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MG OMD FWD 4TH MARCH 2020

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This week that has seen Facebook cancel their F8 developer conference and Twitter pull out of SXSW over fears about coronavirus, while the World Health Organisation (WHO) harnessed the power of TikTok to share information about COVID-19.

LinkedIn is to launch a ‘stories’ format
TikTok has added stickers to videos
Facebook has removed discover from the Messenger interface
Google trends and Tenor teame up to launch a trending gif tool
Investors raise questions over Dorsey’s future at Twitter

Instagram predictions for 2020
YouTube deleted 5.9 million videos in Q4 2019 and rejected 78% of reinstament requests
How deepfake technology is being used to give politicians a voice that resonates 44% of Gen Z take purchase cues from influencers

Facebook now lets you turn any 2D image into a 3D image
Jif teams up with Giphy to settle the age-old debate of how to pronounce Gif
Wendy’s locked their twitter feed for an exclusive invite-only deal
Vimeo launch a suite of social video editing tools

What influencer paywalls mean for brands
The story of Facebook’s growth tool ‘People You May Know’
Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory turning their attention to saving the oceans by developing cameras to track and monitor fish populations

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