FREEPIK Young Filipinos aged 18 to 39 years old are confident in their ability to identify false information online, according to a 2021 survey about fake news in social media. Majority (93.27%) of 327 respondents said they encountered it daily on social media platforms, and nearly 86% shared that theyRead More →
Now, more than ever, it’s important to take a hard look at the content we consume Folder graphic by Emily Thiessen. When social media first spread its wings, there was a sense of optimism that people had finally found their voice. Now, with the war in Ukraine, we see theRead More →
Meta-platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in certain countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers amid the invasion of Ukraine, according to internal emails seen by Reuters on Thursday, as part of a temporary change to its hate speech policy. The social media company is alsoRead More →
1. Numerical rules The transition from conventional news sources to digital platforms and applications has accelerated in recent years. A large portion (32%) of urban Indians prefer digital spaces for their daily dose of news and information, with social media feeds and WhatsApp or Telegram forwarding emerging as the mostRead More →
Stay cool: Shepparton is heading for a high of 36 degrees today. Photo by Rodney Braithwaite the Shepparton News blog is home to the best stories from the Goulburn Valley. Hello and welcome to today’s news blog, It’s Georgia Rossiter behind the keyboard, ready to keep you up to dateRead More →
Thanks to smartphones, everyone has a camera in their pocket. With people documenting everything from get-togethers to their beauty routines, nearly all social occasions, even those that should be kept private, tend to end up online. Eventually, your image is likely to appear in some posts that you don’t like.Read More →
An American mother claims companies are responsible for the suicide of her 11-year-old daughter, who had an “extreme addiction” to social media. Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old child who was addicted to Instagram and Snapchat, the girl’s mother has allegedRead More →
President Erdogan said it was important to fight disinformation and propaganda “within the framework of the truth”. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday described social media as one of the main threats to democracy. Erdogan’s government plans to pursue legislation to criminalize the dissemination of false information and disinformationRead More →
The Better Business Bureau says scammers are on the rise for the holiday season. In a recently released list of the top 12 Christmas scams, BBB officials say criminals use email and social media to facilitate most scams, but social media is where people are most vulnerable. The BBB alsoRead More →
In recent times, social media has become extremely important all over the world. It is unquestionably an integral part of modern society. Many, many people use social media to chat with friends, find new friends, buy products and check news. Although these platforms are useful, they can also lead toRead More →
Millions of people are turning to Twitter after Facebook and its Instagram, Whatsapp platforms went down for hours on Monday. The six-hour global outage of social media platforms operated by Facebook on Monday led to a massive migration to Twitter, where a flood of jokes and memes reacted to theRead More →
A whistleblower has accused Facebook of putting profit before people as she told Congress that its products hurt the mental health of some young users, fuel divisions and weaken democracy. At a Senate Commerce Subcommittee hearing, Frances Haugen called for transparency on how Facebook encourages users to continue scrolling, creatingRead More →
Facebook, Instagram and the widely used messaging service WhatsApp are gradually returning to normal after a multi-hour global blackout that disabled Facebook-owned social media platforms for around six hours. In one Publish On rival platform Twitter on Monday evening, Facebook confirmed that its apps were coming back online and apologizedRead More →
A report by a Kashmiri diaspora group has accused social media giants Twitter, Facebook and Instagram of silencing Kashmiri voices in digital spaces by frequently suspending the accounts of artists, scholars and journalists based in and outside the disputed region, a decision called by experts as “reprehensible”. A 30-page reportRead More →
There is broad bipartisan support among self-identified liberals and conservatives that social media companies should add warning labels to posts that contain misleading information, or that could lead to the spread of disinformation, data from a new study by researchers from Northeastern College of Arts, Media and Design exhibits. MuchRead More →
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the spread of false information on social media platforms and web portals, and said that even information disseminated in a section of channels had a common tone, which could carry a bad reputation in the country. A bench ledRead More →
I had a snapshot of the darkness within social media. Mass provocation resembles organized crime or a brazen form of online guerrilla warfare. By Shalini Verma Published: Tue 27 Jul 2021, 11:47 PM When I was viciously trolled on Twitter, I resorted to the apt no-answer response, following the popular,Read More →
Misinformation about the virus and vaccines has spread on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. President Joe Biden has said social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden’s comments came a day after US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said misinformationRead More →
Rights groups and Palestine advocates are demanding responses from Facebook after multiple reports that the social media giant censored Palestinian content on its platforms, particularly during the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and Occupied East Jerusalem. In one letter To Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on Wednesday, dozens ofRead More →
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has temporarily blocked Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and some other social media services across the country as part of a security crackdown on a far-right religious party, officials say. The temporary ban blocked all access to social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and messaging apps WhatsappRead More →
Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir – Sadia Munawar is a 29-year-old government worker in Indian-administered Kashmir. She is also an amateur poet. Sitting at her home in a picturesque town in central Kashmir, Munawar (pseudonym) says she has witnessed firsthand the past few years of unrest, blockages and fear among residentsRead More →
The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face further escalation from Congress on Thursday, focused on their efforts to stop their platforms from spreading lies and inciting violence. This has been a familiar theme for lawmakers over the past few years. But the pressure is even greaterRead More →
Post views: 1,964 Social media moderation services gradually dominated all online businesses and most industries. With the ever-increasing number of new customers flocking to use and try it, social media has become a catalyst for introducing and sustaining businesses big and small today. Many entrepreneurs and business owners have turnedRead More →
Not surprisingly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Facebook page saw a huge surge in subscribers in March and April 2020, as more and more people flocked to the social media pages to learn about the pandemic. It turns out that the increase in subscriber numbers and social mediaRead More →
The Center released a sweeping set of rules on Thursday to regulate social media companies, streaming and digital media platforms. This move will virtually place these platforms, for the first time, under government control. According to the new guidelines called ‘Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code)Read More →
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government was in talks again with the tech giant as the standoff leads to a drop in traffic to news sites across the country. Facebook Inc is back at the negotiating table, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday after the techRead More →
Myanmar’s military government reportedly arrested at least three protesters on Thursday, hours after blocking Facebook and other social media platforms in a bid to suppress dissent after detaining the country’s elected leaders and seizing power in a Rebellion. Facebook, used by about half of Myanmar’s 53 million people, has emergedRead More →
A new study reveals that nearly 60% of women and girls using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have experienced abuse. According to a new global study, online abuse drives girls away from social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and nearly 60% of them experience harassment. One in five girlsRead More →
media update Taylor Goodman reveals the latest updates from some of your favorite social media platforms. 1. Facebook launches virtual meetings on Messenger The news: Social media heavyweight Facebook is planning to introduce a video calling feature that allows users of the Facebook Dating service to connect via Messenger. ThisRead More →
News platforms are changing rapidly and social media is the latest platform that makes news more accessible. BYU communications professor Quint Randle researches digital news and says the trend has both upsides and downsides. One of the advantages is that people can interact with each other and spread information veryRead More →