Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg tells men: Don’t deprive women of mentoring in reaction to #MeToo
Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and Kara Swisher, co-founder of Recode, wave to the crowd after their keynote interview during the second day of the 5th Annual Lesbians Who Tech Summit at the Castro Theater in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, March 2, 2018. (Laura A. Oda/Bay … Read …
Facebook News Feed Ends More Friends And Family Experiment
Facebook is ending its brief experiment to show more posts from friends and family members in newsfeeds. In January, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social media service would show less posts from businesses and publishers while ramping up personal contacts. The stated goal was to encourage … Read More
Facebook Marketplace users lured into iPhone, cash muggings
Police are investigating a spate of muggings in Melbourne's south-east organised through Facebook's Marketplace, a spokeswoman has confirmed. Two robberies took place in just two days last week. In both instances the victims were lured to a residential property on the pretense of buying an iPhone. Read More
Shark dissection to livestream on Facebook
People in Tauranga are set to get an extra-close encounter with a scary creature of the deep. The University of Waikato is doing a public dissection of a 2.54 metre shark – and it'll be live streamed online too. Masters student Melissa Kellett says it's an interesting opportunity. "We'll start …
Friending Facebook: In Defense of Social Media
Former President Barack Obama, speaking at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan Sports Conference, said we need to “have a conversation about their [Facebook-Google duopoly] business model that recognizes they are a public good as well as a commercial enterprise. They're not just … Read More
Facebook apologises for censoring 30000-year-old naked statue
Facebook has apologised after it censored a post of a 30,000-year-old statuette of a naked woman. Named the "Venus of Willendorf", it's an 11-centimetre fertility symbol of a nude obese woman and the most well-known prehistoric depiction of a woman worldwide. The photo was posted to the social … Read More
Kim Kardashian Is Launching a Celebrity Kid Prank Series on Facebook
The 10-episode series will be produced by Lionsgate, which has partnered with the Facebook Watch video platform, where the show will air, Deadline reports. Lionsgate says that the “new series peeks into the family relationships of Hollywood stars as children prank their famous parents and an … Read More
Social media DOESN’T make people isolated and depressed, new research suggests
Facebook does not decrease the amount of time people spend with each other, a new study claims. Researchers found that social media use was not associated with changes in direct social contact, and may actually improve social well-being. The adoption of new technologies from smartphones to … Read More
Four implications of Facebook’s crypto ad ban
In a no-Facebook ad universe, this channel will now have to shoulder a heavier burden. It means entrepreneurs have to either find more effective ways to conduct their own media relations or get better at finding the right agency partners. The bottom line is that money spent on PR needs …
Facebook Is Planning For The Future, And Will Reward Investors Long-Term
Facebook is focused on the long term and is not just trying to maximize short-term profits or short-term usage. Hiring additional security to limit problems like Russian interference will cost money in the short-term but will increase the reputation and image of the Facebook platform in the long term. Read …