This Week in Social and Digital (Week of August 20)

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This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Google Tracks Location Even if Location Services are Off, Facebook Removes Targeting Options, Facebook Removes Security App from App Store and Facebook Assigns User Reputation Scores.

The week’s news quick hits: Amazon Adds Video Ads to Search Results, Facebook Lets Direct Response Advertisers Turn Static Visuals into Videos, Google Launches Political Ad Library, Amazon May Buy Theater Chain, Netflix Tests Ads, Twitch Prime Sunsetting Ad-Free Viewing, Facebook Removes Accounts Linked to Misinformation, Report Shows Android Operating System Sending Information to Google 14 Times Per Hour and Google Removes Iran-Linked YouTube Channels.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of October 17)

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This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Messenger Testing Conversation Prompts, Snapchat Wants to Stop Revenue Split with Publishers and Facebook Adds More Commerce to Pages

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Lets Users Set Initial View on 360 Photos, Messenger Day Continues Testing in Australia, Lobbies for Facebook Live Being Unrolled and Instagram Stories Now on Explore. 

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of June 6)

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This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Pinterest and Oracle Partner to Measure Offline Sales, Blizzard to Tap Into Facebook Live’s API, Foursquare Bringing Back Check-in Rewards and Snapchat Redesigns Discover for Engagement and Repeat Visitation.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Post Notifications for Friends, Facebook Testing Feature to Post Updates That Don’t Appear on User Timelines, Twitter Launches Panel Option for Advertisers to Gather Insights, Instagram Added as iOS Share Extension, Apple Makes Revenue Updates for its App Store, Facebook 360-Degree Photos are Here and Facebook Allows for Video Responses in Comments. 

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