Category: #SocialNetworks

Some anti-vaccination groups on Facebook are changing their names to euphemisms like “Dance Party” or “Dinner Party,” and using code words to fit those themes….

Social media can be a force for good, but only if you use it responsibly. Sharing too much information or the wrong things can leave…

Clubhouse finally has an Android app that you can download from the Play Store — provided you live in the U.S. The voice-based social network…

The Florida House and Senate voted this week to pass legislation that would prohibit social media companies from banning politicians.Fines for social media companies that…

YouTube has started testing a new feature that gives you a quick way to view comments “timed to the exact moment you’re watching in a…

When did we find ourselves on a musical hamster wheel? Slowly, over years, with every daily Spotify playlist, my ever-shortening menu of pellets features five…

Conservatives who were excited to be among the first to participate on Mike “MyPillow” Lindell’s social media platform, Frank, expressed their disappointment when it failed…

Here’s Cory Doctorow on the legally-backed technical interoperability barriers that social networks use to maintain and enforce their walled gardens: “we focus too much on…

Our pandemic-plagued 2020 didn’t just change our daily routines and patterns. It also accelerated new trends that have been ramping up for years. For example,…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who captivated millions this week with an Instagram Live monologue about her Capitol siege experience, shared her social media savvy Wednesday during…

After the Capitol was overrun by insurrectionists, Chevron sent out a tweet calling for a “peaceful transition of the U.S. government.” Brand tweets are always…

Twitter is rolling out a new community-based approach to helping control misinformation called Birdwatch. Twitter says the service came as part of its desire to…

Amazon has told Parler it will suspend the company’s AWS hosting services access, according to BuzzFeed News. The news comes on the same day that…

Since the election, President Donald Trump and his allies have faced fact-checks, condemnation and restrictions when trying to spread inconclusive evidence of voter fraud and…

The move is not a top priority, according to Twitter product lead Kayvon Beykpour Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/twitter-dislike-button-kayvon-beykpour-b1759096.html Proactive Computing found this story and shared it with…

On the eve on the 2020 U.S. election, tensions are running high. The good news? 2020 isn’t 2016. Social networks are way better prepared to…

President Donald Trump on Friday shared a story from a known news satire website seemingly in earnest, using the fake report to blast Twitter’s handling…

A Chinese intelligence firm’s database on 2.4 million people—including some 50,000 Americans—was recently leaked, exposing it to researchers. Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/data-leak-shows-chinese-firm-compiled-data-social-medi-1845071986 Proactive Computing found…

Twitter is ramping up its fight against election misinformation ahead of the 2020 election. The company introduced an updated version of its civic integrity policy…

<p>We must celebrate all the glorious things our body does and not rely on false social media expectations</p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/chessie-king-social-media-body-confidence-unedited-images-online-a9702796.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared…

Google has been working to give YouTube Music a more robust set of features now that it’s only a few months away from shutting down…

Getting out of the house is more difficult than ever, putting a damper on any Netflix parties you were planning to binge the original three Karate…