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June 2019.

In the month we were warned that deepfakes on social media could seriously impact elections, Facebook decided to leave up a false video of Mark Zuckerberg bragging about data harvesting. Having slightly messed up its core mission of “connecting everybody” (at an increasingly apparent cost to democracy and privacy). Zuckerberg is now launching a cryptocurrency. Let’s see how that one flies. As my own distraction, I went to PRWeek’s conference on crisis communications. Interestingly Facebook had very few mentions. The focus was on WhatsApp and Twitter – the best tools in any crisis. Here's more on this and other top stories from the past 28 days.

How to deal with a PR crisis

The internet never forgets, and social media is particularly unforgiving. As a small business, how do you protect yourself in a world where some kind of public backlash, at some point, seems almost inevitable? (My blog)

Popular website bans support for Trump

One of the biggest knitting websites in the world, which claims to have more than 8 million members, has announced that it will ban users from expressing support for Donald Trump in its forums. Will other sites follow?(Guardian)

The best apps for Instagram Stories

Stories are growing 15 times faster than any other type of social content. They reach more than 500 million users a day on Instagram alone. Here are some great tools to make Instagram Stories work for you. (Hootsuite)

Pitfalls of riding the Pride bandwagon

Did you turn your social media avatars rainbow to show solidarity for Pride Month? Brands see Pride as a great opportunity to show they care about more than the bottom line. But this can often backfire. (The Drum)

Icelanders tire of Instagram influencers

Iceland has long been considered an "Instagrammable destination" but locals are getting fed up with inconsiderate influencers. Here's how they're holding them to account on social media. (BBC)

Instagram's like Marmite - do you love it or hate it?
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