Archives for Social Media
Facebook Breakup Would Be Solution of Last Resort, Says EU’s Vestager
A breakup of US social media company Facebook would be a solution of last resort that would probably generate long judicial procedures, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said on Friday.…
Facebook Launches New Brand Safety Controls to Better Protect Advertisers
After YouTube faced major backlash to its ad placements system - which, in some cases, saw brand content placed alongside offensive videos, creating negative association - all digital platforms have been working to…
Getting social: how to make social media manageable
Big brands can be surprisingly scared of social media, but as social's only going to get bigger it’s time to separate the facts from the fiction. Businesses often make the…
Facebook Workplace Now Has 2 Million Paid Users Globally
Workplace is used by over 30,000 companies globally Facebook launched Workplace in October 2016, and now the organisation confirms that over 2 million paid users are using the enterprise-focused…
India Parliamentary Panel Urged to Summon Global Heads of Facebook, Other Tech Giants
Indian activists have petitioned a parliamentary panel to summon the heads of US tech firms including Facebook and Alphabet's Google and question them on issues ranging from tax compliance to data…
Twitter May Add an Edit Feature, CEO Jack Dorsey Says
Micro-blogging site Twitter is considering the possibility of adding support for editing tweets, but the original version of the tweet would still be viewable. "Maybe we introduce a 5-30 seconds…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says ‘We Don’t Sell People’s Data’
Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday renewed his defence of the social network's business, arguing that targeting ads based on interests was different from selling people's data. "If…
Facebook Backs Election Integrity, AI Initiatives in Germany
Facebook has launched German initiatives to defend election integrity and examine the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), its operations chief said on Sunday, seeking to convince sceptics it is serious…
How a Japanese Billionaire Took Over the Top Spot on Twitter
What gets Twitter users more excited than a year's supply of Wendy's chicken nuggets? Apparently cold, hard cash. The most retweeted tweet of all time now belongs to Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese…
Facebook Portal Camera: Privacy and Other Matters With Facebook’s Latest Gadget
It's rare that a new gadget these days serves a true need. Rather, it creates a want. You certainly don't need the Facebook Portal, whose primary purpose is to let you…