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Twitch Spammer Faces Criminal Charges In Canada
NewsSocial Media January 26, 2018
A Canadian man accused of spamming the popular streaming site āTwitchā with a torrent of racist and homophobic messages has found himself in court facing criminal charges. The suspect, Brandan Lukas Apple, is facing ‘Unprecedented’ Mischief Charges, and if convicted, could end up in prison. Mr Apple is accused of... Read more
And puts smaller content creators out in the cold in the process. YouTube has announced it will be introducing tougher requirements for video publishers who want to make money from its platform, from February, 2018. The changes to YouTubeās advertising rules as well as being a response to the... Read more
The Responsibility Of #Complicit Social Media
NewsSocial Media January 11, 2018
Latest projection protest involves the #complicit hashtag and Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey. There has been a lot of talk in recent months about news outlets, social media responsibility, and online speech. “Fake news” is the insult du jour for any reports that go against one’s views, while... Read more
Mark Zuckerbergās Promises To Fix Facebook In 2018
NewsSocial Media January 9, 2018
Facebook CEO vows to do the job he already has, but betterā¦ That in a nutshell is Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year Resolution, but it will be interesting to see if he comes through by the time 2019 roll around. In previous new year mission statements, heās vowed to learn... Read more
Logan Paul, one of YouTubeās biggest āstars,ā has faced a barrage of criticism after he posted a video online showing a man who had killed himself in a forest in Japan. The video received millions of views before it was removed by Paul amid a tsunami of criticism, with... Read more
Facebook concedes to demands from Israeli government, say Al-Jazeera. The term “fake news” has been tossed around by so many different sources that it’s almost become laughable, if not a downright badge of honor. It’s basically become the go-to insult for any news you don’t like, or simply refuse to... Read more
French Privacy Watchdog Gives WhatsApp One Month to Stop Facebook data sharing
NewsPrivacy and SecuritySocial Media December 30, 2017
Franceās Privacy Regulator questions legality of WhatsApp transferring data to Facebook. France’s privacy watchdog, CNIL, has formally issued notice to WhatsApp, requesting that the popular mobile messaging app to stop sharing collected user data with its parent company, Facebook, within a month. If WhatsApp fails to co-operate with CNIL, and... Read more
Social network suspends ethnicity ad targeting as review explores potential abuse and exclusion. Over a year ago, public service investigative journalism platform ProPublica discovered an unsettling feature on Facebook. At the time, advertisers could target or exclude specific demographics of users with their ads based on factors like gender,... Read more
YouTubeĀ HiringĀ 10,000 ModeratorsĀ ToĀ Police InappropriateĀ ContentĀ
NewsSocial Media December 14, 2017
Google-owned YouTube is to hire thousands more moderators to try and clean up its content. The new staff will be responsible for trying to get rid of videos that are offensive, violent, terrorism related, or just plain inappropriate for children. YouTubeās new policy comes after months of sustained accusations that children have been routinely viewing inappropriate content that was completely unsuitable for their... Read more
Facebook Launches Messenger For Kids
NewsSocial Media December 12, 2017
Social media giant’s Messenger Kids app allows children to chat and text. Facebook set the age limit for user accounts at 13 and older many years ago, but that doesn’t stop the more than 20 million estimated underaged users from partaking of the platform. Now, in the ultimate throw... Read more
Send Facebook Your Dirty Pics
NewsSocial Media November 21, 2017
Facebook asks users for nude photos to combat revenge porn using new tech. As ugly breakups go, posting private photos of your now-ex partner is somewhere near the top of the naughty list. The practice of so-called ‘revenge porn’ is damaging and prevalent, though, that some jurisdictions are even... Read more
YouTube To Restrict Inappropriate Content Aimed At Children
NewsSocial Media November 14, 2017
Crack down by Google-owned video sharing website is not a full ban. YouTube has announced that it is to restrict the availability of ‘creepy’ videos aimed at children and show popular childrenās characters in violent and sexual scenes, if they are reported by viewers. YouTube’s new policy follows several accusations... Read more
Facebook Fails to Fight Fake News
NewsSocial Media November 13, 2017
Experiment backfires as dubious content gets bumped up news feeds. These days, the most caustic insult you can hurl at an online post is “fake news.” With the abundance of troll trash floating around about even the most mildly politicized topics, avid internet users are faced wading through the... Read more
WhatsApp āFakeā Downloaded More Than One Million Times From Google Play
MobileNewsSocial Media November 10, 2017
Fake Android update appeared in Google’s official app store. It is understood that more than a million people downloaded a fake version of WhatsApp onto their Android devices through the official Google App center, before Google realized and removed the fake app from the Play store. Itās easy to see... Read more
Snapchat Drops Out Of App Store Top Ten
MobileNewsSocial Media November 7, 2017
Snap Inc (SNAP) no Longer a Top 10 iOS App Store app. For the first time all year, popular yet potentially dubious messaging and image-sharing app Snapchat, fell out of the top 10 in the iOS App Store rankings. Without a lot of information as to what could have... Read more
Twitter Erases #Bisexual From Site
NewsSocial Media November 6, 2017
Outcry as Twitter blocks ‘bisexual’ searches. For a social media platform struggling to remain relevant, Twitter sure is raising some ire among users and critics alike. First, the company has a long history of ignoring threats of violence and accounts that explicitly violate its terms, despite vocal outcry and... Read more
Twitter Employee Intentionally ‘Deactivated’ Trump Account On Last Day Of Work
NewsSocial Media November 3, 2017
@realDonaldTrump feed temporarily taken down ā internal review begins. US President Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account briefly vanished without warning on Thursday, leading some to celebrate, and others wondering what was going on. The vanishing feed was only temporary however, and has since been restored. It now seems that... Read more
Full Extent Of Russian-Backed Pro-Trump Electoral Facebook Posts Revealed
NewsSocial Media October 31, 2017
A staggering 126,000,000 people may have seen Russian government-backed Facebook posts supporting Trump in 2016 US residential election. Facebook has revealed that as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based governmental operatives over the past two years. Facebook released the figures ahead of... Read more