$FB $GOOG $TWTR A new KPMG survey revealed that U.S. consumers are becoming increasingly concerned with, and distrustful of, how companies use, manage and protect their personal data. According to the survey, 56 percent of Americans reported wanting more control over their personal data, and insisted that both corporations and government must play an active […]
$FB Social Media and Smartphone use significantly affect the mental health of teenagers, according to a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal Researchers pored over dozens of studies that implicated smartphone and social media use in the increase of “mental distress, self-injurious behavior and suicidality among youth.” In 1 US study, the […]
Twitter and Facebook said Monday they had uncovered a campaign by China to use the social media platforms against pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. “We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong, specifically the protest movement and their calls for political change,” Twitter said in an online post. […]
Skilled digital marketers from across the country are descending on Southern California next week for the 2019 Social Media Week conference in Los Angeles (SMW LA). Status Labs COO and digital marketing expert, Jesse Boskoff, will join a group of elite industry professionals to discuss social media and digital marketing strategies at the #SMWLA conference. Boskoff will host a session on […]
Despite being blocked in China, Twitter and other overseas social media sites have long been used freely by activists and government critics to address subjects that are censored on domestic forums — until now. As Beijing presses a campaign to throttle any remaining voices that stray from the Communist Party narrative, it is extending its […]
Twitter Bans James Woods #FreeJamesWoods Conservative actor and Trump supporter James Woods has been banned from Twitter for sharing a meme trolling the Democrats. Woods hit back, accusing Twitter of being in the “censorship business.” Conservative Twitter users have been quick to come to Woods’ defense, echoing his claim that Twitter is engaging in politically-motivated […]
Are Facebook, Google and Twitter Plotting a Coup In America The US Constitution explicitly forbids government censorship. So Silicon Valley big-tech companies made themselves the gatekeepers of ‘goodthink,’ de-platforming anyone who runs afoul of their arbitrary ‘community standards.’ Alex Jones, the host of InfoWars, has often been derided by establishment media as a conspiracy theorist. […]
Instagram said Wednesday it now has more than one billion active users, as it unveiled a new long-form video feature in a bid to attract “creators” like those on YouTube. It becomes the fourth Facebook platform to hit the billion-user mark, including the namesake social network with more than two billion users, and the messaging […]
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would “love” Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to be grilled by Australian lawmakers, he said Thursday, in the wake of revelations the tech giant allowed Chinese smartphone makers access to user data. The social media behemoth has drawn renewed criticism after confirming it shared data with Chinese electronics firms, including Huawei which […]
At least 60 different firms – including Apple and Microsoft – have data-sharing partnerships with Facebook, which gave them access to user data without explicit consent, according to a New York Times investigation. The report claims that Facebook allowed its partners to access the data of users’ friends without their explicit consent, even after declaring […]
Was a leaked internal Facebook memo aimed at justifying the social network’s growth-at-any-cost strategy? Or simply a way to open debate on difficult questions over new technologies? The extraordinarily blunt memo by a high-ranking executive — leaked this week and quickly repudiated by the author and by Facebook — warned that the social network’s goal […]
Bad Week for Facebook, News and Revenge Porn $FB Nasdaq:FB Shares in Facebook dropped by more than 4 percent ahead of Friday’s opening bell after the CEO announced changes to the platform’s centerpiece news feed, which he said would hit user engagement in the near term. The company is planning to change the filter for […]
#FakeNews and Facebook The biggest social media network in the world is overhauling its News Feed to “spark conversations” instead of promoting businesses. However, there are concerns the updates could exacerbate the spread of fake news. Facebook announced on Thursday it will be making changes to its News Feed in order to “prioritize posts that […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights One of Facebook’s earliest executives has said the social network is “destroying how society works” and that he feels “tremendous guilt” about his work. Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007, accused it of “programming” its users and said he no longer uses the website or allows his children to […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Launching Messenger For Kids FACEBOOK is coming for your kids. The social media giant is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and with friends approved by their parents. The free app is aimed at kids under 13, who can’t yet have their own accounts under Facebook’s rules, […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook is threatening to lock users out of their accounts unless they upload a ‘clear’ photo of their face. The new identity verification system is the social network’s latest attempt to curb the spread of artificially intelligent “bots” – software applications that run automated tasks over the internet. Facebook is […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Apologizes to New York Times The company was criticized after it froze the account of actress Rose McGowan in October, when she included a phone number in one of her tweets about misconduct by movie