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Loknath Das - December 29, 2017
- Social Media
Why Social Media Companies Can’t Stop ‘Fake News’
Why Social Media Companies Can’t Stop ‘Fake News’ Right before the holiday, Guy Benson noted that two widely-spread viral tweets about the tax reform bill were flat-out false. The first, from actress…
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Loknath Das
- December 29, 2017
- News Update
Police walk an electronic beat on social media
Officer Patrick Eash has an ongoing dialogue with about 11,300 people on Facebook. And that's what his superiors at the Port Huron Police Department want. Eash is the department's Drug Abuse…
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Loknath Das
- December 29, 2017
- Social Media
Social Media-Manipulating Cult Influencers And Other Trends To Look For In 2018
TBWA Worldwide's annual 2018 insights report examines what the agency calls "pre-trends" rooted in evolving cultural shifts. Convergence is the emerging theme uniting the predictions, says TBWA. Genetic technology will…
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Loknath Das
- November 23, 2017
- Social Media
Should You Delete Your Ex From Social Media?
Anyone who has dated a person post 2004 most likely has had access to social media. Social media has enhanced our connection with people but the constant connection also has…
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Loknath Das
- November 23, 2017
- Social Media
Chinese social media giant is worth more than Facebook
Tencent (TCEHY) shares closed more than 2% higher in Hong Kong on Tuesday, valuing the social media and gaming giant at around $522 billion, according to FactSet. Facebook (FB, Tech30) is currently worth a little over…
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Loknath Das
- November 4, 2017
- Social Media
Twitter ding-dong as cathedrals battle to be crowned champions on social media
The battle to be crowned the best cathedral in England and Wales on social media may seem an unlikely place for a gentle war of words, but social media managers…
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Loknath Das
- October 24, 2017
- Social Media
Social media may not be hurting the minds of our youth
It was 1:30 a.m., and Anna was trying to keep her mind off her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had ended a painful relationship hours earlier. It was too late to…
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Loknath Das
- October 5, 2017
- Social Media
Teens ‘rebelling against social media’, say headteachers
Almost two-thirds of schoolchildren would not mind if social media had never been invented, research suggests. A survey of almost 5,000 students, mainly aged between 14 and 16, found a…
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Loknath Das
- October 3, 2017
- Social Media
Germany’s social media hate speech law is now in effect
A new law has come into force in Germany aimed at regulating social media platforms to ensure they remove hate speech within set periods of receiving complaints — within 24…
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Loknath Das
- September 30, 2017
- Social Media
Federal Plan To Keep Files Of Immigrant Social Media Activity Causes Alarm
The Department of Homeland Security put a notice in the wonky Federal Register that caught widespread attention this week: It plans to keep files on the social media activity of…
