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Brands, influencers slow to warm up to Instagram's Reels

Major social platforms come to terms on hate speech | Infographic: How to connect with Gen Z | Brands, influencers slow to warm up to Instagram's Reels
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September 23, 2020
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The Big Story
Major social platforms come to terms on hate speech
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After 15 months of talks, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have hashed out an agreement to establish standard definitions of hate speech and other harmful content and to establish monitoring and reporting protocols. The agreement was worked out with the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, which is supported by platforms, brands, agencies and trade groups.
Full Story: Adweek (tiered subscription model) (9/22),  The Drum (free registration) (9/23) 
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This infographic from Facebook IQ offers insights into the behaviors and preferences of Generation Z during the pandemic and advises marketers how to engage with them. Connecting with Gen Z via their communities on social, showing how your brand shares their values and making shopping and e-commerce convenient are among the tips.
Full Story: Social Media Today (9/22) 
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Brands, influencers slow to warm up to Instagram's Reels
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Instagram Reels' short-form video platform recently launched as a TikTok competitor, but Sensor Tower notes US installations for the app have remained steady at 4.7 million total for both the periods of June 24 through Aug. 4 and Aug. 5 through Sept. 15. Influencers contend the social platform lacks desired "bells and whistles" and are typically cross-posting TikTok content, while a Pivotal Research study found 61% of agencies and advertisers don't yet think Reels is a viable TikTok competitor.
Full Story: Fortune (tiered subscription model) (9/22) 
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Business-to-business marketers can follow this 12-step guide from Accenture Interactive's Jason Michaels to drive demand and engagement for virtual events. Michaels recommends combining live and on-demand content, providing content that can be easily shared by attendees on social and incorporating physical, tactile experiences via mailed conference kits.
Full Story: MarketingProfs (free registration) (9/22) 
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Marketer Moments
Droga5 New York created a push for Facebook that the platform is calling the "largest voting information campaign in US history" and features a fast-paced 60-second "More Questions, More Answers" anthem spot that guides viewers through the registration process. The campaign includes notifications across Facebook, Messenger and Instagram directing users to relevant voting resources, a one-hour Vote-A-Thon hosted by actress and YouTube star Liza Koshy, and live roundtables and events with community leaders and Facebook executives.
Full Story: Ad Age (tiered subscription model) (9/22) 
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Platform News
Facebook shifts text-heavy ad policy
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Facebook is eliminating restrictions on ads with more than 20% text in the main image. The social platform is continuing to encourage brands to refrain from text-heavy promotions, though, as the ads that are lighter on text tend to perform better, writes Andrew Hutchinson.
Full Story: Social Media Today (9/22) 
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State-run China Daily ran an opinion piece today that called the proposed sale of a percentage of TikTok assets to Oracle Corp. and Walmart a "dirty" and "unfair" deal based on "bullying and extortion." The Chinese government would have to sign off on terms of the agreement before it could be finalized.
Full Story: TechCrunch (tiered subscription model) (9/22),  BNN Bloomberg (Canada) (9/23) 
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Social Shareable
Researchers attached cameras to orcas off the coast of the Pacific Northwest to study their habits and determine why northern residents are faring so much better than their southern cousins, and they're sharing videos social media. "They are supreme athletes, they have this incredible ability to survive, track down fish, surface, breach, leap, spy hop, stay in touch with each other constantly," said Andrew Trites, head of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at the University of British Columbia.
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Having the power of Instagram to push Reels to users can make the difference between "life and death" for a new social media format.
Colin Sebastian, analyst at investment bank Baird Equity Research, as quoted by Fortune
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