producer Harvey Weinstein. Then, after verifying a white supremacist this month, the company paused the entire verification […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Suicide Prevention Software Facebook wants to start monitoring your social media feed for signs of suicidal thoughts. It’s been testing the software in the US for the past nine months, but has announced today it will now be rolled out more broadly. Let’s take a closer look at the program and why […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights From the corridors of Congress to the hallways of the Houses of Parliament, politicians are becoming increasingly worried about what Facebook is costing society. But the financial cost to Facebook itself to try to clean up its social media platform could be high too, even if investors appear to have […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook’s fight to kill fake news may hurt its profit margin Zuckerberg said Facebook will be “investing at a much higher level.” The company said operating expenses would rise 45 percent to 60 percent in 2018 Analysts are expecting Facebook revenue to rise 30 percent next year. Facebook, Inc. is […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it has signed up 10 news publishers including the Washington Post and The Economist to take part in a trial that gives its mobile app users access to a limited number of articles a month and then the option to subscribe via the publishers’ […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook is planning to fight possible election rigging with help from people with national security clearances, according to a new report. The world’s largest social network is planning to hire people with national security clearances to prevent foreign governments from using its service to impact elections, Bloomberg is reporting, citing […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Trading Outlook Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are moving. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. Note: this chart shows extraordinary price action to the upside. By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 17.41. The projected upper bound is: 19.33. The projected lower bound is: 17.67. […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Slammed for Selling Fake News “I make money from Facebook for my fake content in order to pay Facebook to promote my fake stories,” said Professor Chaos in one of the most brutal and succinct criticisms of the social network to date. The latest episode of South Park pulled no punches in […]
Major Fraud at Social Media Networks Facebook and other Social Networks have been revealed as frauds. They promote #FAKENEWS and bury real stories. Project Veritas has revealed a video editor for the New York Times lying about his relationship with former FBI director James Comey, while also claiming to slant stories against President Donald Trump […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Critics blast Facebook’s Zuckerberg for ‘magical’ virtual reality tour of Puerto Rico devastation Facebook’s chief live-streamed a virtual reality video of his 3-D cartoon self in hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico Online users called Zuckerberg a “heartless billionaire” Zuckerberg used the video to talk about Facebook’s donation to relief efforts and the […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) HEFFX Highlights Twitter confirmed it’s planning to launch a bookmarking feature to save tweets for later reading. The addition will help users keep a separate list of items they want to refer back to, instead of using the heart (aka “favorite”) button, which can indicate more of a “like” – similar to […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights FOR THE MOMENT, it looks like the American people won’t be be able to see Russian-linked social-media ads that were used to influence the 2016 election.During a press conference on Wednesday, Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, said it is important that During a press conference on Wednesday, Senator […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) HEFFX Highlights Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. Note: this chart shows extraordinary price action to the upside. By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 17.32. The projected upper bound is: 19.11. The projected lower bound is: 16.30. […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook says 10 million people saw Russian-bought political ads Facebook said roughly 10 million people saw the ads bought by Russian groups trying to influence the 2016 U.S. election Some of the ads were paid for in Russian currency, the company said in a statement Facebook also said it’s “possible” […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) To Testify On Russian Influence Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling Executives from Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, and Twitter have been asked to testify before the U.S. Congress in coming weeks. Lawmakers are probing Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election, committee sources said on Wednesday. A Senate aide […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) To Testify On Russian Meddling Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling Executives from Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, and Twitter have been asked to testify before the U.S. Congress in coming weeks. Lawmakers are probing Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election, committee sources said on Wednesday. A Senate aide […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Testing 280 Character Tweets The social media company announced Tuesday that it was testing tweets as long as 280 characters, double the previous amount of 140. However, the feature is only available to a select few at the moment, and is not available in Japanese, Chinese and Korean. “We want every person […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Russia To Ban Facebook? Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network complies with a law that requires websites which store the personal data of Russian citizens to do so on Russian servers, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. The threat was made by Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Under Investigation Facebook Inc. finds itself at the red-hot center of the investigation into Russia’s clandestine involvement in the 2016 U.S. election. The social-media giant said it has so far found $100,000 in advertising spending linked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian troll farm with ties to the Kremlin. The company […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Not Removing ‘Newsworthy’ Tweets Twitter didn’t act to remove President Donald Trump’s tweet threatening North Korea in part because it is newsworthy, the company said today. Twitter says it will update its public guidance on what factors may lead to a tweet being pulled from the platform — or allowed to stay […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Big Brothers Eye Advertisers can now target Facebook users based on where they’ve been in the real world. The social network is allowing thousands of companies to serve ads specifically to people who have walked into their physical stores, in order to get them to come back. They can also choose to […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Those Russia-linked Facebook ads are more than just a reason for concern — they could play an important role in one of the largest investigations in recent memory. CNN sources understand that Facebook has supplied the ads and “related information” to special counsel Robert Mueller and team after they obtained […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook Inc (FB, -1.24%) this week stopped advertisers from targeting messages to people interested in topics such as “Jew haters ” and “how to burn Jews” after journalists inquired about it, the news organization ProPublica reported on Thursday. ProPublica, a nonprofit out let based in New York, said it found […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlighs Facebook Watch is barely out of the gate, but publishers are already trying to sell advertisers on sponsored shows on the fledgling video-viewing platform. Business Insider’s lifestyle brand Insider, for instance, has already premiered two shows for Watch, including “The Great Cheese Hunt” and “It’s Cool, But Does It Really […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Trying To Fight Fake News? Or Real News? Facebook says it’s taking another step against Pages that share fabricated news stories. The company has already been working with outside fact-checkers like Snopes and the AP to flag inaccurate news stories. (These aren’t supposed to be stories that are disputed for reasons of […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Privacy Concerns With Amazon Echo Competitor While developing its forthcoming video chat device for the home, Facebook has been haunted by its own reputation as a harvester of personal information. The company is currently building an Amazon Echo competitor with a screen that’s internally referred to as Aloha, according to people familiar […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Facial Recognition Raises Fear Facebook is developing a video chat device that can recognise users’ faces, according to a new report. The box is said to be similar to the Amazon Echo Show, and will feature a camera, touchscreen and speakers. However, a person familiar with the project says consumers have told […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook just put one of its most important execs in charge of hardware Facebook has put veteran executive Andrew Bosworth in charge of all consumer hardware Bosworth was most recently vice president of Facebook’s ads and business platform Facebook is reportedly building a video chat device, code-named ‘Aloha,’ it will […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook explained why it won’t let your parents read your messages, in a post in its Hard Questions series today about social networking after death. Facebook admits it doesn’t have all the answers, but it has come up with some decent solutions to some issues with what it calls Memorialized […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook updated its camera application on Tuesday with fun new features, including the ability to create GIFs and add filters to live broadcasts. They’re silly, but your kids might get a kick out of them. Unlike many of Facebook’s recent updates, this isn’t an obvious copy of any specific Snapchat […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Fighting Pro Islamic State Accounts Twitter is becoming less effective as a platform for so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorists, due to the rapid take-down rate of pro-IS accounts from the site, researchers at Dublin City University (DCU) have found. A study conducted as part of the VOX-Pol project, with the University of […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Knew Of Snapchats Struggles Before Public Over the weekend the New York Times reported (paywall) that Facebook had stealthily released a photo-sharing app in the Chinese iOS App Store translated as “Colorful Balloons.” The news spread rapidly around English-language media, as it marked the first sign that the company is indeed attempting […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Wants To Produce Original Video Content FACEBOOK IS MOVING into short-form, professional video with Watch. It is a latecomer to the field, following similar moves by rivals such as Twitter, Snap, Spotify and Reddit. But Facebook could still wind up being a big winner. More than 30 partners, including A&E, Hearst, and […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Competing Against YouTube Facebook just announced a YouTube competitor called