YouTube will promote fewer videos with misinformations
If you spend countless hours on YouTube, then you know that many creators struggle to keep their content within the community guidelines and of course, monetize their content. And, it looks that YouTube it will make things a bit trickier. The video-hosting service said that it would promote fewer videos containing misinformation and conspiracy theories. YouTube tested the new feature, only in the United States, and explained that the...
Social media can learn about you even if you don’t post anything
Are you tired of social media? Have you decided to stay away from posts and stories and live your life off the grid? It turns out you don’t have to exist on social media for social networks to learn about you. Your friends can do all the dirty work! According to new study researchers from the University of Vermont and the University of Adelaide found that they could predict a person’s posts on social media with 95% accuracy,...
Facebook has a new feature, Community Actions
Are you ready to defend a cause? Then Facebook has you covered! The social media network has a new feature and its name is Community Actions, a News Feed petition feature. TechCrunch was the first medium to present the new feature and it showed its attributes. Community Actions has the possibility to unite neighbors and citizens under one cause. For example, they can request changes from their local and national elected officials and...
Facebook may face fines for privacy violations
It is a given that privacy is valuable. But privacy can be violated! And the Federal Trade Commission knows that. According to the Washington Post, FTC officials could impose a fine on Facebook after a year of data breaches and revelations of inappropriate data sharing. The popular social media platform may have violated an agreement with the government to protect data and make specific statements about their privacy. If the FTC...
Tim Cook is on consumers side regarding data collection
It seems that Tim Cook doesn’t want your sensitive data to be floating around the internet with no limits or repercussions. Apple CEO Tim Cook has requested the US government to introduce new ways to help users of the internet to control the data collected about their lives from the world wide web. In his op-ed in Time magazine, Cook said consumers should have the power to “delete their data on demand, freely, easily and online, once...