Two years ago, Twitter explained its principles and approach to world leaders on the platform. Today, Twitter is calling for the public’s input on how it regulates world leaders on the platform with the aim to ensure those policies remain relevant in the ever evolving… Read More
Twitter partners with the Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication (MBRSC) at the American University in Dubai (AUD) and the Internet Society Middle East to launch a series of undergraduate lectures focused on the Open Internet for the first time in the Middle East and… Read More
Twitter will now apply labels to Tweets that may contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines, in its efforts to remove harmful and misleading information from the platform. Labels will appear in the account’s display language and may link to either the curated content tab and… Read More
According to recent research by Twitter, football is the most popular sport on the platform in Saudi Arabia, with fans taking to the platform to celebrate victories, watch live tournament analysis or cheer for their teams. In fact, there were 91 million Tweets around the… Read More
Ramadan was always a busy period for social media platforms as consumers take to it for entertainment and information. In COVID-19, the trend perhaps has gone a notch up. Some user behavior on Twitter shows that consumers are still engaging on TV series, resulting in… Read More
In the lead up to Eid Al Fitr, Twitter has launched ‘Heroes of Good’, a Ramadan campaign centred around celebrating people who have spread hope through their acts of kindness. The campaign encourages people to either nominate their Ramadan hero, an individual who has gone… Read More
Major social media platforms saw significant growth in their advertising reach across UAE and Saudi Arabia, according to reports released by socially-led creative agency We Are Social and Hootsuite. Digital 2020: UAE found that Instagram saw the biggest growth in its advertising audience of the… Read More
Indians across the UAE are in the festive mood with Diwali just around the corner. In line with its annual tradition, Twitter has created an emoji this year as well for people taking to the social platform to celebrate the festival. The emoji, which is… Read More
The social presence of a brand is seen as a significant factor in creating awareness and lending credibility to it. However, today the role of social media is changing as brands are treating it as a sales platform. YouGov’s new research surveyed UAE respondents on… Read More
Twitter has appointed Samantha Billingham as Head of Video Solutions for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region underscoring the platform’s commitment to providing unique video content solutions to advertisers. Ms Billingham’s role will be to introduce Twitter’s suite of video solutions to key… Read More
