Tag: Twitter
Salvos of Climate Tweets Sent by Bots May Shape Public Opinion,...
Automated bots generated one-quarter of all tweets about climate change, possibly creating the impression that skepticism about the crisis is more common...
Trump Campaign Spending Millions Advertising on Facebook, Where Political Ads Are...
Donald Trump’s re-election campaign spent almost $20 million on Facebook advertising in 2019, alarming Democratic rivals, as the campaign takes advantage of...
Facebook’s New Policy on Political Ads Sparks Criticism, Fails to Ease...
Facebook sparked fresh criticism over how much influence it may have on elections with a new policy that enables users to better...
‘Crucible for Innovation’: Why Jack Dorsey Is Planning on Spending Quality...
When Jack Dorsey, CEO of social media giant Twitter and mobile payments company Square, announced he’ll be spending up to half a...
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube Fail NATO Test on Fake News
Take it from a NATO group reporting from near the Russian border: U.S. social media remains a breeding ground for fraud, fake...
Twitter, Facebook Clash over Political Ads, Cryptocurrency in Fight for Moral...
The Dorsey-Zuckerberg battle for the future of social media ramped up this week, and both sides sought to claim the moral high...
Why Gen Z Doesn’t Click with Mainstream News
Key Takeaway: Traditional news companies are failing to connect with Gen Z consumers, a report on...
U.S. Military Aims at Fake News As Bad Guys Stay Steps...
Facebook, Google and a host of social networks are increasingly pressured to root out and stomp out fake news. Now, the U.S....
Twitter Backs ShareChat, Looks to Compete with Facebook in India
Twitter led the latest $100 million round in an Indian social media app ShareChat, according to a TechCrunch report over the weekend,...
Move Over Facebook — Twitter Also Fumbles in Safeguarding User Privacy
Facebook isn’t the only social network to have blundered with users’ privacy.
Twitter is the latest member of the...
Facebook’s Video Platform “Watch” Draws Advertisers Wary of YouTube Pitfalls
Advertisers are warming up to Facebook’s nearly two-year-old Watch video platform as they seek an alternative to YouTube, whose problems with sexual...
China Censorship Crushes Small Developers; Some Smell Opportunity
Chinese government meddling on the Web, including censorship on the mammoth WeChat social network, is boosting anxiety among game developers and smaller...
Preaching to the Choir: Fake News Fact-Checkers Have Limited Impact, Study...
Efforts to combat fake news rarely reach the people most exposed to the falsehoods, resulting in a “preaching to the choir” effect...
Instagram, Twitter Take Small Steps to Fight Cyberbullying
Amid rising concern over the flood of hateful content on social media, Instagram and Twitter are taking small steps to cut the...