Two-Thirds of All Traffic to Websites Linked From a Tweet Emanates From a Bot, Finds New Study
Two-thirds of all traffic to websites linked from a tweet emanates from a bot, according to findings of an exhaustive computational analysis released this morning by the Pew Research…
Facebook Now Fact-Checking Political Photos and Videos
Facebook, “seeking to calm escalating concerns about leaks of user data and election meddling on its social network, said it has started fact-checking…
Mozilla Releases Tool To Block Tracking By Facebook
Mozilla released a browser extension aimed at blocking Facebook from tracking users on sites operated by other companies, reports Digital News Daily, which added…
Americans Less Likely to Trust Facebook than Rivals Regarding Personal Data, Reports Reuters
Opinion polls published in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the level of trust people have in Facebook over privacy, as the…
Facebook to Audit Thousands of Apps, States Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will audit thousands of apps in response to the “breach of trust” created by Cambridge Analytica — the chief executive’s…
What You Do on Facebook “Might Not Always be as Private as You Think”, States CNBC
Over the weekend, The New York Times and The Observer revealed that Cambridge Analytica paid to acquire private information on more than 50 million…
“Fake News” Travels Faster and Further than Real News on Twitter
From Russian “bots” to charges of fake news, headlines are awash in stories about dubious information going viral, reports Science magazine, which added that…
Baltimore-Based Under Armour “Finding its Groove” on Snapchat
From virtual slam dunks to interactive mobile games, Baltimore-based Under Armour “is finding its groove on Snapchat”, states Adweek, which added that within…
Facebook Plans Changes to its Advertising Metrics
Facebook plans to make changes to the advertising metrics it reports in a move that will give advertisers greater transparency into the way they…
Facebook Losing Lots of Young Users to Snapchat Finds New Research
Facebook is losing young users at an even faster clip to Snapchat than previously forecast, according to new research from eMarketer, reports USA TODAY,…
Twitter Lost US Users, But Finally Made a Profit, Reports The Verge
At nearly 12 years old, and after four years as a public company, Twitter has finally had a profitable quarter, reports The Verge, which…
YouTube Usage Surges
YouTube video hourly consumption has risen by around 30% for each of the last four months, but it still represents a fraction of total…
Facebook May Turn Watch into YouTube Rival, Reports CNBC
Facebook is talking about expanding its TV-like service, Watch, into a rival to Google’s YouTube by opening the platform to more individual…
Facebook to Publish its Privacy Principles for First Time
Facebook is publishing its privacy principles for the first time and rolling out educational videos to help users control who has access to their…
Snapchat Takes Secrecy “Very, Very Seriously”, States The Daily Beast
Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously. Very, very seriously, states The Daily Beast, which added that the company “operates in secret “need to know”-type…
