According to the music video streaming network’s Then is Now report, 60% of respondents across nearly 1,800 Gen Z, Millennial and Gen X consumers in the U.S., UK and Australia reported identifying with “shared nostalgia” or a collective memory shaped by cultural reboots and widely shared content versus their personal experience.
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi has warned that “digital-first” must not become “digital-only”, as he addressed digital exclusion and the erosion of public trust at the recent Social Media Summit for Government in Johannesburg.
MTN has the best mobile network in SA, according to MyBroadband Insights’ Q2 2026 Mobile Network Quality Report. The findings are based on over 360,000 speed tests conducted by mobile phone users across SA during Q2 2026.
Today’s buying journeys are faster, far less predictable, and far more interconnected. Consumers can discover a brand, research it, validate it through reviews, compare alternatives, and make a purchase decision in minutes. They can also re-enter the process at any point, often influenced by existing customers.
Generative AI has dramatically lowered the barriers to creating digital content, but it has also enabled the large-scale production of spam and synthetic material that can overwhelm authentic creators and erode trust on online platforms. To address this, TikTok says it is testing enhanced detection systems designed to identify accounts dedicated to publishing AI-generated spam.
U.K. officials are considering another element within the nation’s proposed teenage social media restrictions, which would see teens aged 16 and 17 cut off from social media platforms overnight.
Chartbeat’s Q2 data shows search traffic declining globally as a share of pageviews, except in Africa (41% to 48%) and Central Asia. North America and Europe both sit at just 13%.
Attribution isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. A new white paper from Idea Peddler, PJX Media, Share Local Media and Locality argues that tighter privacy regulations and changing consumer attitudes are reducing match rates, leading to billions wasted on ineffective programmatic advertising even as ROAS appears to improve.
The company felt confident enough in its first half performance to adjust its full-year growth outlook, now saying it will achieve minimum organic growth of 4.5%.
