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Twitter will remove precise location tagging in tweets, citing lack of use

[ad_1] Update: An earlier version of this post said [ad_1] is removing location tagging in tweets. In fact, it is only removing the ability to share precise location details like latitude and longitude. In [ad_2], Twitter said it is removing…

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June 19, 2019

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UK Internet attitudes study finds public support for social media regulation

[ad_1] UK telecoms regulator [ad_1] has published a new joint report and stat-fest on Internet attitudes and usage with the national data protection watchdog, the ICO — a quantitative study to be published annually which they’re calling the [T]. The…

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May 30, 2019

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Instagram will let you appeal post takedowns

[ad_1] [ad_1] isn’t just pretty pictures. It now also harbors bullying, misinformation and controversial self-expression content. So today Instagram is announcing a bevvy of safety updates to protect users and give them more of a voice. Most significantly, Instagram will…

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May 10, 2019

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How do you hire a great growth marketer?

[ad_1] Julian Shapiro Contributor Julian Shapiro is the founder of [ad_1], a growth marketing agency that trains you to become a marketing professional. He also writes at [ad_2]. More posts by this contributor [ad_1] [ad_1] Editors Note: This article is…

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April 20, 2019

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Mark Zuckerberg actually calls for regulation of content, elections, privacy

[ad_1] It’s been a busy day for [ad_1] exec op-eds. Earlier this morning,[ad_2] around the Christchurch massacre, and now Mark Zuckerberg is calling on governments and other bodies to increase regulation around the sorts of data Facebook traffics in. He’s…

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March 31, 2019

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Funerals are tough. Ever Loved helps you pay for them

[ad_1] Alison Johnston didn’t plan to build a startup around death. An early employee at Q&A app Aardvark that was bought by Google, she’d founded tutoring app InstaEDU and sold it to Chegg. She made mass market consumer products. But…

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March 11, 2019

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Instagram’s fundraiser stickers could lure credit card numbers

[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg recently revealed that commerce is a huge part of the 2019 road map for Facebook’s family of apps. But before people can easily buy things from [ad_1] etc., Facebook needs their credit card info on file. That’s a…

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February 19, 2019

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Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them

[ad_1] Desperate for data on its competitors, [ad_1] has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and web activity, similar to Facebook’s Onavo Protect app that…

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January 30, 2019

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Instagram now lets you regram your posts to multiple accounts

[ad_1] [ad_1] is swaying the balance toward simplicity but away from originality. It’s adding the ability to publish feed posts to different accounts you control at the same time by toggling them on within the composer screen. An Instagram spokesperson…

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January 10, 2019

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Twitter stock down after analyst calls it ‘Harvey Weinstein of Social Media’

[ad_1] [ad_1] was down 11 percent today after a [the company’s] report called the platform, the “Harvey Weinstein of social media” and set a low target price of $20. As of publishing today, the stock was down more than 11 percent…

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December 21, 2018

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Facebook adds free TV shows Buffy, Angel, Firefly to redefine Watch

[ad_1] [ad_1] hasn’t had a hit show yet for its long-form video hub Watch, so it’s got a new plan: digging up some deceased cult favorites from television. First up, Facebook is making all episodes of Joss Whedon’s Buffy The…

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December 1, 2018

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Limiting social media use reduced loneliness and depression in new experiment

[ad_1] The idea that social media can be harmful to our mental and emotional well-being is not a new one, but little has been done by researchers to directly measure the effect; surveys and correlative studies are at best suggestive.…

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November 11, 2018