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WhatsApp Blocked In China, Again
MobileNewsSocial Media September 26, 2017
Joins long list of banned digital services including Google, DuckDuckGo, Twitter and SnapChat. News emerges that the WhatsApp messaging app has once again found itself widely blocked across most of mainland China. Sounds familiar? Well, yes, Chinese officials did the same thing in July, but unblocked the service after... Read more
Zuckerberg Pledges To Remove Violent Threats From Facebook After Charlottesville
NewsSocial Media August 21, 2017
Facebook joins the tech firm taking action against white nationalists and neo-Nazis social media accounts. The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has said his company will be ‘watching closely’ and will ‘take down threats of physical harm’, becoming the latest tech firm to take action against white nationalists and... Read more
Another day, another online streaming option that helps take a stab at the regional monopolies owned by the telecom companies. Facebook is the latest platform to launch a video option that will contain original content, streaming television, and more. Designed to compete with YouTube and generate revenue via advertising,... Read more
Artist Protests Twitter With Offline Hate Tweets
NewsSocial Media August 10, 2017
‘Not just plain insults or jokes, but absolutely serious threats of violence’. A German-Israeli satirical artist who claims that Twitter has steadfastly failed to deal with hate tweets has taken to stencilling the offensive tweets onto the street directly in front of the company’s Hamburg headquarters. Shahak Shapira posted a... Read more
WhatsApp Falling Foul Of Chinese Censors?
NewsSocial Media July 26, 2017
Is WhatsApp being censored in China? If news reports and some users in the country are to be believed, it might be. According to the BBC, many users have reported that voice messages and media files such as videos and pictures will no longer send to their intended destinations... Read more
Indonesia Blocks Telegram Messaging Service Over Security Concerns. The tech industry has been called upon by multiple sources to step in and take a more active role in thwarting terrorism. Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms have been loudly criticized for not doing more to curb suspected terrorists’... Read more
New emoticons from Google, Apple, and others including the Unicode Consortium are set to make their debut later this year on a device near you. World Emoji Day took place on July 17th, and to celebrate, companies like Google and Apple took the opportunity reveal the final versions of their... Read more
POTUS accused of violating constitutional rights. President Donald Trump and several other serving members of the White House staff have found themselves being sued by the Knight First Amendment Institute, which is alleging that the president’s blocking of Twitter users who make fun of him, violates the Constitution of the... Read more
Facebook Claims To Hit Back At Terrorism
NewsSocial Media June 28, 2017
Promises to take active approach to preventing on-site activity. Another day, another headline about a terrorist attack… but in this digital world we live in, there’s a key player involved that some critics feel really isn’t taking their role seriously. Social media platforms have been under intense scrutiny for... Read more
DDoS Attack Hits Skype
NewsSocial Media June 26, 2017
Attack by CyberTeam proves DDoS is still a threat. Users who were experiencing frustration with Skype last week took to social media to express their outrage at the communication platform. Now, eating their words, it appears as though hackers may have been to blame for a DDoS attack the took... Read more
Welcome To The US, Show Us Your Facebook
NewsSocial Media June 12, 2017
New regulations allow border agents to view your social media accounts to decide entry. In a highly criticized move based on paranoia and vote-pandering, new regulations in the US can allow border agents to view your social media accounts prior to allowing you entry. While the “questionnaire,” as it’s so... Read more
Russian Hackers Hide Malware Links In Britney Spears’ Instagram Page
AntivirusNewsSocial Media June 9, 2017
Links were hidden in comments on the photo-sharing site. As Instagram marches relentlessly forward to achieving 1 billion users later this year, Russian hackers have found to have been using the comments section of Britney Spears’ Instagram account to communicate and co-ordinate malware attacks. Research by Security firm Eset found... Read more
German Court Rejects Parents Appeal To Access Dead Daughter’s Facebook Account
NewsSocial Media June 3, 2017
Berlin judge denies insight into 15-year-old’s social media activity. The parents of a dead 15-year-old who asked Facebook to allow them access to her account to see if she was being bullied before she died, and whether that may have played some role or not in her tragic death, have lost their claim... Read more
Updated privacy policy will allow targeted ads. In many ways, internet advertising is a necessary consequence of life online. Most users understand it’s the price we all pay for great websites and online tools without having to pay much for the privilege. (NOTE: that doesn’t stop the internet hoaxes from... Read more
Playboy Model Dani Mathers Will Stand Trial for Body Shaming Pensioner On Social Media
NewsSocial Media May 18, 2017
Model will stand trial for secretly photographing an elderly woman in gym shower and posting it online in 2016. The news comes after a last minute attempt by the Playboy model’s attorneys arguments to dismiss the gharges against her, was batted aside as ‘illogical,’ and ‘vague.’ Mathers is now... Read more
CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces intention is to hire 3,000 extra members of staff to review content. The increase comes on top of the 4,500 employees Facebook already has to review content broadcast or posted that could be judged as being in violation of the company’s community standards. In the post on... Read more
Photo-matching tech will allow users to easily report intimate images, posted without consent. Facebook is acting in a new bid to limit the amount of ‘revenge porn’ being shared and reposted across its contingent of social media platforms, in a move praised by campaigners and advocacy groups. The new measures... Read more
YouTube To Stop Lengthy “Unskippable” Ads
NewsSocial Media February 21, 2017
“Unskippable” ads will be ditched on YouTube – great for viewers but not so good for YouTubers! We all want something for nothing, and in the case of online video content, the trade off is typically annoying popup offers or irritating video ads that play before the desired content.... Read more