Tag: Social Network

San Francisco: In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found that the world’s largest social network leads the list of companies that people trust the least. According to a survey of 1,000 people conducted earlier this month by […]

New Delhi: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and discussed various steps the social network was taking to curb the spread of fake news and boost healthy conversation on its platform. “Jack Dorsey, the Co Founder and CEO of Twitter dropped in to chat this morning. “Twitter has grown into […]

London: Highly mobile eyebrows that can be used to express a wide range of subtle emotions helped modern humans in establishing large social networks and played a crucial role in their survival, finds a study. While a pronounced brow ridge was a permanent signal of dominance and aggression for hominins, modern humans have a forehead […]

New York: Twitter bots earned a bad reputation for their alleged role in the 2016 US presidential election but researchers have found that automated tweets can also help promote good behaviour such as getting the flu shot among the social network’s users. In a large-scale experiment designed to analyse the spread of information on social networks, […]

San Francisco: To help its users during disasters, Facebook has created a new centre for crisis response where people can find information about recent crises and access the social network’s crisis response tools — including Safety Check, Community Help and Fundraisers to support crisis recovery — all in one place. “We are also introducing links […]

San Francisco: Facebook has put the security of its content moderators at risk by accidentally leaking their identities to suspected terrorist users on the social network. According to a report in the Guardian on Friday, the security lapse that was identified in November 2016 has affected more than 1,000 workers across 22 departments at Facebook […]

Canberra: Facebook has monitored the posts of Australian children and used algorithms to identify and exploit them by allowing advertisers to target them during their most vulnerable moments. Internal documents outline how the social network can target “moments when young people need a confidence boost” by monitoring posts, pictures and interactions, Sky News reported on […]

They do not log in to Facebook or Twitter, but dolphins do, in fact, form highly complex and dynamic networks of friends, a new research has found

San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is teasing its 321 million global users with an upcoming app redesign aimed at helping users see what’s happening faster. “A whole new Twitter is coming. New features and a new look are launching soon. Bookmarks, account switching, dark mode and so much more – before long, you’ll be able […]