Category: Twitter

Porn bots are now storming Twitter’s trending topics

Post author By Randall
Post date August 21, 2019
Categories In bot, bots, business, Entertainment, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, porn, pornography, Robots, Scam, scams, Security, services, social, Social Media, spam, Tech, trending topics, tweet, tweets, Twitter

[ad_1] One account Tweeted, “Marzia Pewds KickItOut Tusk Will Keane Irish Sea Phil Lynoott Chopra josh kroenke Lavazza Joe Sugg Dulux Nick Timothy Ben Unwin Amy Adams US Steel Little Brother USA Network Congrats Felix.” US Steel was trending on Twitter on Tuesday after reports that the company plans to lay off hundreds of workers […]

San Francisco’s 25-year-old FogCam shuts down this month

Post author By Randall
Post date August 19, 2019
Categories In Facebook, gear, Internet, karl, personal computing, personalcomputing, san francisco, socialmedia, socialnetworking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] FogCam’s creators, Jeff Schwartz and Dan Wong, known online as Webdog and Danno, announced the shutdown on Saturday. “The Internet has changed a lot since 1994, but Fogcam will always have a special place in its history,” the two wrote on Twitter. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Schwartz added additional context […]

Twitter is displaying China-made ads attacking Hong Kong protesters

Post author By Randall
Post date August 18, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, China, hong kong, Internet, Politics, propaganda, protest, protests, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] We’ve asked Twitter for comment. However, Xinhua‘s campaign appears to target at least some people in Hong Kong proper. This kind of behavior isn’t shocking. The Chinese government has been clamping down on critics who voice dissent on Twitter, even though the service is blocked beyond Hong Kong. The country has been determined to […]

Twitter is testing a filter for potentially offensive messages

Post author By Randall
Post date August 15, 2019
Categories In Entertainment, Internet, Mobile, online harassment, services, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] The social media giant has made some efforts this year to use technology to flag abusive tweets without the need for human intervention. While such algorithm-assisted policing can work, they also flag plenty of false positives and miss a lot of filth. Twitter has also tested a “hide replies” feature and made it easier […]

There’s something fishy about Amazon’s FC Ambassadors

Post author By Randall
Post date August 15, 2019
Categories In Amazon, amzon, breaking news, business, fcambassador, Internet, Tech, tomorrow, Twitter

[ad_1] But just because Amazon is one of the world’s richest companies doesn’t mean much of that gilding actually makes it down to the rank and file folks who make the machine run. If recent reports, such as John Oliver’s segment from July below are to be believed, working in one of the conglomerates’s many […]

Social media bots are damaging our democracy

Post author By Randall
Post date August 15, 2019
Categories In bot, botometer, bots, democracy, eliza, Facebook, Internet, irc, mass shootings, Politics, Social Media, Tech, tomorrow, twitch, Twitter, waddell

[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 […]

Twitter is finally working on search for DMs

Post author By Randall
Post date August 13, 2019
Categories In app, Direct Messages, direct messaging, dm, gear, Internet, live photo, Mobile, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] There are a couple more minor but welcome additions in development. Twitter is working on the option to support Live Photos from iOS devices as GIFs in case you want your snapshots to be that much livelier. You’ll also have the freedom to reorder photos in the app after you’ve uploaded them. You won’t […]

Twitter’s latest test lets you follow topics

Post author By Randall
Post date August 13, 2019
Categories In Android, app, gear, Internet, Mobile, social network, social networking, Tech, test, Twitter

[ad_1] You’ll also have the option to mute topics, so you won’t have to risk spoiling a show or enduring a done-to-death conversation. The test is currently limited to Android users and includes a companion test that lets you create separate lists to follow individual interests, including keywords and individual users. If you know someone […]

Twitter unfreezes Mitch McConnell’s campaign account after review

Post author By Randall
Post date August 9, 2019
Categories In censorship, congress, Entertainment, mitch mcconnell, Politics, Security, shadow banning, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] Earlier this week, McConnell and several others posted a video of a group of protesters who gathered outside the lawmaker’s Kentucky home in order to demand action on recent mass shootings. The profanity-laden footage featured individuals hurling threats at McConnell. Twitter found that the video violated its abusive behavior policy — which bans threats […]

Twitter may have shared your data without permission

Post author By Randall
Post date August 7, 2019
Categories In ads, advertisers, data, Data Privacy, device, gear, Internet, mobile app, Security, shared, Tech, Twitter, user data

[ad_1] We recently discovered and fixed issues related to your settings choices for the way we deliver personalized ads, and when we share certain data with trusted measurement and advertising partners. We want to share more context around this with you: https://t.co/jDn5zeWVwU — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) August 6, 2019 In a blog post, Twitter explained […]