According to a Wall Street Journal article, Facebook, Google and Twitter have hired censorship teams to remove user posted content that German law prohibits. As of January 1, 2018 a new law in Germany puts tech companies that allow user posted content at risk of fines of up to $60 million if they fail to […]
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Project Veritas, an undercover conservative journalistic organization, has caught Twitter engineers exposing how Twitter currently censors Republicans and conservative tweets. They sometimes allegedly use a concept called shadow banning, where a Twitter user continues to tweet without realizing that Twitter is not allowing their tweets into their followers feed. On January 3rd, 2018, Abhinov Vadrevu,
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Facebook may have pulled the plug on its digital assistant plan, but that does not mean it’s backing out entirely from the lucrative smart device market. In fact, there are indications that the social media giant could be making a big splash this year by launching a home-based, voice-enabled device—a product that could place it
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In October 2017 Twitter announced an Advertising Transparency Center saying “that it will offer everyone visibility into who is advertising on Twitter, details behind those ads, and tools to share your feedback.” As of this date, there has been no Ad Transparency Center nor any updates on its progress. Twitter previously said the Transparency Center will
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It appears that Snapchat users are not really snapping up on the cool features recently introduced on the messaging app. Leaked data point out that subscribers are not enthusiastically making use of some of its features like the Snap Map and Discover section. What’s even more troubling is that based on the leaked metrics, the
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If you recently noticed that something about your Instagram account feels a bit different, don’t be alarmed. Apparently, the picture-dense social media platform has just introduced a new feature on your feed but did not bother to make any announcements about it until later. Actually, the new feature, which is called “Recommended” for you, was
Twitter is making big changes to its API that could greatly benefit developers. On Tuesday, the San Francisco-based social media giant announced that it has rolled out an enterprise version of its Account Activity API, allowing developers greater access to the activity data such as mentions, retweets, and likes. Twitter has had its fair share of criticism
