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Loknath Das
- August 23, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook’s Social ID App Hello Is Pretty Much Dead
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook began testing Hello app two years ago The app was available in select markets The company seems to have abandoned the app Facebook appears to have given up…
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- August 22, 2017
- Social Media
Taylor Swift Slithers Back To Social Media With Cryptic Post
Never one to be overshadowed by the single greatest natural wonder in decades, Taylor Swift returned to social media Monday by apparently reclaiming the symbol that appears whenever she takes an online…
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- July 29, 2017
- Social Media
Stanford, Cal coaches talk players’ social media
Photo: Mark J. Terrill, Associated Press Cal head coach Justin Wilcox says social media can tell you a lot about what a player is really like. The benefits and drawbacks…
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- June 17, 2017
- Social Media
Facebook Is Using AI to Make the Social Network a ‘Hostile Place for Terrorists’
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook is ramping up its efforts to curb online extremist content It plans to use artificial intelligence to detect and remove such content An algorithm is being built by…
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- June 8, 2017
- Social Media
The Secret Social Media Lives of Teenagers
Earlier this week, Harvard University revealed that it had rescinded admissions offers to at least 10 students who shared offensive images within what they thought was a private Facebook group…
