Social Media News in a Nutshell: 28 October — 3 November 2019
Team Sociality.io has compiled this week’s news in social media for you. With these summaries published every week, you can follow the latest developments and make your brand and your team ready for the ever changing world of social media. 😊

Facebook Messenger Brings End-to-End Encryption for Voice and Video Chats
Facebook is careful to be more careful with every move it makes after the problems of user privacy. A screenshot that emerged recently strengthened the news that Facebook Messenger was preparing to bring end-to-end encryption. The feature is currently under test in the hidden chats tab and will be available for voice / video calls.

Has Elon Musk quit Twitter?
Elon Musk is one of the people who talked about himself with his shares on Twitter. But in a recent statement, Elon Musk announced that he left Twitter. Elon Musk, who tweeted that he left Twitter with 3 tweets in a row last week, did not share any tweet on Twitter again. When Elon Musk will return to Twitter is eagerly awaited.

Can Disney + Play Take Role from Netflix?
Competition between digital broadcasting platforms is increasing. According to the results of the latest research, danger bells ring for Netflix. Platforms such as Disney, Apple, Peacock, HBO Max have recently joined the competition. 28% of US citizens say they can subscribe to Disney + or Disney + / Hulu / ESPN +, while 14% say they can subscribe to Apple TV + and 8% say they can subscribe to NBC’s Peacock service. 2 out of 5 Netflix, Hulu and Amazon users can subscribe to one of the new platforms.

Police Have Arrested YouTuber Spending One Night in Ikea Secretly
A YouTuber in Taiwan secretly spent a night in Ikea, preparing a video and uploading it to YouTube. After the video spread quickly, it was learned that this was the 25-year-old Max Lee, son of Taiwanese actor Lee Hsing-wen. The young YouTuber was arrested by the police on Ikea’s complaint.

Twitter Announces Removal of Political Ads from Platform
Twitter’s CEO said that political ads on Twitter will no longer be allowed. Announcing this decision with a series of tweets, Dorsey said that access to political messages should be a fact that is not purchased but earned. He also expressed concern that purchased access would adversely affect a decision-making process.

Facebook Revenues Increased 29%
Facebook increased its revenues according to the 3rd quarter results. Facebook increased its revenues by 29% compared to the same period of the previous year and generated $ 17.7 billion in revenue. Facebook, which is mentioned with many scandals and remained in the class about user privacy, passed Wall Street’s profit and income expectations. After these results, Facebook’s shares in the stock market gained value.

Facebook Has a New Policy on ‘Sexual’ Emoji
Facebook and Instagram under the hint of emojis that it thinks hinted that the platform decided to remove. Under the renewed community standards, comments containing emojis that can be used for sexual implications such as eggplants, peaches, water drops will be removed and these users will be flagged. It is not known how Instagram will meet this move by users who have had problems with censorship previously applied to artists.

