
Facebook launches Ad Archive API for political ads with limited release
Facebook is launching an Ad Archive API for US researchers and publishers that will allow them to analyze political and issue-based ads...

Facebook clarifies Custom Audience list management terms for agency-advertiser relationships
Alexey Boldin / Shutterstock.com Since releasing new rules around Custom Audiences in June, Facebook is clarifying terms around a...

Facebook rolls out mobile-first video creation tools for advertisers
blog post on Wednesday. Facebook first mentioned plans for the tools in July; its Creative Shop team unveiled a framework called Create...

Report: Customers are more loyal to companies that are transparent on social media
The Social Media and the Evolution of Transparency report (free, registration required) surveyed 1,000 US consumers and found that an...

Facebook removes 5K ad targeting filters to keep advertisers from discriminating against ethnic 
Facebook is continuing the push to make its platform safer for users, this time removing more than 5,000 ad targeting filters from its...

As advertisers pull back on Facebook, Instagram’s ad spend growth rate is booming
tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com Facebook suffered a lackluster Q2, reporting slow user growth and lower-than-expected revenue. The...

Instagram makes a play to keep users scrolling with new ‘Recommended For You’ posts
Instagram is testing a new feature that recommends posts to users based on their follower lists and photos and videos they have liked....

LinkedIn set to launch redesigned Groups platform by end of August [Updated]
LinkedIn is building a new version of its Groups platform used by many social media managers and marketers and is set to launch it at the...

Tweetbot & Twitterrific remove features no longer available as Twitter rolls out API updates
Last December, Twitter announced it would be deprecating access for app developers to its site stream, user stream and some direct...

Quora advertisers can now optimize campaigns for conversions
Quora this week introduced conversion-optimized campaigns, a feature that focuses the ad delivery algorithm on optimizing for conversions...

Pinterest says it will attract some 50M back-to-school shoppers this season
As students gear up to head back to class, we are at the peak of back-to-school shopping season. Starting in early July and lasting...

Facebook to reveal country of origin behind Pages
In late June, Facebook announced several measures to bring more transparency to Pages and their associated ad campaigns. Those included a...

Facebook bans bail bond ads & requires pre-certification for addiction treatment ads
Facebook will no longer allow promotions for bail bond services and is only allowing ads for addiction treatment centers from advertisers...

Facebook’s content review policy: How it works, the teams & tech behind the reviews &
Last week, Facebook announced it had removed 32 Pages and accounts from its platform and Instagram for “coordinated inauthentic behavior”...

Facebook adds Stories, action buttons & more to redesigned mobile Pages
Facebook is redesigning its mobile Pages with a new set of features aimed at helping local companies drive more business via their...

Reddit’s redesign is driving higher engagement rates, but will it deliver more advertisers?
Last year, Reddit announced it was undertaking its first major redesign in more than a decade. According to the company’s CEO and...

Twitter loses ability to let users auto-post tweets & retweets to Facebook
Quka / Shutterstock.com Yesterday, Facebook announced it had deprecated its Publish actions permissions from its API, a feature that made...

Facebook looks to monetize WhatsApp with new Business API & ads that open chats in the messagin
Facebook has launched a new WhatsApp Business API designed to help businesses communicate with consumers via the Facebook-owned WhatsApp...

Facebook cuts off access to API platform for ‘hundreds of thousands’ of inactive apps
Rokas Tenys / Shutterstock.com Facebook reports it has cut off access to its API platform for hundreds of thousands of inactive apps that...
























