TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS: Meta had until August 4th to prove that it had measures in place to comply with Norwegian data protection law. We don’t play with the protection of personal data in Norway, even if we are called Meta. A Norwegian regulator on Tuesday fined the U.S. tech giant for serving targeted ads by exploiting user data from its Facebook and Instagram […]
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GREAT SHAPE: The Chinese platform, TikTok had already surpassed YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Beijing and Washington do not only clash with a “spy” balloon. The competition between the two powers is also played out at the platform level, and China, thanks to TikTok, is winning. After surpassing YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook in “time spent” by American adults on each platform, the platform, which […]
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NOT HAPPY: It is unknown how many internet users actually deactivated or deleted their Facebook and Instagram accounts after the announcement Definitely, paying for your social networks is not a fashionable idea. Since the announcement on February 19 of the arrival of a paid subscription on Facebook and Instagram, Internet users have made their dissatisfaction known. On Google Trends, […]
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OPTION: The slogan of the Facebook social network launched in 2004 has long been “It’s free and it always will be” In a typical overstatement of capitalism, Mark Zuckerberg responds to Elon Musk. The boss of Meta (Facebook, Instagram) announced on Sunday the launch of a paid subscription starting at $11.99 per month to authenticate his account on […]
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SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook has blocked some news content in Australia to protest a bill to force the social network to pay media In retaliation against a bill that intends to force the social network to pay for media in Australia, Facebook has blocked access to many news contents in the country. A decision that angered the Australian government on Thursday. As of […]
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It has been a while since two giants, Facebook and Apple have been in a tussle for user privacy issues. Apple has taken some steps in the past regarding privacy settings that have hurt Facebook. It has been a while since two giants, Facebook and Apple have been in a tussle for user privacy issues. […]
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SOCIAL NETWORKS: About two million users visit Clubhouse every week Facebook has embarked on the design of audio chat rooms on the model of the Clubhouse application, already copied by Twitter. The Clubhouse platform, launched last spring, is only available on Apple-branded devices and by invitation but is already visited by some two million users every week. They have access to […]
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Facebook has updated its rules of use to stop the spread of “fake news” about vaccines against coronavirus Covid-19. At least in theory. While its founder Mark Zuckerberg assured last September that the social network would not tackle discussions about vaccines, the company announced a new list of claims now banned on the platform. A first list had […]
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An empty message from Delphine Jubillar, published Wednesday on a Facebook group and immediately deleted, thickens the mystery It is an empty message, posted Wednesday evening on a Facebook group to which the 33-year-old mother belongs, which caused the stir. Seeing this post emitted from the account of Delphine Jubillar appear, before being almost immediately deleted, a close friend […]
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SOCIAL NETWORKS: The decision of Twitter over the suspension of Donald Trump’s Account is “problematic”, says the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel Following the incidents that occurred on January 6 in Washington, Donald Trump was banned from several social platforms. The outgoing president has indeed been held responsible for the incidents that led to the invasion of the seat […]
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