Once seen as purely a tool for entertainment, social media has become an indispensable marketing tool for many industries over the past few years, rivaled only by word of mouth. According to a first-quarter-2017 report by 4C Insights, overall social media spend was up 60 percent compared with a … Read …

This was following World War II, and there was a real sense that media shaping the public was a very dangerous thing. It carried special responsibility. And that view is wholly absent from people like Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg appears to give it some lip service, but it's …

Jean-Marie Salanova, right, head of the local police department, hands a copy of a letter by French WWI soldier Sgt. Jean Soulagnes to his great-great-grand niece Clara as her father Stephane Douhot, and mother Lydie, right, look on during a ceremony in Marseille, southern France, Friday Feb.23, … Read More

Cybercriminals are using social media and social engineering to dupe victims into downloading Advance Persistent Threat spyware disguised as the Kik messenger app. The spyware dubbed “Tempted Cedar Spyware” is designed to steal information like contacts, call logs, SMS, and photos, as well as … Read More

TEHRAN: A video showing an Iranian policeman shoving a woman protesting against mandatory headscarves off her makeshift podium in a busy Tehran street sparked criticism on social media on Friday (Feb 23). The video of the solitary female demonstrator was apparently shot on Enghelab … Read More

“If you look at what happens on social media,” he told the House magazine, “if somebody on the right or the centre puts out a message, the attack from the hard left is sometimes unbelievably abusive and vitriolic.” The risk is that reasonable people are discouraged from expressing their views. …

The Central Bank of Liberia, under media spotlight recently arising from its controversial disclosure about capital flight from the country, finds itself again under the spotlight with revelations on social media of allowances paid to members of President Weah's delegation currently on visits abroad. Read More

STERLING, Illinois – Police say an arrest has been made after a scare at Sterling High School, and that there is no known threat to students after the screenshot of a text message about a man bringing a gun to school went viral on February 22. The screenshot was of …

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) will stage its second Social Media Business Conference, under the theme '#LikesToProfits'; at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on February 28, following 2017's successful event. Keynote speaker Dr Kingsley Chin, entrepreneur, Harvard orthopaedic spine … Read More

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – The screen capture circulating social media, distressing students and parents at Baker and Blount HS in Mobile is actually a threat out of New Mexico. The Mobile County Public School System says this threat is actually from a student from Belen High School in New Mexico. …