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Loknath Das - July 23, 2017
- Social Media
Drowning case teaches lesson about social media’s impact on society
MELBOURNE, Fla. — The cellphone video taken by a group of teens while they watched a man drowning in a Cocoa pond — and not only did nothing to help…
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Loknath Das
- July 21, 2017
- Social Media
LinkedIn Lite Android App Launched in India, Coming Soon to 60+ Other Markets
HIGHLIGHTS Linked Lite app is aimed at users of entry-level smartphones The LinkedIn app size is only 1MB and it reduces data usage by 80 percent The app is available…
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Loknath Das
- July 19, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook, Twitter Manipulated by Governments to Shape Opinion, Study Claims
Governments around the world are enlisting "cyber troops" who manipulate Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets to steer public opinion, spread misinformation and undermine critics, according to a new report from the…
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Loknath Das
- July 15, 2017
- Social Media
AFL players take back control of social media amid deluge of abuse
AFL players are bombarded by negative, personal and vitriolic feedback on social media, but there's an app that's helping them wrestle back control of their online lives. This year, Western Bulldogs…
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Loknath Das
- July 12, 2017
- Social Media
Scott Macnab: Leaders must set example to fight social media abuse
A Reclaim the Internet campaign aims to cut down abuse and ensure all voices can be heard online. Extremist language from political leaders on social media erodes our values as…
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Loknath Das
- July 11, 2017
- Social Media
Twitter Now Lets You Mute Notifications From Accounts You Don’t Follow
HIGHLIGHTS Twitter users can now disable notifications from unfollowed accounts Users can also filter lower-quality content from their notifications It said in March to introduce new notification filtering options Twitter,…
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Loknath Das
- July 9, 2017
- Social Media
We are curating our lives for social media, it is not who we really are
The Facebook post is a reflection of what we project but what we search on Google is a testament to what we are at our most insecure (and honest) (File…
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Loknath Das
- July 3, 2017
- Social Media
Your social media activity could help, or harm you
Employers are increasing checking out the social media profiles of prospective employees. Questionable content is obviously a concern, but more than 40 percent of employers who were polled said an…
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Loknath Das
- June 28, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook Messenger Video Chat Gets Animated Reactions, New Masks and Filters
Facebook Messenger has a video call feature, and in order to promote its use the social media giant has added more features to make the feature more attractive than before.…
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Loknath Das
- June 28, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube Form Global Working Group to Combat Terror Content
Social media giants Facebook, Google's YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft said on Monday they were forming a global working group to combine their efforts to remove terrorist content from their platforms.…
