IAN BIRRELL on the debasing of democracy: The social media giants have polluted politics …
This move marks the major roll-out of an Orwellian system of state control called 'social credit' that makes abuse of Facebook data look like child's play. Using information harvested from all official records and billions of daily online transactions – from chatting with friends on social media through to … Read …
Social media roasts Tomi Lahren for saying ‘March for Our Lives’ isn’t ‘for’ anything
Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren was mocked on social media for criticizing the student-organized movement against gun violence after she tweeted Saturday's march wasn't "for something." “Simply being anti-NRA [National Rifle Association] is not a solution,” Lahren tweeted on Saturday afternoon, … Read More
Athletes rally on social media in support of the March for Our Lives
As hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, many of them teens and children, convened in Washington, D.C., to demand action against gun deaths and violence, professional athletes rallied behind them, with several showing their support via their respective social media accounts. Miami Heat guard … Read More
Social media and self-control
We are beginning to fully experience the potentially bottomless pit that is social media. Facebook is the culprit and its creator Mark Zuckerberg is on the hot seat. Americans are a particularly unique group of people who truly have no understanding of the word responsibility, definitely not culpability. Read More
New social media platform to link students to employers
A new social media platform hopes to hit a sweet spot for students, merging Facebook and LinkedIn. The platform BlackCap, named so after a graduation cap, aims to link students with potential employers. Five universities including the University of Auckland and the University of Waikato, have signed … Read More
Social media being used to share March For Our Lives
Social media being used to share March For Our Lives. Author: Michael King. Published: 1:06 PM EDT March 24, 2018. Updated: 3:12 PM EDT March 24, 2018. Many people are using special Snapchat to share videos of their own experiences at the March For Our Lives from Atlanta and all …
Using Social Media Too Early in Life Is Linked to Worrying Consequences For Girls
A recent study on adolescents in the UK has identified a gender difference in how much time young men and women spend using social media on average. What's a real concern is the suggestion of a link between those added hours spent clicking and future wellbeing. For pre-teen girls at …
Athletes Take to Social Media to Show Support for the March For Our Lives
Many athletes took to social media to show their support for the anti-gun violence March For Our Lives demonstration in Washington, D.C., which was organized by survivors of the school shooting that killed 17 in Parkland, Fla. on Valentine's Day. Here's a roundup of posts from some of America's most … …
Social media engineering: How Congress & BJP’s war room are trying to woo voters in Karnataka
“He knows how social media works and how politicians use it. He came up with the hashtag ElectionHindu for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit to various temples in Karnataka, which was quoted by over 3 million people in eight hours,” says Sharaschandra, co-founder of Rajneethi. Read More
This Is What Social Media Had to Say About The March for Our Lives
While thousands of protesters gathered today for The March for Our Lives—an anti-gun march held across the country following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida—many influential figures and celebrities also took to social media to show their support for the movement. After quickly becoming a … Read More