Social media marketing is a rather counterintuitive field. It looks like anyone could do it: post something (anything!) on social media, look for existing content, talk to people, fill your company’s Instagram account with your most photogenic team members. Sounds like a task for any kid of today’s social media era. However, if you want your […]
Facebook has been likened to a “digital gangster” by a critical parliamentary report into disinformation and fake news. One witness in the 18-month inquiry into the way digital platforms have transformed the flow of information describes the current use of technology as “hijacking our minds and society”. The report, commissioned by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport […]
How did it know that you wanted that robotic cat food dish? Facebook will soon offer more information about who uploaded your personal information for ad targeting purposes. Facebook Scroll through your Facebook page, and you’ll eventually run into an ad. Sometimes it’s hawking something that you totally want to buy—that’s how I ended up […]
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey described being served a nearly raw goat that Mark Zuckerberg had killed himself in a wide-ranging interview in which he addressed his controversial trip to Myanmar and admitted he always identified with the man behind the curtain in Wizard of Oz. When asked about his “most memorable encounter” with the Facebook founder, […]
In an effort to fight fake news, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has announced it will restrict the number of times an individual message can be forwarded. stockcam—Getty Images In the latest case of social media privacy and security limitations, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has announced it will restrict the number of times an individual message […]
