Billionaire whose social media company has become more valuable than Facebook
You may not have heard of Tencent, but about 1/7th of the world has. Last week, the Chinese Internet giant ...
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Do social media threaten democracy?
In 1962 a British political scientist, Bernard Crick, published “In Defence of Politics”. He argued that the art of political ...
Twitter stands tougher against abuse and upskirt images
Twitter is planning to impose new restrictions on pornographic and hateful imagery as part of a renewed effort to tackle ...
We don’t always ‘get things right the first time’, Facebook says
Facebook has been in hot water lately for people misusing its products, including spreading the false news on the social ...
Instagram hackers may have sold high profile user emails and phone numbers before bug fix
Despite social media platform, Instagram’s alerting verified users last week that it had fixed a security flaw that could give ...
EU intensifies pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter over user terms
European Union authorities have increased pressure on Facebook, Twitter and Google to amend their user terms to bring them in ...
Google is having trouble pushing its Facebook-like newsfeed to Android devices
Google released a personalised news feed for phones this week, showing a stream of content based on people’s location, search ...
NBC News to launch twice-daily show on Snapchat
Comcast Corp's NBC News is launching a twice-per-day news show on Snapchat, the company said on Wednesday, part of its ...
Why WhatsApp should be part of your marketing strategy
WhatsApp boasts over 1.2 billion monthly active users: more than Twitter and Snapchat combined. And yet, most marketers leave WhatsApp ...
There is now a ridiculous number of companies competing in the hottest area of ad tech
Header bidding has shaken up online advertising in recent years. Essentially, header bidding is a means by which publishers can ...
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