Meta, the multi billion dollars company previously known as Facebook has been facing backlashes regarding their advertising and digital campaign policies in addition to their customer support. With an estimated 36.8 percent of all the people on Earth using Facebook daily according to Data Reportal, it is difficult to apprehend why the company has not taken any […]
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California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday he had signed a bill into law requiring transparency of social media companies, a move that could draw criticism from tech firms and industry groups. The law, AB-587, will require social media companies to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms, […]
The blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with Donald Trump’s social media company failed to secure enough shareholder support for a one-year extension to complete the deal, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. At stake is a $1.3 billion cash infusion that Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which operates the former […]
Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body in India for the social media sector to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter, sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. India in June proposed appointing a government panel to hear complaints from users about content moderation decisions, but […]
The ability to reach millions of people from behind a flickering screen is something we may take for granted today on sites like Twitter and Reddit but is no less a powerful tool not to be taken lightly. The relationship between social media and politics runs deep in today’s connected world, too deep for comfort […]
Social media, the internet, and other digital tools, which were once hailed as great forces for human empowerment, connectivity, and liberation, have quickly come to be seen as a serious threat to democratic stability and human freedom. Social media platforms are demonstrating the potential to exacerbate risks such as authoritarian privacy violations, partisan echo chambers, […]
Brendan Carr, the FCC commissioner, wrote to Apple and Google on Tuesday and asked them to ban TikTok from their app stores due to its record of sneaky data practices. This follows BuzzFeed News’s revelation last week that employees of TikTok in China had access to the data of users residing in the US up until January. […]
A unilateral pronouncement that the acquisition of Twitter Inc is “on hold”. Fierce criticism of the social media company’s handling of spam accounts. A “poop emoji” directed at Twitter’s chief executive, Parag Agrawal. These are just some of Elon Musk’s tweets in the last four days, culminating in a suggestion by the Tesla Inc chief […]
Political leaders leveraged new media to impact politics since the 1930s. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s implementation of the radio and John F. Kennedy’s usage of television bridged communication gaps between the public and politicians to signify and lead to political success. Social media and voting can be seen as a direct manipulator of elections, such as the […]
If you are reading this, you may have had a particularly nasty argument on a Twitter feed, tested automation tools, or been a particularly annoying troll on Twitter. If you are noticing less activity on your page, fewer likes on your Tweets than usual, or if you’re sensing something strange happening to your account in […]