TikTok and YouTube are the two social media apps that track most users’ personal data, according to a recent URL Genius research. To reach this conclusion, the marketing company used Apple’s new”Record app activity” featureswhich allows users to know which apps communicate to diverse networks, saving a summary of data, sensor, and internet access by […]
With Valentine’s Day coming up next week (2/14), TikTok has issued a warning to its users to be wary of romance scams, where fraudsters target vulnerable singles, most commonly via social and dating apps. As explained by tik tok: “In 2020, losses from romance scams reported to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) topped $304 millionclimbing […]
So, this post also serves as a reminder that Valentine’s Day is coming up next week (2/14), so if you haven’t got something planned, it may be time to get moving to ensure that you let your significant other/s know that you care. Marking the occasion, Instagram has published a new overview of which US […]
Are you more concerned about the security of your online information than you were last year? A series of high-profile hacks, as well as reports of data breaches, have sparked a new debate about how social platforms use the information you submit, or how it can be made available to others. And according to a […]
A few months ago we reported on a Google Search Console Problem with user permissions. Well, that problem is now fixed, according to Google’s Caio Barros. The problem appeared to be a problem with communicating true access rather than an error with access. Previously, there was an issue in the Search Console user interface where […]
Discovery is key to maximizing the social uptake of audio, and both Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces had to face various challenges to get users to see the most relevant shows in real time, limiting the capacity of each platform to generate optimal interest. Today Clubhouse is taking a significant step in meeting its discovery challenges, […]
For the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg, things weren’t going well anyway. But it’s getting worse. As Facebook tries to tackle a huge crisis that ranges from complaints of exposing people to mental health problems to endangering democracies, its users are getting tired. Even after renaming to Meta (in a seemingly suspicious attempt to change […]
Twitter is expanding its Audio Spaces offering, this time with a new way to expand your Spaces audience, even for people who don’t have a Twitter profile. Do you have friends who are not on Twitter? that’s strange, but now you can share direct links to your spaces and listen to them over the web […]
Twitter has opened its new ‘Super Follow’ option to all users on iOS, which gives YouTubers more monetization potential and increases the opportunity to generate direct revenue from their biggest fans. Originally open for public use again in June, then started in a limited beta version September, Super Follows enables Twitter users with more than […]
The Australian government will consider a new bill that would force social media companies to Obtaining parental consent for users under the age of 16, face hefty fines if caught. Effective enforcement seems largely impossible, but the bill stipulates that social media apps “must take all reasonable steps to determine the age of users and […]