This is going to be interesting… “Ms. Jourová said as the new rules take effect, countries outside Europe could begin demanding similar data protection measures for their citizens. “There will be a moment, especially as more and more people in the U.S. find themselves uncomfortable with the channels monitoring their private lives,” she said.” I…
If you haven’t seen the announcement: Seems to me that trying to follow a blog, or other website by following their Facebook page just got about impossible. As a page owner, it also seems to me that spending much time trying to share my content on Facebook also just got about pointless. It’s clear, despite…
Recently, I’m sure that many of us have read various articles about how Facebook, Google and other social platform algorithms are being manipulated by media companies, Russians, trolls, government agencies, and so on in one mass effort to manipulate us all to do one thing or another. There have been numerous calls for legislation, censorship,…
One, this is clearly true. And two, if you use FB to follow a website, blog, or some other form of “page”, you’re probably not seeing most of what is posted there. Might want to look into email, RSS, or some other form of following. “Facebook’s never going to reach a point where they say…
This isn’t a good look for Facebook, but really it’s just the tool being used, or misused, in this case. “According to a new report from ProPublica and the New York Times, Facebook has helped companies like Verizon, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and Target place “recruitment ads limited to particular age groups,” as well as used…
This may fall under the category of something that maybe Facebook would have been better not bragging about: As many technology journalists suggested, the most compelling element of the announcement may be that the company will now help you find pictures of yourself, whether or not you’re tagged in them. Drawing on its existing “template”…