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16 Big Social Media Trends B2C Brands Should Be Acting On This Year

For B2C brands to stay relevant and meet audiences where they are, they must be up to date on developments in social media to leverage and prepare for emerging trends. Read More

Banning Social Media

Some lawmakers and schools are resorting to tech bans. Read More

What’s next for the Epstein files after Trump’s social media posts

The House is heading towards a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Read More

Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests

While these predictions suggest that the journalistic community’s enthusiasm for social media platforms has waned over time, there has been no such change in the perceptions of the people actually ... Read More

The next era of social media is coming. And it’s messy so far

A baby running from a T-Rex with Lady Gaga playing in the background. Cats dancing on their hind legs dressed in streetwear. Bodycam footage of police arresting a pile of macaroni and cheese. Big Tech ... Read More

Meta to kick teens off Instagram and Facebook a week early as social media ban looms

Meta begins giving hundreds of thousands of Australian teens a two-week warning to "download or delete" their data from Instagram, Facebook and Threads. Read More

Social Media Strategy For 2026: Treat Your Content Like A TV Series

If you can take the entertainment elements from TV and bring them to social media, you can lock people in for that much longer. Read More

Researchers warn that social media is not the best place to get your news fix

A new study analyzing nearly 11 million social posts across major platforms finds users are more likely to click lower-quality news links than credible ones, even from the same person, to the same ... Read More

Which social media platforms will be forced to ban Australian users under the age of 16?

Nine platform are included in Australia's world-first social media ban for under 16s next month, however the regulator warns that list could grow. Read More

Could making silly AI videos of your friends be social media's next frontier? Let's talk about OpenAI's Sora.

OpenAI's new Sora app is like TikTok for AI-generated clips. One potential killer use case? Making AI videos of your friends (with their permission). We discussed the potential impacts on incumbent ... Read More

What's next for the Epstein files after Donald Trump's social media posts?

The House is heading toward a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, pushing past a monthslong effort by ... Read More