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Twitter Gets Rid of 70 Million Fake Accounts in May and June, Cracks Down on Trolls

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Twitter has been aggressively suspending false accounts in a bid to curtail the spread of fake news. The company’s massive crackdown on trolls and bots have resulted in one million dubious accounts being deleted or suspended per day. According to the Washington Post, Twitter has been coming down hard on fake accounts, trolls, and bots […]

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WhatsApp Introduces New Broadcast Feature For Group Chat

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WhatsApp recently unveiled a new feature that Telegram users will have no trouble recognizing. WhatsApp users will now be able to create a one-way broadcast communication stream. With this new feature, only the administrator or owner will be able to send messages to members of the group. In a blog post uploaded last Friday, the

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Twitter’s New Ads Transparency Center Reveals Who Buys Ads on Its Platform

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With the midterm elections coming up, Twitter users will have to brace themselves for a barrage of ads. But this time around, they’ll also be getting information on who paid for those ads and why they received said advertisement. Twitter recently announced that it’s making more critical information accessible in its Ads Transparency Center. Users

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Instagram Now has 1 Billion Monthly Users, Launches IGTV for Content Creators

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Instagram has just hit one of its most crucial milestone – one billion users. The news came on the heels of the company’s launch of IGTV or Instagram Television, a long-form video format that takes aim at rival YouTube. It seemed inevitable that Instagram would hit the 1 billion monthly users mark. But what probably

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Instagram Just Added an eCommerce Feature to Stories

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Instagram is allowing users to buy what they see on Stories without having to leave the app. The photo and video sharing platform recently announced that stickers with the shopping bag icon are headed to Instagram Stories. Tapping on the shoppable tags that caught your eye in a Story will reveal more details about the

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5 Ways to Boost Your Brand Using Social Media Polls

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If you’re managing a small business or start-up brand on social media, getting people to interact with you can be challenging. This is where polling comes in handy since it encourages engagement and improves the visibility of your brand. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, have polling features that you can tweak

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Facebook, Google Get Sued by Washington State Over Political Ad Records

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Washington has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and Google over their inability to show their records on who purchased political ads on the platform. The two companies were reportedly paid millions for political ads but have failed in publishing key information, like the advertiser’s address, that’s required by law. Washington legislation mandates that advertisers collate

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Instagram Explains How Its Algorithm Works, Busts Common Myths

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It might have taken them almost two years, but Instagram has finally explained the inner-workings of its algorithm-based feed. It was in July 2016 when the photo-sharing platform shifted to a machine-learning approach from reverse chronological order. A lot of users raised a ruckus over the announced change, but Instagram stood fast and opted instead

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Facebook ‘Weaponized’ User Data, Says Bikini Photo-Finding App Developer

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Facebook is facing accusations of gathering more user data than disclosed. According to court filings, former start-up Six4Three claimed that the social media company conducted mass surveillance on its users and their friends alike. Based on the lawsuit documents, Facebook reportedly had access to its users’ text messages, photos, and microphones. It can even track

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