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  • UK Group Calls on Government to Regulate Social Media Companies

    UK Group Calls on Government to Regulate Social Media Companies

    In the UK, a group of TV broadcasters, mobile network and internet service providers have all urged the government to strengthen its oversight of social media companies.  In a letter to The Sunday Telegraph, executives from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, as well as Sky, BT and TalkTalk, called for a new, independent regulator to help tackle…

  • Did Facebook Try to Lure Teenagers to their Platform Using Creepy Methods?

    Did Facebook Try to Lure Teenagers to their Platform Using Creepy Methods?

    Last October, Facebook purchased the viral polling app TBH with the intent of attracting more teenagers to their platform.  The problem was the app didn’t become anything for Facebook.  The intent was for the app to help Facebook get as many as 2.5 million new users, but it didn’t quite happen that way.  As a…

  • Has WhatsApp Finally Found a Way to Make Some Money?

    Has WhatsApp Finally Found a Way to Make Some Money?

    Before Facebook acquired WhatsApp, it used to display a banner in the app asking users to pay a fee in order to use its messaging service after the first year.  I don’t know anyone who has actually paid that fee, but now you might not have to.  After 9 years, WhatsApp has finally figured out…