Your boss now wants to talk to you on WhatsApp
Instant messaging apps such as Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger and Slack are now more popular than email at work, according to major new research. … The work messaging boom shows that services such as Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger have made it past family circles and community … Read More
After Google and Facebook, Twitter is planning to kill cryptocurrency ads too
Following in the footsteps of Facebook and Google, Twitter is also contemplating banning all cryptocurrency advertising from its platform. The updated advertising policy stands to prohibit promotional content for initial coin offerings (ICO), token sales, and cryptocurrency wallets globally, according to a … Read More
Banks have to know their customers. Shouldn’t Facebook and Twitter?
During the summer of 2016, while the contentious presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was in full swing, Facebook and Twitter found themselves transformed into uneasy partisan battlegrounds. And strange events were happening there, set into motion by Russian propagandists. Read More
Google and Facebook have banned cryptocurrency ads — but these networks still haven’t
Google, the world's biggest online ad company, announced last week it would no longer show ads related to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. That move followed Facebook's January ban on cryptocurrency and ICOs ads, joining Chinese web giants Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, which haven't allowed these … Read More
No 10 ‘very concerned’ over Facebook data breach by Cambridge Analytica
Downing Street expressed its concern for the Facebook data breach that affected tens of millions of people involving the analytics company that worked with Donald Trump's campaign team. No 10 weighed in on the row as almost $20bn (£14bn) was wiped off the social network company's market cap in … Read …
How to protect your privacy on Facebook
Over the weekend, The New York Times and The Observer revealed that Cambridge Analytica paid to acquire private information on more than 50 million Facebook users. The information allowed the firm to provide services to President Trump's election campaign, including creating "target audiences … Read More
Facebook’s Stock Is Plummeting Amid the Company’s Latest Crisis. Here’s What’s Going On
Facebook Inc. shares fell the most in two months Monday as American and European officials demanded answers to reports that a political advertising firm retained information on millions of Facebook users without their consent. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are calling on Chief Executive … Read More
The electoral spending figures highlight the Tories’ social media problem
The Electoral Commission has released details of the different parties' spending on the snap election and it doesn't make pretty reading for the Conservatives. Not only did they manage to lose their majority in that disastrous election, they also managed to spend the most money of any party in the … …
Social-media ETF falls with Facebook set for biggest drop since November 2016
An exchange-traded fund that tracks a group of social–media companies fell on Monday, as Facebook came under heavy selling pressure for how it has managed user data. The Global X Social Media ETF SOCL, -1.41% lost 1.3% in what was set to be its second straight daily decline. Facebook FB … …
Dell heiress explains why she quit social media amid security fears
The rapid growth of social media has allowed the world to become more connected than ever before. However, our modern culture of oversharing on the internet could also have dangerous repercussions. Six years ago, heiress Alexa Dell briefly quit social media over security fears for her and her family. Read …