Social Media Daily News Roundup 28.08.2019
Today’s social media news, rounded up in one place so you don’t have to go anywhere else.
🙊 Local governments will soon be able to use Facebook to send emergency alerts
🙊 YouTube’s CEO explains why it leaves up ‘controversial or even offensive’ videos
🙊 Facebook publishes new report on the benefits of combining Facebook and outdoor advertising
🙊 A Palestinian Harvard student said he was deported because of his friend's social media posts
Local governments will soon be able to use Facebook to send emergency alerts - The Verge
Facebook has long positioned itself as a place where communities can share information during a crisis. Today, the company said it will start giving local governments and first responders the ability to send alerts to their communities during an emergency. Facebook already offers tools like Safety Check, which lets you tell others that you’re safe during an emergency, and Community Help, which offers aid during disasters.
When a Facebook page operated by a government or first responder marks a post as a local alert, Facebook says it will “greatly amplify” the post to followers of that page in their News Feeds and send the alerts as notifications to them. If you don’t follow a page that sends a local alert, the only way you can see it is if you happen to check Today In, Facebook’s hub for local news, where alerts will also be posted. Facebook says eligible groups can apply now to get access to local alerts for their pages.
YouTube’s CEO explains why it leaves up ‘controversial or even offensive’ videos - The Verge
YouTube must leave up some videos that are “controversial or even offensive” in order to remain an open platform, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said today.
In her quarterly letter to creators, Wojcicki addressed YouTube’s perpetual struggle with troubling content and how to moderate it, saying that it’s worthwhile for the platform to allow videos the company disagrees with. “A commitment to openness is not easy,” Wojcicki wrote. She says that “hearing a broad range of perspectives ultimately makes us a stronger and more informed society.”
Facebook publishes new report on the benefits of combining Facebook and outdoor advertising - Social Media Today
Outdoor ads - including bus shelter campaigns and billboards - might not be within the budget of most SMBs. But for those businesses that can afford it, there can be significant benefits to running outdoor campaigns in combination with Facebook promotions:
As per Facebook:
"With the widespread use of smartphones, the high visibility of out-of-home goes hand in hand with actions on digital channels such as social media. For example, nearly 4 in 10 adults surveyed (38%) in the US say they have visited a Facebook Page or posted on Facebook after seeing an OOH ad, and 25% have posted to Instagram."
A Palestinian Harvard student said he was deported because of his friend's social media posts - Buzz Feed News
A Palestinian Harvard freshman's student visa was revoked and he was deported after hours of questioning by immigration officials upon his arrival to the US, the university said Tuesday.
Ismail B. Ajjawi said in a written statement to the Harvard Crimson, which first reported the news, that he was deported because he followed friends on social media who posted what immigration officials perceived as anti-American content.
The 17-year-old resident of Tyre, Lebanon, and a member of the class of 2023 said that he was detained for hours by immigration officers upon his arrival at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday. The officers, he said, searched the contents of his phone and laptop, and questioned him about his friends’ social media activity.
