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Category: Social Media
Weaponising Social Media
US tech giants are cracking down on misuse of their platforms. Twitter…
Australian Lawmakers Focus On US Tech Giants
The Feds are moving to clamp down on Google and Facebook –…
Josh Hawley’s War On Big Tech
The Republican Senator for Missouri says social media is “a parasite on…
Facebook Calls For Global, Unified Regulation Of Social Media
The lawless wild west internet has failed. Now is the time to…
Can Viral Extremism Be Stopped?
In the wake of the Christchurch massacre, law makers around the world…
UK Parliament Demands Tough Regulation Of Social Media
The Disinformation and ‘Fake News’ Final Report has been published on parliament.uk.…
Stanford Study Shows Enduring Benefits Of Quitting Facebook
2844 people were surveyed after giving up Facebook for a month. Many…
Instagram Memes Threaten Australian Democracy
Are elections downunder vulnerable to manipulation like the 2016 US election? Are…
Government Encryption Bill Threatens The Future Of Tech In Australia
How the rushed Assistance and Access Bill 2018 risks job losses and…
US Senate Report Details Russian Pro-Trump Disinformation Campaign
How Russia’s extended assault on US democracy used computational propaganda to mislead…
The Defunct Google Plus Service Was Hacked In March 2018
Google Plus, Google’s failed social networking platform, suffered a significant security breach…
Changing Usage Of Facebook
A survey of British school kids showed that 63% would be happy…
An Awful Week For Elon Musk
After a lead diver in the Thai cave rescue Vern Unsworth told…
Tips And Tricks On How To Capitalise On Social Media
Simon Mulvany of Save The Bees Australia has single-handedly run a successful…
Trump White House Accused Of Breaching Data Security Protocols
While Trump’s use of the secret messaging service Confide may breach federal…
Europe’s New GDPR Privacy Rules
If you’ve received updated terms of service emails lately from the likes…
Google Chat Tries To Muscle In On Messaging
Will another attempt to unify Android users under a new messaging service…
The Zuck Faces Congress (and how to de-stress from Facebook)
A Queensland University study finds that limiting time on Facebook reduces levels…
The Trouble With Facebook
The social network stands accused of allowing Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting…
Large Apple Investors Urge The Company To Think Differently About Kids
In an open letter of January 6, 2018, JANA Partners and The…