Coronoavirus, Chasing Snapchat, and More of This Week's News

Thin Pig’s team lives and breathes digital. Throughout the week, we pass amongst ourselves articles surrounding all facets of the social and digital landscape. This week, we are sharing a few of those stories that we think represent the state of the industry and the world at large. Enjoy!

Coronavirus continues to dominate the news this week and dramatically affect the social and digital industries. This week, South by Southwest was cancelled by the city of Austin over health concerns, adding the festival to other tech summits that have canceled events including Google I/O and Facebook F8. Expectations are that a decision on Apple’s WWDC will be forthcoming.

Coronavirus concerns are even leading to predatory price gouging on face masks and other medical supplies, and advertising platforms like Facebook are reacting.

Also this week, the race to copy features and marketshare from Snapchat continues with Twitter testing new “fleets” and Facebook revamping their Messages app (RIP Bots?).

This Week’s Link List

Twitter tests new feature called 'Fleets': Here's what you need to know

Facebook’s Radical New Photo Feature Now Available To Millions Of Users

Facebook Groups to Allow Connect Via Messenger with Fellow Members without Adding Them

Twitter's new tools to crack down on harmful, manipulative content

Facebook bans face mask ads to fight coronavirus price gouging

Facebook fact-check feud erupts over Trump virus ‘hoax’

Facebook Messenger ditches Discover, demotes chat bots

NYU researchers say Facebook advertisers lied about their identity

Facebook will take down Trump campaign posts that look like official census 2020 ads