But now journalists must lobby Facebook to follow suit On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the social media platform will no longer accept cash for political or advocacy advertising. The specifics of the policy will be published by Twitter on 15 November, and will be effective from 22 November. It’s a significant move … Continue reading Twitter Takes Accountability for Its Role in Maintaining Democracy
Finally the social media company puts a foot right in the ongoing battle against fake news and disinformation Facebook plans to use journalists as part of efforts to restore its reputation as a reputable source of information with a new mobile app ‘News Tab’ initiative. What will the ‘News Tab’ involve? The new ‘News Tab’ … Continue reading Facebook Using Human ‘News Tab’ Curators Is Admission Of Editorial Responsibility
Facebook’s latest commitment to user privacy is underwhelming to say the least Ina statement released yesterday, Facebook announced a new way for social media users to view and control their off-Facebook activity. The new Off-Facebook Activity tool will let people see a summary of the apps and websites that send Facebook information about things they are looking … Continue reading Facebook Lets Users Control Data Shared By Apps And Websites
The Cambridge Analytica scandal was an inevitable consequence of human egotism In Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2003, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created an online programme called ‘Facemash’, which allowed users to compare photos of fellow students’ faces and select the one they found more attractive. The programme spread quickly amongst his peers at the university, for … Continue reading Vanity Is At The Root Of Our Global Data Problem
At this point are we even surprised at the ways the platform has breached users’ privacy? In the last 24 hours, Bloomberg and the BBC reported that hundreds of workers were paid to transcribe voice recordings of Facebook users. Facebook, which was fined $5bn by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its role Cambridge Analytica privacy violations, is … Continue reading Facebook Workers Were Paid To Transcribe User Voice Recordings
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