Over 1 million new users in less than 2 weeks Ok. So it will be what you make of it. There’s not going to be a...
Straight from a follower named “Spam Bot” the real reason… Yesterday we published a story featuring a theory floated by a lady who, apparently, worked for...
The ‘why’ of Bitcoin is back in the news Bitcoin’s history and origination is an important factor for more than just true believers and maximalists. Created...
Perhaps in a moment of incoherence, this three-tweet set was launched. It is just plain goofy (unless he is buttering up “the right” for after mid-terms…?)...
Even for Twitter the reaction is bizarre to the extreme Wow. The big news came, simple and straightforward, on Monday afternoon. Eastern time. From the official...
“Despite half of U.S. and U.K. adults getting their news from social media, social media companies have not taken the steps necessary to fight industry-backed deception,”...
The new law “will put an end to some of the most harmful practices of Big Tech and narrow the power imbalance between people and online...
Governments increasingly use algorithms to do everything from assign benefits to dole out punishment—but attempts to regulate them have been unsuccessful In 2018, the New York...
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had repeatedly promised to stop recommending political groups to users to squelch the spread of misinformation Leaked internal Facebook documents show that a...
Facebook insists that mainstream news sites perform the best on its platform. But by other measures, sensationalist, partisan content reigns In early November, Facebook published its...
Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook – which recently renamed itself Meta – is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on the Facebook social...
Facebook Inc. has rebranded itself, now, as Meta, most likely as a means to separate the corporate identity of the social network that has been tied...
“This industry is rotten at its core,” said one critic, “and the clearest proof of that is what it’s doing to our children.” Internal documents dubbed...
Frances Haugen said the company’s leaders know how to make their platforms safer, “but won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits...
The tweak, which targets the code in accessibility features for visually impaired users, drew ire from researchers and those who monitor the platform Facebook has begun...
Experts say the privacy promise—ubiquitous in online services and apps—obscures the truth about how companies use personal data You’ve likely run into this claim from tech...
As reported from Reuters, in the 80 page new complaint, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accuses Facebook of illegally monopolizing power. The refiled case includes...
The social media giant’s powerful targeting tools appear to be part of Ben Shapiro’s success in growing his audience on the platform Ben Shapiro, co-founder of...
The Markup found industry fingerprints on at least five bills around the country—weak laws, experts say, that are designed to preempt stronger protections By: Todd Feathers...
Platform wars are heating up and influencers may be prime beneficiaries… Something strange is happening in social media: influencers are getting paid, sometimes directly by platforms....
No where to go, now an attempt to go solo After a lifetime ban from Twitter and other social media outlets in the aftermath of inciting...
Trump has yet to resurface on any social media platform, are we in the clear? The proverbial nail in the Twitter coffin for Trump has finally...