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YouTube has announced it has suspended President Trump’s official channel on its platform. The Alphabet-owned company said they decided to suspend Trump’s channel for at least one week after a video was posted to it that incited violence, reports CNN Business. YouTube did not identify the content of the offending video. … [Read more...] about YouTube is the latest platform to suspend Trump

But, the research suggests, it’s also possible to imagine platforms that deliver what users want—features like connections to friends and community members, access to relevant and true information, and places to organize around civic issues—without so much of the negativity people associate with today’s social media companies. Horrifying events like the Capitol riot, devastating trends like online harassment, and positive developments like coronavirus mutual aid groups and online get-out-the-vote efforts all reinforce that what starts on social media can have real-world consequences for the well-being of everyone—whether they’re on particular platforms or not. … [Read more...] about These 14 principles could help big platforms create healthier social media

On the rise on the right After the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Parler caught on among right-wing politicians and influencers—people with large online followings—as a social media platform where they could share and promote ideas without worrying about the company blocking or flagging their posts for being dangerous or misleading. However, the website also became a haven for far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists who interacted with the mainstream conservatives flocking to the platform. … [Read more...] about The rise, fall, and future of Parler, the right-wing site that Amazon shut down

The account removals and group bans will likely prevent big actions, like the one on the Capitol, in the short term, experts say. However, these groups will start to shift their tactics so their online campaigns are less noticeable. Donovan notes that in the months after the 2017 Unite the Right in Charlottesville, Virginia, which resulted in injuries and one death, members of that rally adjusted their online behavior to hide in plain sight. “There were a bunch of Discord chat rooms that had been dedicated to Charlottesville that—when they knew the feds were looking for them—they repurposed and changed the names to things like ‘Muslims for peace,'” she says. “What I’m worried about is that platform companies aren’t going to look for where these groups are going to reconstitute.” … [Read more...] about Deplatforming is working—for now

An example of where the dynamic duo leveraged the power of its partners was, “The LeBrons,” where together with LeBron’s production entity Spring Hill Productions, they developed the hit original digital series from LeBron James that ran on YouTube, generating over 50 million views across the web and is now entering its second season. For advertising partners including HP and Intel, they developed custom 15- and 30-second spots that ran online in front of the content to draw audiences into the marketing message. They quickly saw response rates that were multiples of traditional marketing efforts. They also utilized LeBron’s massive social media platform on Facebook, with over 11 million “likes,” to engage audiences to respond to his posts to drive HP and Intel brand engagement and showcase product benefits. … [Read more...] about Believe Entertainment Group Pioneers New Ways To Connect Users To Brands And Talent