Mark Zuckerberg: Regulation ‘inevitable’ for social media firms
Earlier this year, special counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russian individuals and three Russian companies in a plot to interfere in the 2016 presidential election through a social media propaganda effort that included online ad purchases using US aliases and politicking on US soil. A number of the … Read More
Report finds confidence in social media platforms at a crisis point
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – With controversy swirling around social media companies, an Internet safety group says users' trust in them has sunk to an all-time low. Getting back in good standing for these companies that are now ever-present in our society could come at a dial-up pace. Read More
Taklimakan Network and SocialMedia.Market Form Partnership
Taklimakan Network, the Singapore-based business platform for connecting cryptocurrency investors, analysts, and enthusiasts has just signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SocialMedia.Market, the decentralized platform for simplifying marketing interaction between business and social … Read More
5 Ways Brands Can Stand Out On Social Media
LONDON, United Kingdom — Social media has become the key conduit between brands and consumers. Even Céline, until last year a rare Instagram holdout among major luxury labels, now has over one million followers hoping to catch a glimpse of the brand's latest handbags and knitwear. Read More
Prime Minister Pledges Transparency In Maltese Government’s Social Media Ads
After a report by Lovin Malta, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has pledged to introduce guidelines to improve transparency in the way the Maltese government spends money to advertise on Facebook and other social media platforms. “The government communications office is taking a Digital First … Read More
Why Patrick Reed, Cardi B and Snooki Are TV’s Social Media MVPs of the Week
The Wrap has partnered with Canvs, the emotion measurement company, for a weekly look at some of the characters and personalities that have TV viewers the most worked up on social media. The data below covers April 4-10 and is drawn from the most emotionally reacted-to television programs, … Read More
Napier Mayor Bill Dalton quits social media over ‘abusive’ comments
On Thursday, Dalton said "some of the idiots in our society" felt they could have access to him through social media to "abuse" him, and he was better off without it. Abusive comments were recently posted about Dalton on the Napier City Council Facebook page, however many of them were …
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook testimony at Congress: Best social media reactions
Mark Zuckerberg's facing off with members of the U.S. government and the court of public opinion this week. On Wednesday, the Facebook founder and CEO showed up for day two of his testimony before Congress regarding a data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica and the social media platform. Read More
The most powerful tool in social media
The “like” button officially left product purgatory in 2009 and, since then, we've seen iterations of the little iconic symbol all over social media. A huge reason for its success is because people, well, they like to be liked, according to Adam Alter, author of “Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive …
Lawmakers agree social media needs regulation, but say prompt federal action is unlikely
Two days of sharp questioning of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg underscored how the risks posed by social media have become areas of broad political concern, bringing together House and Senate, Democrat and Republican, even rural and urban lawmakers. The uncommonly bipartisan … Read More