Social Media
-
Instagram is rolling out 13+ content settings for Singapore teens, with new parental controls and stricter default filters across Feed, Reels, and DMs.
-
ZOOP, a new social platform designed to challenge Meta and TikTok, will launch globally on 9 April 2026, with a dedicated channel for Eurovision Song Contest Asia as its first flagship offering. A Channel-Based Alternative to the Feed Unlike conventional social platforms built around algorithmic feeds, ZOOP organises content into discrete channels, each tied to…
-
Low-quality automated content is becoming a growing risk to brand trust in Asia-Pacific, according to a report from B2C CRM company Klaviyo. Key Takeaways: The report found that 51% of consumers in APAC frequently encounter what it describes as low-quality AI-generated content in social media feeds and brand replies. That exposure appears to be shaping…
-
YouTube is rolling out a suite of new features designed to give parents more control over their teenagers’ viewing habits, including an industry-first option to entirely limit time spent watching Shorts. The updates, announced in a press release, focus on providing “built-in protections” for younger audiences. The platform stated its belief in “protecting kids in…
-
Fake social media accounts are on the rise and many have hit very close to home. In a matter of weeks, several friends of mine have put up Instagram Stories about fake accounts impersonating them. These accounts normally have a bio informing their friends to unfollow their real account and follow the fake one instead.…
-
Comments by: Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky Social engineering is a manipulation technique that uses human psychology that cyber attackers use to trick someone or to lure unsuspecting users to expose data, spread malware infection, or give them network or computer access. Scams based on social engineering are built around…
-
With the social influencer market at an all-time high, there is still some confusion as to the different split of shape and size of following and how these should be used across your marketing mix. As a benchmark influencers can be split into four key categories; hero-influencers, macro-influencers, micro-influencers and nano-influencers and whilst the key…
-
Kaspersky’s recent report ‘The true value of digital privacy: are consumers selling themselves short?’ has revealed that four-in-ten (38%) consumers would give up their social media accounts to guarantee their data remains private for the rest of their life. Fears surrounding protecting digital privacy have made consumers more anxious about the use and distribution of their personal…
-
This week, we speak to the co-founders of Hashbrown Media, Asaph Teo and Bryan Khoo, to find out what made them start a social marketing agency and the challenges they faced when building it from scratch. Can you share with us what is Hashbrown and how does it work? Hashbrown Media is a social media marketing agency…
You must be logged in to post a comment.