Facebook Has New App For Video Creators, New Way To Monetize Videos
YouTube stars are all the rage these days, and it looks like Facebook wants in on the action. At the annual VidCon in California, Facebook announced that they’re working on…
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Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users, Takes On “Expanded Responsibility”
With great power comes great responsibility. That may not have been an exact quote, but it was the sentiment echoed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the social media site…
Facebook Rolls Out GIF Comments To All Users
Your next Facebook comment could be a lot more animated thanks to a new site update. To celebrate the 30th birthday of the GIF, Facebook has rolled out GIF comments…
FTC Sends Letters To Social Media “Influencers,” Says To Stop Pretending You’re Not Getting Paid
With so many people making a living on social media these days, the line between real life and advertising is more fuzzy than ever. When an Instagram star with hundreds…
COVFEFE Act Would Make Presidential Tweets Official Record
If new legislation introduced today passes, social media posts would become official presidential record. The “Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement” Act, which bears the acronym of an infamous…
You Can Now Contact Government Officials Straight From Facebook Posts
Having your voice heard by a government official just got a little easier thanks to a new Facebook feature. Instead of going on a Facebook rant to your friends, you…
Twitter’s Common Censorship Could Actually Be Unconstitutional
Could Twitter’s censorship actually be unconstitutional? That’s what a recent article in the Washington Post argues, saying that the site’s banning of extremist speech could run afoul of the First…
New Twitter Update Means Less Privacy, More Data Collection
It was just back in March of this year that Twitter updated their privacy policy to better protect user data, but their most recent update takes a big step in…
New Study Says Using Facebook May Actually Shrink Your Brain
With nearly 2 billion users, 50% of which use the mobile app on a daily basis, Facebook is attracting a lot of eyeballs across the globe. But a new study…
Vine Users Have E-mail Addresses and Phone Numbers Exposed
Twitter sent out notices to Vine users today telling them their e-mail addresses and phone numbers were likely exposed, but said the data wasn’t misused in any way. Nothing was…