Social Media

Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.

TikTok Owner Eyes Listing Change To Dodge US Sanctions
TikTok Owner Eyes Listing Change To Dodge US Sanctions
July 31, 2020  |  IPO

With the Trump administration increasingly signaling that it may ban Chinese technology power-house ByteDance’s blockbuster app TikTok in the United States over concerns of Beijing...

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Report: ByteDance Investors Might Take Over TikTok At A $50B Valuation
Report: ByteDance Investors Might Take Over TikTok At A $50B Valuation
July 29, 2020  |  International

A group of investors with a stake in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, are maneuvering to take over the controversial social-media app, valuing it at roughly...

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Instagram Extends Incentives To Attract TikTok Power Users For Reels
Instagram Extends Incentives To Attract TikTok Power Users For Reels
July 28, 2020  |  Facebook

To encourage TikTok users with large followings to use a novel rival offering, Instagram has reportedly extended monetary incentives. Instagram had put generous deals before renowned TikTok...

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Zuckerberg Likely To Warn Congress Against Weakening Big Tech
Zuckerberg Likely To Warn Congress Against Weakening Big Tech
July 27, 2020  |  Facebook

In his highly anticipated appearance before Congress on Wednesday (July 29), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to say that the social media mega-company is an American success story....

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Former Twitter Employees: More Than 1K Staffers, Contractors Could Have Hacked Accounts
Former Twitter Employees: More Than 1K Staffers, Contractors Could Have Hacked Accounts
July 24, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

One week after hackers commandeered dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts – including Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian and Barack Obama – former Twitter employees say that...

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Facebook Enables Live Broadcasts Of Group Video Chats
Facebook Enables Live Broadcasts Of Group Video Chats
July 23, 2020  |  Internet of Things

Facebook announced on Thursday (July 23) that users of its Messenger Rooms group video feature can now live-broadcast those meetings to traditional Facebook pages. The...

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Twitter User Base Grows A Record 34 Pct In Q2 As Shutdowns Boost Social Media
Twitter User Base Grows A Record 34 Pct In Q2 As Shutdowns Boost Social Media
July 23, 2020  |  Earnings

Twitter’s second-quarter earnings showed on Thursday (July 23) that the social media giant’s user base continued to grow even as its ad revenues declined, as...

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FTC Presses For Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg
FTC Presses For Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg
July 17, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate...

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Twitter Hack Of Kardashian, Obama And 130+ Other A-Listers Invites FBI Probe
Twitter Hack Of Kardashian, Obama And 130+ Other A-Listers Invites FBI Probe
July 17, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The FBI is investigating the worst security breach in Twitter’s 14-year history, as hackers commandeered more than 100 high-profile accounts, The Wall Street Journal reported....

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