Social Media

Around midnight yesterday, a large number of social media users across the globe started reporting seeing error messages while trying to load Facebook and Instagram. Hundreds and thousands of users flocked to Down Detector to note issues…
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With the presidential election fast approaching, Twitter is tightening account security for prominent, election-related Twitter accounts in the U.S. They include accounts belonging to members of the U.S. Congress, U.S. governors,…
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Facebook this morning launched a new app designed to make it easier for businesses to manage their pages and profiles across Facebook, Instagram and Messenger in a single place. The app, Facebook Business Suite, combines access to the…
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Roughly 100 Facebook employees will soon be wearing augmented reality research glasses at work, at home, and in public in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Seattle. These research glasses will help Facebook develop a pair of augmented…
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Facebook on Wednesday announced it would launch its own smart glasses next year which connect to smartphones as part of an alliance with eyewear titan EssilorLuxottica. The Ray-Ban branded eyewear, a move by Facebook into wearable tech, is…
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Dozens of celebrities are joining the Stop Hate for Profit campaign for a one-day posting boycott on Wednesday against Facebook and Instagram over the social media giant’s policies regarding hate speech and misinformation that has led to…
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Twitter debuted its election hub on Tuesday, introducing a set of tools to help Americans prepare for the most uncertain election in modern U.S. history. The platform will add a new “US Elections” tab in the Explore menu, where the trending…
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OAKLAND – While Facebook has heralded improvements to its fight against disinformation in the United States, it has been slow to deal with fake accounts that have affected elections around the world, according to a post published by a…
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Facebook Gaming Partners can now add popular music from several labels, publishers and societies to their livestreams following a host of partnerships that were revealed Monday. Global director of games partnerships Leo Olebe said in a…
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Getting together to watch a favorite show or movie is a difficult prospect with an ongoing global pandemic. That’s why Plex, Movies Anywhere, Hulu, and others have put a solution for virtual watch parties. And now Facebook is joining the…
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