Social Media Archive
Twitter’s Internal Numbers Show It’s Getting Less Awful at Fighting Abuse
Twitter on Thursday offered some top-line stats in a company blog post about the results of its latest anti-abuse efforts – showing how its approach is working as social media firms struggle with policing content on their networks. Online abuse is a problem across all social networks. But
Australia to Compel Chat Apps to Hand Over Encrypted Messages
Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists and other criminals with Australian police under new laws unveiled Friday. It comes after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull warned encrypted messages were increasingly being used by terrorists, drug traffickers and paedophile rings, calling for
Social media genie won’t go back in the bottle, so we must teach youngsters to use it wisely
Teenagers in Britain are fortunate to have access to computers, laptops and smartphones from an early age. A child in the UK receives a smartphone at around the age of 12 – among the earliest in Europe. The natural consequence of this is that children spend a significant
50 or More Posts on Facebook Could Get You Labeled as Fake News
If you use Facebook regularly to share news about your brand, product or service, you may want to make sure you don’t post too many updates in the future. Otherwise, you may run the risk of being labeled fake news. In a recent announcement, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) said that it was
Life without social media has taught me the virtues of being social
At the end of last year I gave up the technologies that transmit news and social media. But I actually quit the media themselves a year before that. Like all good decisions, it was made in the pub, over a pint with a friend – a neighbour, who
Social Media A need for growth
Social media is still a relatively new concept as people are still discovering its impact. Though the influence of various social media platforms has been discussed over the years, its intensity remains to be fully understood. Among billions of social media users in the world, studies show
New social media updates spark a need for privacy updates
Tips: Here are a few safety tips to keep in mind before pressing ‘Post’: Update the privacy settings: All social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat – including dating apps have privacy settings. Residents can restrict their location for automatically posting or filter who can or cannot
The power of listening & social media
When you think about social media do you think about what your next post is going to do for your brand? How many new followers, likes, and shares you can garner? It seems social media these days is all about saying something. Sometimes it doesn’t matter if
Baseball Challenged by Social Media Accusations of Domestic Violence
Derek Norris, who played for the Tampa Bay Rays this season, was accused on social media by his former fiancée, Kristen Eck, that Norris physically and verbally abused her in 2015. CreditBrian Blanco/Getty Images When Major League Baseball began two domestic-violence investigations last month, allegations against Chicago Cubs
The dangers of blaming social media for America’s problems
It’s dangerous to pin all of our country’s problems on social media. From both ends of the polarized political spectrum, “there’s a tendency to blame social media” for a degradation of the public discourse, “when social media really is just reflecting larger trends in society,” author Emily