Category: Social Media

PGA Tour highlight videos are coming to Facebook Watch

Post author By Randall
Post date January 22, 2020
Categories In Entertainment, Facebook, facebook watch, golf, Internet, pga, pga tour, Social Media, social network, social networking, Sports, streaming, Tech, watch

[ad_1] You won’t have to venture far beyond your Facebook feed to get a pro golf fix this year. The social network has reached a deal with the PGA Tour to bring daily round recaps and player-oriented highlight videos to Facebook Watch in 2020, starting with the Farmers Insurance Open on January 23rd. These will […]

Facebook says glitch led to rude translation of Chinese leader’s name

Post author By Randall
Post date January 19, 2020
Categories In China, Facebook, gear, Internet, myanmar, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, translation, xi jinping

[ad_1] The company added that it was working to “fix this as quickly as possible.” Google’s translation engine didn’t have a similar problem. It’s hard not to laugh a little at the slip-up, especially when Xi Jinping is known to be sensitive to ridicule. However, Facebook’s Burmese translation flaws have also highlighted the company’s problems […]

Instagram removes the IGTV button you weren’t using

Post author By Randall
Post date January 18, 2020
Categories In Facebook, gear, igtv, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] There have been a number of concessions over IGTV in the past. Instagram eventually allowed landscape videos rather than insisting on vertical clips, and it just recently enabled the option to post IGTV videos directly from the standard app. This, however, may be one of the more significant changes yet — it’s taking away […]

Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’

Post author By Randall
Post date January 17, 2020
Categories In airbnb, bad password, badpassword, bias, business, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Instagram, Internet, Lgbtq, morality police, opinion, orwellian, personal computing, personalcomputing, policing, Security, services, sex, sex workers, social credit, Social Media, Tech, trooly, Twitter

[ad_1] Despite that, Instagram kicked her off all three accounts, saying her behavior on Twitter violated Instagram’s sexually suggestive content guidelines. On Twitter, Ms. Ward — as The Naked Philanthropist — offered a privately-sent nude photo to those who provided verifiable proof of donation to organizations including Australian Red Cross and The Koala Hospital. Her […]

Instagram removes posts backing slain Iranian leader to obey US sanctions

Post author By Randall
Post date January 11, 2020
Categories In Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, iran, Politics, qassem soleimani, sanctions, Social Media, social network, social networking, soleimani, Tech

[ad_1] The deletions don’t appear to cover accounts outside of Iran. Not surprisingly, the Iranian government and journalists inside the country have objected to the move. Membes of the Association of Iranian Journalists in Tehran have written directly to Instagram chief Adam Mosseri asking him to stop censoring their media. Government spokesperson Ali Rabiei, meanwhile, […]

Hitting the Books: How to get a date online

Post author By Randall
Post date January 11, 2020
Categories In column, date, dating, Diy, etiquette, hitting the books, hittingthebooks, Internet, kill reply all, love, online, penguin randomhouse, psa, services, Social Media, Tech, tomorrow, victoria turk

[ad_1] Kill Reply All: A Modern Guide to Online Etiquette, from Social Media to Work to Loveby Victoria Turk Boomers rightly take a lot of flack for their inability to fully grasp the intricacies of modern social media but that doesn’t mean the rest of us are necessarily that much more savvy than our parents. […]

Facebook is still running anti-vaccination ads despite ban

Post author By Randall
Post date January 8, 2020
Categories In anti-vaccine, anti-vaxxers, Facebook, gear, Internet, medicine, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, vaccination

[ad_1] The ads appear to violate Facebook policies that ban ads with claims debunked either by outside fact checking teams or “organizations with particular expertise,” including anti-vaccination content. In the case of these ads, the World Health Organization would be one of those groups. Earthley also promotes anti-vaccination myths through its public accounts and groups, […]

Twitter will give you control over who can reply to tweets

Post author By Randall
Post date January 8, 2020
Categories In abuse, ces2020, gear, harassment, Internet, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] The new controls should arrive later in 2020. You can expect a handful of other improvements as well. You’ll see a specific conversation view with threading, and the discussion interface that first popped up in Twitter’s testing app will reach the main app in the months ahead. Lists are getting improvements, too, including customization […]

India ruling party accused of tricking Twitter users into backing a law

Post author By Randall
Post date January 4, 2020
Categories In bharatiya janata party, bjp, citizenship amendment act, gear, India, Internet, Politics, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] It’s not certain that this is is a coordinated campaign, but the misleading tweets came soon after Home Minister Amit Shaw shared the number. When asked for comment, Twitter’s Indian team directed TechCrunch to an article explaining Trending Topics, but the link didn’t address the question. If accurate, this wouldn’t be the first instance […]