Category: Social Media / Websites
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Windows 10 Tip: What’s new in Skype for Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft Blogs – 4.17.19 (4.15.19) If it’s been a minute since you’ve used Skype, there are several new features that have come out since the Windows 10 October 2018 Update: background blurring, OneDrive integration and live captions and subtitles. Read more: Windows 10 Tip: What’s new in Skype for Windows 10 PCs
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Teaming Up Against False News
Facebook Newsroom – 4.12.19 (4.10.19) Today, we’re kicking off a new collaborative process with outside experts on misinformation. The goal: to arrive at externally-validated, consistent approaches that have the potential to help Facebook catch greater quantities of misinformation, more efficiently. Read more: Teaming Up Against False News
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Making It Easier to Honor a Loved One on Facebook After They Pass Away
Facebook Newsroom – 4.9.19 People turn to Facebook to find community during life’s highs and lows. We know the loss of a friend or family member can be devastating — and we want Facebook to be a place where people can support each other while honoring the memory of their loved ones. Read more: Making…
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Teen Texting Slang (and Emojis) Parents Should Know
McAfee Blog – 4.8.19 (4.6.19) What adults call texting, kids call talking. They “talk” on their phones via chat, social comments, snaps, posts, tweets, and direct messages. And they are talking most of the time — tap, tap, tap — much like background music. In all this “talking” a language, or code, emerges just as it has…
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540M Facebook Records Exposed on Amazon Servers
Avast Blog – 4.8.19 (4.3.19) Facebook strikes again. In the latest security gaffe by the social media giant, over half a billion Facebook records have been found sitting in plain sight by third parties using Amazon’s cloud services. None of the cloud servers were password protected. Has this scenario become too familiar? Read more: 540M…
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More Clarity, More Control
Facebook Newsroom – 4.2.19 (3.31.19) News Feed is always personalized to you — and starting today you’ll have even more information and control over your experience. We’re introducing “Why am I seeing this post?” to help you better understand and more easily control what you from see the friends, Pages and Groups you follow in your…
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Four Ideas to Regulate the Internet
Facebook Newsroom – 4.1.19 (3.31.19) Technology is a major part of our lives, and companies such as Facebook have immense responsibilities. Every day we make decisions about what speech is harmful, what constitutes political advertising, and how to prevent sophisticated cyberattacks. These are important for keeping our community safe. But if we were starting from…
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Standing Against Hate
Facebook Newsroom – 3.29.19 (3.27.19) Today we’re announcing a ban on praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on Facebook and Instagram, which we’ll start enforcing next week. It’s clear that these concepts are deeply linked to organized hate groups and have no place on our services. Read more: Standing Against Hate |…
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Seven Social Media Scams to Avoid
Avast Blog – 3.15.19 (3.24.19) Thieves no longer stop at credit card numbers and financial swindling. Sure, they want your money, but today’s career criminals want more. They want your data. Personal info comprises today’s riches: what you like, where you go, who you love, what you believe — anything that details who you are…
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Why you should change your Facebook password
1Password Blog – 3.22.19 (3.21.19) Today, Facebook revealed that 200–600 million user passwords had been stored in a plain text file on an internal server. This left the affected users vulnerable and searchable by more than 20,000 employees – with around 2000 taking advantage of this. However, Facebook did state that no passwords were shared or leaked…