Facebook Has Discovered Another Data Access Issue, This Time Within Groups I feel for the person having to update the variation of this sign in Facebook’s Menlo Park HQ: But, unfortunately, the time has come once again. This week, on the Facebook Developer blog, the company has revealed that a flaw in its Groups API may […]

Content warning: This story contains discussion of serious mental health issues and racism. TheThe panic attacks started after Chloe watched a man die. She spent the past three and a half weeks in training, trying to harden herself against the daily onslaught of disturbing posts: the hate speech, the violent attacks, the graphic pornography. In a few

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Remember when a Facebook moderator died at his desk? The contractor he worked for is saying “bye” to Facebook. Moderating content for Facebook is traumatic. That’s not an opinion — it’s a fact. Thousands of people spend their work days deciding whether posts violate Facebook’s content policies. And a growing number have spoken to the media about the terrible

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Social Media and Digital Marketing Success Requires a Marriage, Not a One Night Stand

As humans, instant gratification is in our DNA, and we now live in a society which is increasingly being built on immediate access. When we want something, we want it now – we don’t want to wait in line or even wait for a mobile web page to load on our device. This is why you now

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Facebook on Friday announced that it has begun testing a new “dedicated place” for news on its platform called Facebook News. “News gives people more control over the stories they see, and the ability to explore a wider range of their news interests, directly within the Facebook app,” the company explained on its website. Facebook News

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Facebook’s making a couple of changes to business Pages, which will impact both presentation and data tracking elements. First off, as first reported by Marketing Land, Facebook has announced that it’s removing all of its gray verified badges, designed to display Page authenticity, as of October 30th. Facebook’s gray verification badges – not the blue ones – are

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Facebook Adds New Video Publishing Tools

Including Live Rehearsals and Watch Party Replays Facebook has announced a range of new video features and tools as part of its presentation to the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam this week.  The new updates relate to Facebook Live, Watch Parties and Creator Studio – here’s an overview of each element. Facebook Live Facebook’s adding

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