Watch Facebook Watch will let users discover videos outside their own feeds more easily It will also let users subscribe to content from providers such as Major League Baseball The YouTube competitor is rolling out to a limited audience now Facebook, Inc. […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Changes Terms On ‘Accidental Clicks’ Advertisers on Facebook’s Audience Network will no longer have to worry that they’re paying for users who accidentally clicked on their ads. I’m betting we’ve all had moments where we were scrolling or swiping or clicking through a website/mobile app and we ended up clicking on an […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Doesn’t Want To Be Unfairly Compared To Facebook The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked Twitter Inc. a question that many investors also have: why not disclose your number of daily active users? Twitter reports the number of monthly active users, which stood at 328 million for two quarters. The company tells […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Moving Into Physical Devices Facebook Inc. is working on a video chat device for the home — the first major hardware product from its experimental Building 8 lab. Featuring a laptop-sized touchscreen, the device represents a new product category and could be announced as soon as next spring’s F8 developer conference, according […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) AI Created Its Own Language Facebook shut down a pair of its artificial intelligence robots after they invented their own, creepy language. Researchers at Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research built a chatbot earlier this year that was meant to learn how to negotiate by mimicking human trading and bartering. But when the social […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook could jumpstart its Snapchat clone by letting social media stars and public figures post Stories publicly. When Facebook Stories launched globally in March, you could only share to all their friends or a subset of them. Now if you allow public followers, you can post your Story publicly so […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Releasing Facebook TV In August? Facebook TV is reportedly coming in two weeks, according to Bloomberg. TV partners are already being asked to submit the first episodes of their “spotlight” shows. These will be inexpensive, five- to 10-minute shows that are owned by the media companies that have partnered with Facebook, with […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Cafeteria Workers Demand Raises Hundreds of Facebook cafeteria workers demand a raise Facebook’s cafeteria workers, facing Silicon Valley’s extreme cost of living, vote to unionize. Today the average service worker there makes about $20 per hour, or $41,600 a year. Facebook’s own employees, meanwhile, earn six figures or more. Facebook, Inc. is […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights According to William Blair analyst Ralph Schackart, who along with his team of research analysts met with advertising executives and ad buyers, they found Facebook is the leader when it comes to advertising spending, backing the analysts’ bullish stance on Facebook and its stock. Some of the ad buyers the […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook is rolling out a new feature called “Groups for Pages,” which will let artists, brands, businesses and newspapers create their own fan clubs. The company says the idea stems from two reporters at The Washington Post who started a Facebook group called PostThis, where they interact with some of […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights With Facebook’s newest feature, a musician could run an on-site fan club, a brand could organize its ambassadors and a newspaper could discuss articles with just its top readers. Today Facebook globally launched Groups for Pages, allowing the 70 million Pages on Facebook to create their own distinct communities and […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Facebook Tries To Fight Fake News Livetradingnews is worried that Facebook will not be fighting Fake News, but censoring real news. Until now, any Facebook Page that posted a link could change the headline, body text and image that appeared in the News Feed preview. That allowed fake news distributors to bait-and-switch […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights The Apache Foundation has declared that none of its new software projects can include Facebook’s booby-trapped BSD-licensed code. The foundation’s legal affairs director, Chris Mattmann, said over the weekend that libraries, frameworks and tools covered by Facebook’s open-source-ish BSD-plus-Patents license should not be absorbed into any new projects. “No new […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) HEFFX Highlights Many stories are told via emojis, but Twitter and London’s Royal Opera House are taking it to the next level on Monday, July 17, in honor of World Emoji Day, using them to tell the story of an entire opera. This isn’t the first collaboration between these unlikely partners: They […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Fights Government Access To Its Data As Facebook is running out of places to put ads in News Feed, its core money maker, it is now turning to its other platforms — WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram — for revenue growth. According to a report in ReCode, Facebook has determined that it can’t […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Wireless VR Headset Facebook plans to unveil the new cheaper, wireless VR headset later in 2018, according to Bloomberg. The company hopes that the wireless headset will bridge the gap between expensive, high-end VR often used for gaming and the cheap VR headsets that link to smartphones. “We don’t have a product […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) POTUS Good For Twitter Twitter Inc.’s executive chairman said the