More governments try to stymie content moderation: Texas' and Brazil’s laws to suppress social media “censorship” would only make it more difficult to combat misinformation on the already-mistrusted social platforms.

Just 19% said they find ads on social media either very or somewhat trustworthy. Consumers in other global markets had higher levels of trust. Still, in most markets surveyed, fewer than a third trusted ads on social media at least somewhat, per YouGov. Consumers feel squeamish about how social platforms collect their information to target them with ads.

Over the years, our brand has come to symbolize trust and quality, while also expressing that artistic and adventurous spirit when starting something on your own, which resonates with our customers. From a design and visual point of view, we stand out.

Instagram for Kids: Eroded user trust and heightened regulatory scrutiny are threatening to bury Facebook’s plan for a version of Instagram geared towards children. That could prove disastrous for Facebook’s future growth.

Transactions with a high trust score can be automatically approved, while lower scores might be queued for human review and verification. Even Apple has quietly rolled out a device trust score that assesses normal and fraudulent email and call activity on a mobile device.

eMarketer principal analyst Mark Dolliver, junior analyst Blake Droesch, vice president of content studio Paul Verna, and senior analyst at Insider Intelligence Sara M. Watson discuss how social media might (actually) be regulated, social commerce, the ceiling for Disney+, Snapchat rolling out TikTok competitor "Spotlight," Spotify testing Snapchat-like Stories, Facebook paying UK publishers for news in 2021, why you should never trust a raven, and more.

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