Follow in the footsteps

To “follow in the footsteps” of someone or something means to do the same things that another person or thing has done before. Spotify and other audio publishers will now have to “follow in the footsteps” of Facebook and social media sites, who have all had to employ armies of people to moderate content. Spotify and other audio publishers will now have to do what Facebook and other social media companies have done to moderate content. She “followed in her father’s footsteps” by becoming a doctor.