Instagram is removing self-harm memes and cartoons, not just images. An Iowa school got government funding to monitor students' social media on and off campus. Indonesia proposed a social-media lockdown during national crises, raising free speech concerns.
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All right guys, today we're tackling new content from Disney Plus, Evan Carmichael, Roberto Blake. We're taking a look at schools using social media to monitor their students in school and out of school, and Jakarta putting the lockdown on social networks. Stick around, let's get down to this. Welcome back guys. If you haven't smashed the like button, smash the like button and let's get going. So today in social media, we're seeing some updates come down, some news coming from both countries and social media. First and foremost, we see A story coming from Instagram that not only have they already put in a process to eliminate self-harm from the platform through images and photos, but they're also going a step further now. Memes, cartoons, drawn depictions of any kind of self-harm, infliction of self-harm, or harm of others is going to be removed from the platform as well. It can be flagged, it can be removed, which is a great move. I think we see a lot of conversation around bullying. We see a lot of conversation around just really bad mind spaces on the platform. And so for them to take this proactive step before it's legislated or mandated, it's great to see that Instagram is stepping up, taking the step in order to better provide a safe environment that isn't chock-full of potential triggers for a lot of people. So while we're speaking about people putting the lockdown in and really trying to get control of social media, news out of Indonesia that in the event of a national crisis, they will actually put a lockdown on social media. And this may not seem like a huge deal for a lot of you out there, but as far as freedom speech advocates go, this is massive. During times of crisis, often social media is one of the best ways for people to communicate with one another about their own safety, about what's going on. And the reality is, when a government seizes control of social networks during an event or crisis, it creates a bit of uncertainty from us, the people. So it's definitely something to watch to see how that rolls out. Indonesia, suffice it to say, is not a first-world country. It's not— we're not talking England or America or Canada. We're talking somewhere that has some fairly strict, rigid rules about what you can and cannot do already. So it'll be interesting to see what comes of that. But I'd love to hear your thoughts on that. What do you guys think? Do you think that a country should have the ability to come in and just mandate what social media networks can and cannot do in the event of a crisis? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Now, while it may not be control of social media accounts, there's something really interesting coming out of Iowa today where a school has been given a grant from the government and they have opted to use that grant to monitor the social media feeds of their students. That's right, the school is going to use this massive amount of funding from the government not for classrooms, textbooks, etc., instead to prevent possible incident inside their school, whether that be shooting or vandalism or whatever it may be, bullying. They're gonna monitor heavily the social media of their students. Now again, this one's a little bit alarming for me where the Big Brother concept where everybody's being watched all the time— now that is a reality in this day and age, age, but for a school to openly say, we are going to take money from the government and it's going directly towards the monitoring of our students on school time, off school time. Uh, I understand that there's a fear thing here, but at the same time, this is a slippery slope, it feels like. So getting killer content rolling today, we've got Linkia who has dropped a 4 Ways to Slay the Holiday marketing campaign. It's a beautiful little infographic. It's short, it's sweet, gets to the point, and it's some great information. So if you're a small business owner, this is for you. As always, guys, links are down below. You You can check that out. Uh, as all of these stories have links down below that you guys can click on, no matter whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on the podcast, the links are provided in the description for you. So check that infographic out. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Next up, we've got new content from Evan Carmichael and Roberto Blake. Evan Carmichael has dropped a new video on why your comfort zone could be killing you, and I think that's an important message. Evan Carmichael always does great work as far as motivation goes, but I highly recommend that you check out this video. If you're feeling like you're in a safe space or in a comfortable space, but your business is not moving forward, this one's definitely for you. And then for those of you that are struggling on YouTube, you're struggling to create content, you're not sure exactly how to succeed on the platform, Roberto Blake has you covered. Create 100 Bad Videos is his new video and I couldn't agree more with the process. I know for me that was a huge learning curve from that, uh, first 150 videos, how to use the platform, where things go, why things work the way that they do. So I highly recommend you check out that video as well. Well, last but not least, guys, this is a personal nerd thing, as you can see, uh, but social media is blowing up. We've got Disney+ about to hit, we're going into the Christmas season, and one of the big forerunners for Disney+ is their new Star Wars show Mandalorian. And the final trailer, or trailer 2 at least, has dropped, and the show looks even better than I imagined. So if you are a huge Star Wars fan, you want to see what the trend is all about, go check that out. That's it for today though, guys. In, out, quick and easy. I hope you have an amazing kick-ass day, and I will catch you tomorrow with another Social Media Monday.
