VideoAmp Measuring Lift For Tune-In Ads on Facebook, Instagram Tests also provide insights on cost per incremental tune-in Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 17, 2023
With upheaval on Twitter, some Virginia lawmakers make the move to Threads Del. Cia Price has been on Twitter for nearly a decade. Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2023
Thanks to Threads, Meta just got bigger. Should we be concerned? The growing size and market dominance of Facebook’s parent company is coming under greater scrutiny, says associate professor Niamh Dunne The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023
The state of AI and social media shows capitalism is unlikely to end with a robot rebellion We tend to think about media disruption as driven by technological innovation. But the ‘enshittification’ of our socials shows that the tech itself plays a relatively minor role The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2023
Met Police ‘passed victims’ data to Facebook via online tracking tool’ The Observer reported that data was sent despite apparently being secure Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2023
Someone Tell Me What This Mermaid-Looking Carcass That Washed Up On A QLD Beach Is Immediately Coz I'm no ordinary girl. Pedestrian.tv · Jul 15, 2023
Man sold data of 2m people to betting sites The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has arrested a man for selling the personal data of two million people to online gambling websites. Bangkok Post · Jul 15, 2023
Revealed: Metropolitan police shared sensitive data about crime victims with Facebook Observer investigation reveals Meta Pixel tool passed on private details of web browsing for targeted advertising purposes The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2023
Is Threads already unraveling? No, but it needs the desktop to survive Threads is undergoing some growing pains but there may be a way it can keep growth strong TechRadar · Jul 15, 2023
Fear and voting in Cambodia’s one-horse election race Seventeen parties registered for election alongside PM Hun Sen’s party, but it is almost impossible for him to lose. Al Jazeera · Jul 15, 2023
Heralded teacher accused of accommodation scam A former award-winning teacher has been arrested on charges of duping more than 100 teachers through a Facebook scam advertising bookings for accommodations that he did not have. Bangkok Post · Jul 14, 2023
No campaign runs opposite claims on Indigenous voice across different social media pages Exclusive: Advance lobby group runs multiple Facebook pages that target different demographics, including one that purports to be a neutral news source The Guardian - AU · Jul 13, 2023
Up First briefing: Defense bill delayed; Threads' news policy; SAG-AFTRA strike vote GOP House lawmakers want to amend the defense authorization bill. Twitter rival Threads wants to downgrade news and politics. The Hollywood actors union holds a strike vote this morning. WEKU · Jul 13, 2023
Oh My God: An Aussie Bloke Is Trying To Cop A Date On Tinder By Teasing Taylor Swift Tickets Speak Now (Tinder's Version) Pedestrian.tv · Jul 13, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023 Zuckerberg asked to testify on Meta’s role in human trafficking in Florida Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are the preferred platforms for those who prey on vulnerable people, says attorney general
Pedestrian.tv · Jul 13, 2023 Threads Is A Total Rip-Off Of Twitter, But Here’s Why It’s A Step In The Right Direction Threads has one feature Twitter doesn't: Accountability.
WEKU · Jul 12, 2023 New lawsuit says social media and gun companies played roles in 2022 Buffalo shooting The lawsuit filed in the New York Supreme Court argues that several companies, along with the shooter's parents, played roles in the 2022 shooting that killed 10 Black people and injured three others.
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023 Lawsuit by Buffalo supermarket shooting victims pins blame on Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants Relatives of those killed and wounded during last year’s mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket are suing several online platforms, weapons retailers and others who they say contributed to the massacre
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023 Tax prep firms shared private data from millions of customers with Meta and Google, lawmakers say Potential breach of taxpayers’ incomes, tax refund and personal information should be ‘immediately’ investigated, congressional investigation urges
Reason · Jul 12, 2023 Some Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Censorship by Proxy Have a Beef With the 1st Amendment Itself "Disinformation" researchers alarmed by the injunction against government meddling with social media content admire legal regimes that allow broad speech restrictions.
WEKU · Jul 12, 2023 Meta's Threads wants to become a 'friendly' place by downgrading news and politics Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter clone as a more "friendly" place for online discourse. Executives say breaking news and politics will not be the emphasized. But is that realistic?
TechRadar · Jul 12, 2023 I've been on Threads for a week and I may never go back to Twitter – but Musk could still fend off Zuck The threads honeymoon is a breath of social media fresh air
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 12, 2023 H&R Block, others shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ customer data with Meta, lawmakers say Three large tax preparation firms sent highly personal and financial information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta to help create targeted advertising.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 12, 2023 The Biden administration’s loss in social media ‘misinformation’ case is a win for free speech Even “verifiable misinformation” is protected by the First Amendment, which means the government has no business trying to suppress it.
Leeds Live · Jul 12, 2023 Scheming Leeds dad targeted victims on Facebook in sophisticated jewellery con Casey Robinson used fake profiles to enquire about goods for sale on Facebook Marketplace