Tag: Facebook

Facebook taps user data to defend workers from threat

A Facebook spokesman said the company’s physical security team exists to keep workers safe Facebook gathers intelligence from its platform to identify people who threaten the firm or its workers, the social network said Thursday in response to media reports of the security tactic. CNBC reported that it interviewed more than a dozen former Facebook […]

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10 Social Media Marketing Tools You Just Might Need

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 […]

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Facebook needs regulation – here’s why it should be done by algorithms

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 […]

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Facebook will soon tell you more info about how it’s targeting you with ads

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 […]

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Says Mark Zuckerberg Served Him Goat He Killed ‘With a Laser Gun and Then the Knife’

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, […]

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