social-media platform shouldn’t ban President Donald Trump, pushing back against complaints from users who say some of his tweets amount to cyberbullying and violate the company’s terms of service. “It’s good to have him talk on Twitter,” Omid Kordestani said in an […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Offers To Help Congress With Net-Neutrality Regulations In an effort to seemingly combine a couple of the top tech trends of the year, Facebook will soon be allowing users of its Oculus Rift virtual reality system to live stream themselves inside VR to their Facebook friends and followers as avatars. The Facebook Live […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Monetizes Messenger Facebook’s plan to monetize Messenger is going global. The company said on Tuesday Messenger ads would be available around the world through an expansion of its current tests. The new image ads will appear in the home tab of the Messenger app. If a user clicks on the ad, it […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook continues to censor anti-Islam post while promoting pro-Islam posts. Facebook is to build its own “village” of 1,500 homes for workers struggling to pay soaring rents as the housing crisis in Silicon Valley deepens. The social networking company has submitted plans to the local council to create a new […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) HEFFX Highlights Virgin Media was one of the first companies to offer access to popular apps that don’t use up any of your data allowance. For a while, customers on its Virgin Mobile plans have been able to use Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp as much as they like, without any impact on […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights There are four different types of Facebook user, ranging from people who use the social network to build on real-world relationships, to those focussed on “likes” and attention, researchers claim. A new study labels the site’s two billion monthly users as relationship builders, town criers, selfies, or window shoppers, using […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights German lawmakers have passed a controversial law under which Facebook, Twitter, and other social media companies could face fines of up to €50 million ($57 million) for failing to remove hate speech. The Network Enforcement Act, commonly referred to as the “Facebook law,” was passed by the Bundestag, Germany’s parliamentary […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) HEFFX Highlights Twitter told CNN on Sunday that the company reviewed the tweet, which features a WWE video that has been edited to show Trump beating up a man with a CNN logo on his face. Twitter said it considered three factors: the political context of the conversation surrounding the tweet, the […]
Facebook Inc(NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Earlier in June, Facebook launched a set of features to celebrate Pride month, including the option to react to posts with a rainbow flag in lieu of a regular “like.” But access to this option is different depending on location. The feature is only available as a default option for users […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Suspends Venezuelan Government Accounts Venezuela has been accused of censoring Twitter as part of its bid to silence dissent, but it’s not so happy now that the shoe is on the other foot. The country’s leadership says that Twitter has suspended 180 accounts linked to the government, including radio and TV outlets […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Summary Facebook is planning an expansion of its Groups feature that will put online communities at the centre of the social network. The social media giant is testing a Groups section in its smartphone app that will see it appear alongside the main notifications, friends requests and news feed areas. Publishers […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) HEFFX Highlights Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is in trouble. The company’s recent limited success with live streaming and its quest to morph its business model into a live TV for the Internet have led to inflated prices in TWTR stock and excessive exuberance in the financial media. Twitter stock is facing a potentially […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) COO Says Premium May Not Work Twitter might consider adding premium subscription features to TweetDeck, but likely won’t charge all users because the reduced access wouldn’t jibe with what Twitter wants to be, according to COO Anthony Noto. “As growth slowed in 2015 we had to come to grips with what Twitter […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) To Be “a hostile enviroment for terrorists.”Facebook said in a statement it wants to be “a hostile environment for terrorists.” The company’s director of policy said Facebook works “aggressively to remove terrorist content from our platform.” Some critics say the company is not doing enough because it has an incentive to make […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Highlights Facebook is revamping its photo album feature with the ability to add videos, check-ins, text posts to albums, follow friends’ albums so you’re notified when they’re updated, and display “featured” albums on your profile to highlight your favorite collections. Facebook is also simplifying the ability to add contributors to a […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Partners With BBC Twitter is testing a new interface for its mobile applications on iOS and Android, which involves rounded profile images, buttons and other features. It’s unclear what advantage going “round” would bring, as the style’s adoption among app makers and designers tends to be more of a trend that ebbs […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Monthly Overview Stories from The Guardian delved into how Facebook handles illicit content on its site. One story detailed Facebook’s manual for