Twitter launches pilot version of in-app shopping module

Sunset lamp companies could soon have a less chaotic way to promote their products on Twitter. Twitter announced Wednesday that it is — surprise, surprise — launching a pilot version of a shopping tool. The “Shop Module” is a dedicated carousel of products that brands can enable on their profiles. Then, users can click on…

Twitter’s Shop Module pilot adds a product carousel to profiles

Twitter has launched Shop Modules, a dedicated section at the top of profiles where brands can showcase their products, as a pilot, the company announced Wednesday. The Shop Module pilot is currently rolling out with a handful of brands in the U.S., and only people in the U.S. who use Twitter in English on iOS…

Google Search link spam update rolling out now

Google is rolling out the link spam update today and throughout the next two weeks. This link spam update targets spammy links “more broadly” and “across multiple languages,” Duy Nguyen, a Google search quality analyst, said. The announcement. Google wrote “in our continued efforts to improve the quality of the search results, we’re launching a…

Google publishes timelines for Privacy Sandbox proposals

On Friday, Google published a timeline reflecting the stages of development for various categories of Privacy Sandbox initiatives.  Caption: The Privacy Sandbox timeline, as of July 23, 2021. The timeline (shown above) divides initiatives into four categories (“fight spam and fraud on the web,” “show relevant content and ads,” “measure digital ads,” and “strengthen cross-site…

How to report abusive comments on Instagram

No one should be made to feel unsafe, harassed, targeted, abused, or harmed online or off. When it’s happening on social media apps, it’s up to the platform itself to effectively tackle this. But are they really getting there fast enough? Like most social platforms, hate speech and abusive comments plague some Instagram users —…