[ad_1] Do you really, really want to be sure everyone knows what you’re listening to? iHeartRadio thinks it can help spread your musical message. The company has introduced sharing to Stories in Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat through its mobile app — iHeartRadio claimed to Engadget that it’s the first streaming service to tie into all […]
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Apple promises hostile treatment for sites that break Safari privacy rules
[ad_1] Cross-site tracking is the practice of monitoring a person’s browsing behavior. Often, it involves sharing data with third parties such as advertisers. If you’ve ever looked at a product on Amazon, and then seen ads for it follow you from website to website, you’ve been a victim of cross-site tracking. As CNET notes, Apple […]
Social media bots are damaging our democracy
[ad_1] One need only look at the recently reported suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, who had been implicated in an international child sex-trafficking ring investigation, to see the effects of social media bots. Within moments of the announcement, Twitter flooded with conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s suspicious death. Unsourced assertions and hypotheses spread throughout the network faster […]
Facebook paid people to transcribe Messenger voice chats
[ad_1] The problem, according to Bloomberg‘s sources, is the lack of transparency. Contractors from TaskUs reportedly weren’t told where the audio came from or why they were transcribing it. That led some of the workers to believe their work was “unethical,” especially when some of the conversations included vulgar material. Facebook’s data privacy policy also […]
Prepare yourselves for a deluge of new AR filters on Instagram
[ad_1] Facebook first announced that it would allow Instagram users to create their own AR effects at its F8 developers conference this spring. But the news was overshadowed a bit by all of the other big announcements. Since then, Spark AR has been shared with select Instagram users in a closed beta. Today, it’s released […]
Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell is the latest to leave Facebook
[ad_1] We’ve asked Facebook if it can comment. It’s at least a symbolic moment for Oculus — the company is losing one of the last ties to its old crowdfunded days. Facebook gave Palmer Luckey the boot in 2017, while Brendan Iribe quit in 2018 over what’s believed to be disputes over the future direction […]
Facebook may have scrapped talks to buy Houseparty over antitrust concerns
[ad_1] It was reportedly in discussions last year to buy Houseparty, a group video chat app from the team behind Meerkat. However, it ended the talks after a few weeks, according to the New York Times. Sources told the paper Facebook ultimately decided buying another sizeable player in the social networking space posed too much […]
‘Norsemen’ producer gamed Netflix’s algorithm with Facebook ads
[ad_1] It’s a bit of a vicious circle, as Netflix is more willing than in the past to cancel shows that perhaps don’t hook enough viewers, yet it decides what to showcase in the so-called recommendation carousel. There’s only so much of that promotion space available, but one producer found a way to make sure […]
Facebook offers publishers millions for its dedicated news tab
[ad_1] Company chief Mark Zuckerberg first revealed plans to add a dedicated news tab to the platform earlier this year, shortly after Apple rolled out its news and magazine subscription service. Back then, reports said the service would be free to use, even though Facebook might pay outlets for their content. Based on WSJ’s new […]
Appeals court allows Facebook facial recognition lawsuit to proceed
[ad_1] The court “concluded that the development of a face template using facial-recognition technology without consent (as alleged in this case) invades an individual’s private affairs and concrete interests.” Judge Sandra Ikuta wrote in an opinion that “the facial-recognition technology at issue here can obtain information that is ‘detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled,’ which would […]