Facebook Audience Network opens inventory to in-app header bidding
Facebook’s Audience Network is joining the world of in-app header bidding. The company announced Wednesday that publishers will be able...

Facebook expanding Marketplace ads to more countries & campaign objectives
Last year, Facebook began letting a select number of advertisers run ads in Marketplace, the site’s online shopping platform where users...

Facebook faces more scrutiny, this time for sharing user data with device makers
Facebook is under fire once again for mishandling user data, this time charged with sharing information with at least 60 device makers,...

Search is more than Google: Mastering vertical search optimization
Search is all around us; it is embedded into smartphone devices and is the fulcrum of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital...

Facebook’s new rules for political & issue ads start today
Facebook is now enforcing its new policies for political and issue-related ads. Announced last month, the new rules require all...
























