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Facebook Loses Fight to Block EU-US Data Law

Matt Milano - May 14, 2021

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YouTube Shorts $100 Million Fund Aims to Take on TikTok

Matt Milano - May 11, 2021

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Twitter Uses Prompts to Encourage Nicer Tweeting

Matt Milano - May 6, 2021

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Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban

Matt Milano - May 5, 2021

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Sony PlayStation and Discord Announce Partnership

Matt Milano - May 4, 2021

Twitch Rolling Out Threaded Chat Replies

Twitch is rolling out threaded chat replies, in an effort to help individuals better communicate in chaotic chat threads. Twitch is a popular s...

Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone: Platform Has ‘Scary Amount of Power’

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is the latest to weigh in on the increasing power of social media, labeling it “scary.” According to...

Twitter Enables 4K Uploads on iOS and Android

Twitter has enabled 4K picture uploads via iOS and Android, bringing its mobile apps on par with its web app. Twitter’s apps were previously li...

Facebook Wants to ‘Normalize’ Its Data Scraping Leaks

Facebook is looking to take the heat off itself for the recent leak of 533 million records scraped from its site by normalizing that type of incid...

Facebook Data Transfer Tool Now Supports WordPress and Google Docs

Facebook has updated its data transfer too, adding support for Google Docs and Wordpress. Like many online platforms, Facebook gives users the...

How Businesses Are Harnessing Social Media for Hiring Decisions

From dedicated hiring platforms to AI algorithms that will find, scan, and categorize candidates, today’s recruiters have a wide range of tools at their di...

Reddit Launches Public Bug Bounty Program

Reddit has launched a public bug bounty program, an acknowledgment of its increased growth and visibility. Bug bounty programs are a popular me...

Instagram Testing the Ability to Hide Likes

Instagram is testing a feature that will allow users to hide Likes, both in other users’ posts and in their own. One of the downsides of social...

Irish Commission Investigating Facebook Over Data Leak

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is investigating Facebook over the 533 million user records that appeared online. Earlier this month...

German Regulator Wants to Stop WhatsApp/Facebook Data Sharing

A German regulator is the latest to object to data being shared between WhatsApp and Facebook, and is taking steps to stop it. WhatsApp and Fac...

Twitch Updates Policy to Address Severe Off-Service Misconduct

Twitch has announced it will start addressing severe cases of misconduct that impact its community, even if they occur off-service. Social medi...

Data for 500 Million Facebook Users Found Online

Data for some 500 million Facebook users has been found online, in the latest incident involving the social media giant. The data, involving 53...

Twitter Fixes Bug That Locked Out Users Who Tweeted ‘Memphis’

In a strange turn of events, some Twitter users found themselves locked out of their accounts for tweeting the word “Memphis.” Twitter, like mo...

Reddit Hires Drew Vollero As First CFO On Road To IPO

Reddit has hired Andrew (Drew) Vollero as its first CFO as the company prepares to go public. Reddit has been steadily working towards an IPO,...

Slack Joins Chorus of Companies Wanting to Challenge Clubhouse

Slack is the latest company looking to cash in on Clubhouse’s popularity, with plans to include similar features in its own app. Clubhouse is a...

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