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Twitter has found yet another security issue, this time affecting a number of Android users. The flaw could potentially allow malicious apps to access private messages.
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A new report into several activities believed to be part of a broader influence campaign running since at least March 2017. The campaign is named "Ghostwriter," based on its use of inauthentic personas posing as locals, journalists, and analysts.
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A new survey finds over half of CIO’s and IT VPs admit to currently increasing cloud spend. And around four-fifths indicate that they will continue to use cloud services and applications they implemented during the shift to remote work.
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English Heritage canceled this year's celebration of the summer solstice at Stonehenge due to a ban on mass gatherings - but live-streamed the sunrise on social media instead, although senior druid King Arthur Pendragon said it was "not very pagan."
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Oh, gosh - President Donald Trump just doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. At a press conference on Tuesday, he said he's working with the same scientists who had created an “AIDS vaccine” while discussing the future of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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There are all kinds of reasons to use social media, including watching silly cat videos or just expressing your opinion. However, researchers from the University of Copenhagen's Natural History Museum of Denmark used Twitter to discover a new species.
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A defining year for social media has already bred some of the best social media video campaigns of all time. Let’s take a look.
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At an unusually contentious briefing Thursday of the coronavirus task force, President Trump floated the idea that people infected with COVID-19 might be treated using injections of disinfectant and applications of ultraviolet light.
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How people are responding to the coronavirus pandemic and what their reactions are can be tacked through social media. In fact, social media has been previously tested out as an effective way for tracking public opinion.
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How popular is an app? The number of downloads is revealing. But what about how influential an app is? New research considers this from the basis of social media mentions.
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Be careful what you post on social media, especially drunken escapades. As employers increasingly look at interview candidates' social media activity, a new study shows how your social profile affects your recruitment prospects.
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The new coronavirus has nothing to do with Corona beer. However, one you can get from a bar at a party. The other can get you barred from a party. Thankfully, most of us know this.
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On January 27, TV personality and social media influencer Dorothy Wang launched her own travel guide platform, where she is sharing her travel insights with her fans and followers.
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It's time for our weekly chuckle, and today, social media is having fun with the Space Force's new name tapes, which attach to the uniform. The newest branch of the U.S. military displayed the name tape on a camo uniform to the delight of Twitter users.
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Donald Trump's election gave the United States its first Twitter-based presidency - while giving Americans a crash-course on how to use misinformation and outright lies as a propaganda tool in moving your agenda forward.
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TikTok’s multiple vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to manipulate user accounts and expose personal data including names, email addresses and dates of birth. A security expert details the consequences.
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In response to Facebook’s new deepfake ban (joining joining nudity, hate speech, and graphic violence on the banned list), security expert Robert Prigge, CEO of Jumio explains to Digital Journal why the need to regulate is important.
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In response to the 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers, and names was left exposed on the web, Digital Journal caught up with Anurag Kahol, of Bitglass for analysis.
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It's been reported that a data leak of 1.2 billion social media profiles has occurred, mostly relating to Facebook users. This strengthens the case for DMARC authentication, says Robert Prigge, President of Jumio.
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Twitter has drafted a deepfake policy that would ‘warn’ users of manipulated media, but not remove it. For privacy campaigner Damien Mason this doesn't go far enough.
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If you're looking to tap into the influencer movement, here's how you can dig into their audience without direct access to their channels.
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October 2019 saw the U.S. launch of Fayvo, a new type of social sharing experience intended to bring an engaging focus among friends and family, which the company say is often missing from other platforms.
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Facebook's stock rose in after-hours trading after the company posted third-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts expectations - at least for now. But what does the future hold for the company and where might the main risks come from?
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As we head into 2020, social media needs to play a key role in a brand’s marketing mix. Here's what you need to be paying attention to for next year and beyond.
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A new phishing campaign targeting Instagram users by luring them into providing their credentials using fake copyright infringement alerts--implanting a feeling of urgency designed to lower the users' guard. Peter Goldstein of Valimail provides analysis.
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Instagram has started hiding ‘likes’ in response to concerns for mental health. But what does this mean for the people that have made a living out of their visible Instagram popularity? Expert Fahad AlSaud provides some ideas.
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For those keen to maintain their privacy Facebook's planned roll-out of its new 'clear history' function sounds good. The issue is that the cleared data doesn't really go anywhere, you just won't be able to see it.
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Job candidates will go to great lengths to keep their social media private from employers and coworkers. The extent to which job seekers are enabling privacy settings and augmenting their digital footprint, has been captured in a new study.
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Chris Wetherell, the software designer who built Twitter’s “retweet” function, wishes he hadn’t done so. He says that no-one at Twitter had anticipated how this function would alter the way people used the platform.
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Facebook announced Wednesday that it's the subject of a Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation. An anonymous source told Bloomberg the probe will center on Facebook's core business — social media.
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A scene from 'Unfriended' Universal Pictures
Social TV Awards winners Social TV Summit
Screenshot from Meltwater
Reaganbook is the latest attempt at a conservatively minded social media site. The Daily Beast
The new News Feed on Facebook Via Facebook Livestream
HYPE, a new mobile livestreaming platform HYPE
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash
AWNY breakfast conference on custom publishing and branded content
Facebook On This Day new features Facebook
Using a conference hashtag
Social media's influence on people is continually on the rise. Jason Howie, via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
So called "recent activity" on the social media. screendump
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Social media "hookup apps" make it easy to link up and pick up STDs. YouTube
"Museum Quality: Collecting and Archiving Across Multiple Platforms" panel (L-R):
Amy Vernon, Frederic Montagnon, Matthew Roche, Steven Rosenbaum, Oliver Starr, Duncan Alney
A Google Android figurine sits on the welcome desk as employee Tracy McNeilly smiles at the new Google office in Toronto © Reuters / Mark Blinch
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