Twitter’s move to suspend a new paid checkmark system and reintroduce an ‘official’ badge, was part of attempts to tamp down fake accounts which had proliferated...
Half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees have lost their jobs – Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL Twitter moved on Friday to curb fake accounts that have proliferated since...
One Turkish opposition lawmaker smashed his phone in parliament in protest at the tough new social media rules – Copyright AFP Manjunath Kiran Burcin Gercek Turkey’s...
The world of pay-per-click advertising depends on traffic to keep it running. But almost as long as there have been PPC ads, there have been bots...
Fake news is a major concern in the run-up to presidential elections in Brazil in October 2022 – Copyright AFP Frederic J. BROWN Eugenia LOGIURATTO In...
Google’s Local Service Ads are supposed to be screened, guaranteed, and reviewed by someone contracted by Google. But supposedly, the reviews in many Local Service Ads...
As online commerce continues to rise, some of the key challenges in providing transparency, and maintaining consumer trust, have become more pressing concerns of late, in...
Reading news on the go. — © Digital Journal Scientists are seeking to automatically differentiate between original and fake multimedia content, in order to improve trust...
So, it’s been a couple of weeks since we heard anything new on the Elon Musk/Twitter takeover push. Let’s check in and see how things are...
TikTok has shared its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for Q1 2022 (Jan-Mar), which provides an overview of the key reasons as to why content is being...