When social media lets criminals get off scot-free
Gauteng police recently appealed to the public to think twice before sharing pictures and CCTV footage of crime scenes or suspected criminals on social media. Social media was potentially a helpful tool in curbing crime, but often it winds up influencing and compromising identity parades, said Lyttelton … Read More
Mastering social media advertising
Social media ads used to be the neglected stepchild of digital advertising. No longer: now there are sophisticated bidding tools, analytics and attribution solutions and advanced targeting options, among other features. If you're a social media advertiser, are you taking full advantage of these tools? If not … Read More
Police: Teens accused of posting Walt Whitman MS threat on social media were trying to impress girl
FAIRFAX, Va. – Authorities say two Fairfax County teens who are facing charges after allegedly making a social media threat regarding a possible shooting at Walt Whitman Middle School did so in a bid to impress a girl. The teens, a 14-year-old boy and 15-year-old boy from the Alexandria area …
Obama: Social Media Is “Shaping Our Culture in Powerful Ways”
In a new online video, former U.S. President Barack Obama criticized social media companies like Facebook for doing too little to protect the “public good.” In an intended off-the-record speech at MIT's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, later released by the libertarian publication Reason, Obama … Read More
What is Vero? Social media app to rival Facebook and Instagram is topping charts
Vero was co-founded in 2015 by Lebanese billionaire Ayman Hariri, and has a “manifesto” that seems to be resonating with users amid algorithm changes on other social networks. The app, which is available on iPhones and Androids, has been so widely downloaded around the world in recent days … Read More
Rudaw awarded for best social media engagement
It topped 100 million users on social media platforms during the Kurdistan Region's independence referendum on September 25, 2017. “Our focus on … Rudaw's Hemin Lihony (center) receives an award from WAN-IFRA for best social media engagement in Dubai on February 28, 2018. Photo: Rudaw Read More
Mental health: the dangers of the social media diagnosis
Even Facebook agrees that social media can be bad for your mental health. And research by the Department of Education has found that the mental well-being of teenage girls in the UK is worsening, with the impact of social media cited as the cause. Yet my research reveals that more …
High school brawl goes viral on social media
“And several videos were taken and posted on social media." One of those posts coming from one of the teen's mothers. She said her son was attacked and after finding out about it, she was told he and the two boys he was with would be charged and expelled from …
Wondering What Vero Is? Here’s A Primer On The New Social Media Network
The pool of people using Esperanto still remains fairly small, but this week the Vero platform exploded in popularity, becoming the top ranked social media app on both the App Store and Google Play. Vero's sudden success seems to have taken even the company by surprise, with the swell of …
Rogozin Scrubs Social Media Accounts Over Nephew Scandal
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has restricted access to his social media accounts after journalists accused him of abusing his position to help a nephew working at an arms manufacturer. The investigative Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported Monday that the state official's alleged … Read More