SocialMediaNews

Each day, the world makes 250 million terabytes of new data - every second 946 Instagram photos are taken, 8,690 tweets are posted, 77,783 things are searc...

Facebook App Caught Activating iPhone Camera Without Permission

People have long suspected the Facebook app of ignoring permissions and spying on its users. Now, it would seem, a website designer has caught Facebook in the act. Joshua Maddox...

Alphabet Board Investigating How Executives Handled Sexual Misconduct Cases

CNBC is reporting that the board of directors for Alphabet, Goo...

Google Launching Green Startup Accelerator

One day after employees signed an open letter revolting over Google’s climate record, the company has...

Google Sued by Australian Consumer Watchdog Over Location Data

The International Business Times (IBT) is reporting that the Australian Co...

Facebook Considering Currency-Backed Stablecoins For Libra

Following the departure of several major backers of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency,...

OpenLibra Cryptocurrency Announced: Like Libra But Without Facebook

In the wake of reports that Facebook’s Libra currency is losing backers,...

Facebook Libra Backers Back Out

A week ago we covered a Wall Street Journal article highlighting potential trouble for Facebook’s Libra cr...

Libra Currency Backers Reconsidering Involvement

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting...

Reddit Announces New Rules to Fight Bullying and Harassment

Shortly after Twitter announced new measures to protect users from online abuse, Reddit has unveiled new rules designed to help moderators combat bullying and abuse on their platfo...

Twitter Rolls Out Direct Message Anti-Abuse Feature

After a month and a half of testing, Twitter is rolling out a spam and abuse filter for Direct Messages (DM), according to a...

Foursquare CEO: We’re 99% NOT Social Media or Location Check-Ins

“We're 99 percent not social media or location check-ins,” says Foursquare Labs CEO Jeff Glueck. “We are rather a location technology platform that helps o...

View Velocity Is The Secret To Ranking On YouTube

“To determine rankings on their platform, YouTube uses a metric called the View Velocity,” says H...