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Matt Navarra

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  • Social Media Consultant and Industry Analyst, Freelance
Cardiff, London, Penarth
As seen in: LinkedIn, LinkedIn News, Medium, Flipboard, The Next Web, Product Hunt, Barron's, Ubergizmo, Social Media Today, enikos and
Covers:  facebook, linkedin, twitter, social media, internet, technology, snapchat, tiktok, messenger, zuckerberg, digital, tech, tiktok, whatsapp, clubhouse, instagram
twitter refugee. social media consultant and industry analyst | Drop me a DM for news media enquiries, speaker requests, collaborations.

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Matt Navarra is one of the Europe's most well-known and in-demand social media consultants and media commentators.

With over 15+ years industry experience, Matt has worked with some of the world's biggest brands. His previous clients include BBC, ITV, ITN, United Nations, International Red Cross, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Mozilla, Monzo, and Pinterest.

Earlier in his career, Matt was Director of Social Media at global technology news and events company The Next Web, and was a Dig…

Matt Navarra’s Journalist Portfolio

Zuckerberg: Come to me little media bugs....

Zuckerberg: Come to me little media bugs....

The Zuckerberg social web has been spun. Now time to feed on a few media bugs...?

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Twitter is being spoiled by one type of user

Twitter is being spoiled by one type of user

Twitter is probably my favorite social network, and has been for sometime. I love the ability to search for a…

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if your brand’s social accounts got hacked today what would YOU do in the first 5 minutes? You know that nightmare every social media manager has? A work colleague sends you fear inducing DM Your… | Matt Navarra | 14 comments

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By Matt Navarra, Elior Doani, Murielle Wolfman
| LinkedIn
if your brand’s social accounts got hacked today what would YOU do in the first 5 minutes? You know that nightmare every social media manager has? A work colleague sends you fear inducing DM Your brand account is posting OnlyFans porn on Instagram. And your X account is pushing crypto scams Customers are commenting “WTF is this!?”. Screenshots are shared. Your boss wants answers. And you’re thinking… “How TF do we fix this?!” Most social disasters don’t start with one big mistake.
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Instagram cleans up trash content as user numbers drop

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By Matt Navarra
| Geekout Newsletter
Become a Geekout Sponsor Get in front of 30K social media pros Previous sponsors: VEED, Sprout Social, TikTok Hello, geeks! Welcome to your weekly social media news debriefing. I have had one of the wildest week’s of work. 🤯 - In the past seven days I have been… ⚽️ Gifted x2 exec box tickets for an Arsenal match (thanks WhatsApp!) 🎟️ Invited to attend Cannes LIONS by two different brands 💼 Asked to consult for a major global tech company This is not normal! But I feel very lucky.
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TikTok: Δεν θα εφαρμόσει end-to-end encryption στα μηνύματα - "Θα έκανε τους χρήστες λιγότερο ασφαλείς"

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By Matt Navarra
| enikos
Το TikTok ανακοίνωσε ότι δεν σκοπεύει να εφαρμόσει την τεχνολογία end-to-end encryption (E2EE) στα ιδιωτικά μηνύματα της πλατφόρμας, μια απόφαση που το διαφοροποιεί από τους περισσότερους μεγάλους ανταγωνιστές του στον χώρο των social media. Η συγκεκριμένη τεχνολογία επιτρέπει μόνο στον αποστολέα και στον παραλήπτη να διαβάζουν το περιεχόμενο ενός μηνύματος, θεωρείται δηλαδή η πιο ασφαλής μορφή επικοινωνίας για το ευρύ κοινό.
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