A wide-ranging chat on live-to-air radio with bee activist Simon Mulvany. We…
Tag: Social Media
No Greater Lie Than A Half Truth
How sophisticated disinformation campaigns muddy the waters and make it harder to…
China’s Overseas Key Individuals Database Revealed
A leaked database known as the Overseas Key Individual Database suggests China…
Competition Watchdog Takes On Google And Facebook
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is pressuring Google and Facebook to…
Trump Threatens To Shut Down Twitter
After presidential tweet “When the looting starts, the shooting starts” was deemed…
Building Influence On Social Media (Part 2)
Activist Simon Mulvany pursued his passions through very effective use of social…
Building Influence On Social Media (Part 1)
Activist Simon Mulvany built up big followings on Facebook and Instagram and…
Much Freer Speech On Twitter
The billionaire Tesla CEO successfully fended off a monster US$190 million defamation…
Is The Clock TikTok’ing For Spotify?
A new music streaming service from TikTok’s parent company Bytedance could challenge…
Facebook Zealots Likened To Drug Addicts
A recent Michigan State University study published in the Journal of Behavioural…
Weaponising Social Media
US tech giants are cracking down on misuse of their platforms. Twitter…
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…
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…
Tips And Tricks On How To Capitalise On Social Media
Simon Mulvany of Save The Bees Australia has single-handedly run a successful…
The Zuck Faces Congress (and how to de-stress from Facebook)
A Queensland University study finds that limiting time on Facebook reduces levels…
Russia’s Influence In The Election Of Donald Trump
With 13 Russians and 3 organisations charged with alleged interference, the spotlight…
Facebook Hears Your Words, Then Serves Targeted Ads
The social network already knows so much about you. With sophisticated AI,…
Australia Leading The World In Smart Phone Addiction
The Antisocial app from Bugbean shows just how bad your addiction is…
British And US Democracy Falls Victim To Data Miners
Were the outcomes of the Brexit referendum and the US presidential election…
A Facebook Reckoning In The Wind?
The social titan faces a groundswell of concern over the super granular…
Is Facebook Turning You Into An Idiot?
Life after Facebook? A Bridge Ratings study finds more and more of…
Instagram’s TOS Simplified
A UK law firm has translated Instagram’s terms of service so anyone…
The Growing Problem Of Fake News
Manipulated news dissemination is getting easier as confidence erodes in mainstream media…
How To Manage A Break-Up Online
Several apps, websites and auction services aim to streamline the process of…
Does Facebook Make You Unhappy?
A study by Copenhagen’s Happiness Research Institute finds giving up Facebook leads…