Articles in Social Media

• Facebook Counters Apple Privacy Update

  In the middle of an on-going privacy battle between Facebook and Apple, Facebook is launching a strategy designed to circumvent a planned Apple update that will severely impact…

• A Decentralised Social Network

  Twitter, one of the most active social media platforms, has been working on a new, decentralised social network, (called Bluesky) for a couple of years now, and earlier this…

• Facebook Removes Ad Text Limit

  In a move which will no doubt be welcomed by Facebook advertisers everywhere, Facebook has removed its restrictions on text in your Facebook image ads, which was previously…

• Social Media Tips For Lockdown

  It can feel strange showing up on social media in a time where people are going through extreme anxiety, devastation, illness, and massive change. But amid the chaos, businesses…

• Twitter Tests Flags For False Tweets

  With increasing concerns about the proliferation of false or misleading information on social media, Twitter appears to be planning a way for users to provide feedback by…

• Instagram Like Removal Expands To US

  Following on from their initial trials in 7 other countries , Facebook-owned Instagram has now expanded the trial to the US, hiding "like" counts on posts for a selection of…

• Facebook Planning Major WhatsApp Changes

  A recent announcement revealed some big plans on the cards for Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp, some which users will no doubt be pleased about, and others, not so much. New…

• Facebook's PTAT Score

  One of the many metrics that Facebook makes available to you is the "PTAT" score, or "People Are Talking About This," but it's a metric that is not always well understood. It can…

• Facebook Testing Hiding Likes

  After reverse engineer Jane Wong recently discovered some test Facebook code, and Facebook confirmed that it was considering hiding "likes," the popularity metric that they…

• Facebook Rebrands Instagram & WhatsApp

  In a move that appears to be quite widely derided, Facebook has decided that it is going to forcibly remind everybody who owns Instagram and WhatsApp, by officially rebranding…

• Facebook Shareholders Vote Against Zuckerberg

  At the beginning of this month, Facebook revealed that outside investors had voted overwhelmingly in favour of a series of proposals to fire Mark Zuckerberg, owner and CEO of the…

• Facebook To Remove White Nationalist Content

  As we've seen from far too many recent articles, Facebook is under global pressure from the governments of many different companies to both be more conscious of, and to take more…