Garry Shandling’s back on Twitter
Friends of the late Garry Shandling have reactivated his Twitter account to share his jokes and thoughts. The first tweet since he died in March 2016 at the age of 66 appeared on the account on Friday. It explained: 'Friends who love Garry, working with his estate, are opening up …
Twitter Reacts As Ross Barkley Recovers From Injury & Plays for Chelsea’s Reserves
Ross Barkley's nascent Chelsea career has been blighted by injury problems but he appears to be nearing a return to full fitness, having played for the club's development squad on Saturday. A hamstring injury kept the 24-year-old Englishman sidelined at Everton for the first half of the season, before … Read …
Twitter Users Slam Frank Stallone for Calling Parkland Activist Offensive Names
Twitter users slammed Frank Stallone on Saturday (March 31) after he unloaded on anti-gun violence activist and Parkland, Fla. shooting survivor David Hogg, calling him a "rich little bitch" and "pussy" in a series of tweets. "This David Hogg pussy is getting a little too big for his britches," Stallone, …
Facebook data misuse scandal sparks calls for greater privacy
Trust in social media has hit a new low, following revelations that data of fifty million Facebook users, ended up in the hands of a UK data analysis company, and may have been used to influence Donald Trump's 2016 election and Brexit. Facebook this week announced new measures to protect …
Facebook and Google are becoming too big to be governed, French president Macron warns
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has warned that Google and Facebook are becoming too big to be governed and could face being dismantled. Internet giants could be forced to pay for the disruption they cause in society and submit to French or European privacy regulations, he suggested. Read More
Facebook scrambles to distance itself from leaked memo
Facebook is scrambling to respond to its latest crisis, the publication of a leaked memo in which a company executive argued that the company's growth is justified at any cost. Critics say that the controversial 2016 memo is further injuring the public's trust in Facebook at a time when Facebook …
Swaziland: PM Hints at Social Media Restriction
Swaziland's Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini has hinted his government might try to restrict access to social media. He told Senators there was nothing police could do 'at the moment' about posts on sites such as Facebook. The Prime Minister and his government have a long history of threatening … Read More
Controls vital to avert private data infringements by social media firms
The Yomiuri Shimbun Can it be said that Facebook Inc. lacks awareness that it is a company handling a huge amount of private information? Information on about 50 million people is suspected to have been leaked via Facebook, the world's largest social media service. It can be said that it …
Brussels plans crackdown on ‘fake news’ in social media
Brussels is preparing to crack down on social media companies who have been accused of spreading “fake news”, issuing a stark warning that scandals such as the Facebook data leak threaten to “subvert our democratic systems”. The European Commission fears that next year's elections to the … Read More
Business Beat: Saucy A’s adding flavors to food-truck scene
Randy and Shelia Rhodes have opened a business in Gilmer where customers can both chill and get perky: Cool Beanz Ice Cream & Coffee … Rhodes said customers may play board games as well, and the shop provides WiFi at no charge. … She said she has worked in customer …