moderators who review posts flagged as objectionable. The manual gives specific examples of what’s OK and what’s not. For instance, photos of animal abuse or bullying of children can […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Murder, Death, Terrorism, And Now Revenge Porn A 6-year-old boy from St. Louis has had enough of the violence. “People need to stop killing each other around here because this is just making me feel bad,” said Jeffrey Laney. Jeffrey Laney’s plea to put an end to social media violence has now […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Finally Building A Business Model Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s Twitter account was suspended after he posted a series of ‘offensive tweets’, especially against women However, several Twitter users have extended their support for Abhijeet Bhattacharya and questioned the micro-blogging site for its biased behavior.#IStandWithAbhijeet is trending on Twitter. During the first quarter, Twitter streamed […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Moderation Policies Revealed The Guardian Leaks ‘expose peculiar Facebook moderation policy’ The Guardian said Facebook’s moderators were “overwhelmed” and had only seconds to decide if posts should stay. It said the manuals revealed the criteria used to judge if posts were too violent, sexual, racist, hateful or supported terrorism. British MPs said […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Shareholders Set To Vote On Whether To Convert Company Into Co-Op Twitter’s co-founder is sorry if the site helped elect Trump Photo of Trump and Saudi king becomes Twitter meme Twitter is down for some users Twitter shareholders set to vote on whether to convert company into co-op Twitter, Inc. offers products […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) HEFFX Highlights Twitter hires a new GM of revenue products ‘Facebook and Twitter ‘harm young people’s mental health’ The Guardian Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are trending. Note: this chart shows extraordinary price action to the upside. By the way, prices are vulnerable […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Shakily Stands $150 Target Facebook has been fined $122Million by the European commission for providing misleading information about data-sharing between Facebook and WhatsApp Facebook to Show Major League Baseball Games Live on Fridays Facebook Aims To Beat Twitch At Livestreaming Esports Court dismisses lawsuit blaming Facebook for Palestinian uprising Still Nothing has […]
Is Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) An Ethical Investment? Social media; What started as a glorious way to connect people around the globe, is quickly becoming a tool for the propaganda and normalization of Violence. Facebook, despite the good that may found there, it’s now being overshadowed with Death, Hate and pro-Islam. Murder, Suicides, and Islam videos/posts […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) For The Normalization Of Violence? Social media; What started as a glorious way to connect people around the globe, is quickly becoming a tool for the normalization of violence. Facebook is under global pressure to increase its protocols and vetting procedures after two murders were broadcast on the social media website. A video […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Under Pressure To Remove Hateful Content Social media; What started as a glorious way to connect people around the globe, is quickly becoming a tool for the normalization of violence. Facebook is under global pressure to increase its protocols and vetting procedures after two murders were broadcast on the social media website. A […]
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) HEFFX Highlights Highlights: Twitter user receives year’s supply of Wendy’s chicken nuggets Twitter today said it has begun to use artificial intelligence (A.I.) to recommend certain tweets in users’ timelines. Bow Wow barked at on Twitter for claiming he flies private An international team has developed a unique computational model to project […]
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) HEFFX Trading Outlook Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are moving. Intermediate term: Prices are trending. The projected upper bound is: 146.21. The projected lower bound is: 141.53. The projected closing price is: 143.87. FACEBOOK INC A closed down -0.120 at 143.680. Volume was 100% below average (consolidating) […]
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Great Barrier Reef Obituary Hammered for Hyperbole While the Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure on the planet, is in a changing state, it’s not dead. According to some recognized experts, the flawed research and premises for the article are mostly exaggerations. However, a recent “Obit” for the Reef went viral, indicating the public […]
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Donald Trump has Harnessed the Power of the Network In this digital age, Donald Trump’s reach on social media is unprecedented, he believes he can leverage his personality to engage that audience right to Oval Office, that according to the WS-J. On the other side of that coin, the Democrats have a database of big […]
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UAE Residents Spend 5 hrs a Day on Social Media $FB, $LNKD Report finds under 35 anni spend up to 6 hours per day Millennials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are spending up to 6 hours a day on social media, research has found. Across the age groups, UAE residents reported they spent roughly […]
Iran Arrests Fashion Models, Blog Manager in Social Media Crackdown $FB, $TWTR Tehran’s Supreme Leader declares War against ‘un-Islamic thoughts’ on the Internet Iran has launched a new crackdown on social media, arresting fashion models active on photo-sharing websites and a blog website manager after Tehran’s top leader declared War on un-Islamic thoughts on the […]