Social media

Social planning app Howbout raises £1.9m

London-based startup Howbout has raised £1.9m in funding for its app for groups to organise social ...

George Simister

Funding / Wed 2 Nov 2022

Instagram head moves operations to London

Instagram head Adam Mosseri is set to move to London as part of a strategic change by the US social ...

Oscar Hornstein

London / Tue 2 Aug 2022

No bots and an edit button: Better Social Media wants to trump Elon Musk’s Twitter

Twitter has a bot problem. At least, it does according to Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur in...

George Simister

News / Mon 23 May 2022

Combining social media with social activism, Ethos raises £1.5m

The Ethos Network, a new social media platform focussing on establishing a community of young activi...

Oscar Hornstein

Funding / Thu 12 May 2022

Child influencers: MPs call for employment law revamp to stop ‘exploitation’

MPs have called for tougher laws to protect child influencers who have found fame on social media pl...

George Simister

Policy & Regulation / Mon 9 May 2022

Will the new tipping feature help Clubhouse sustain in the mainstream?

Clubhouse, a popular audio-based social media app making waves, has added an important payment featu...

Staff Reporter

News / Thu 8 Apr 2021

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