Social Networks

A new privacy report ranking the top 15 social media platforms found Reddit and Snapchat as the least intrusive on their users' privacy. At the other end of the spectrum were Meta products Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.

Nearly two dozen dating apps were flagged by Mozilla's Privacy Not Included researchers as failing to meet privacy and security standards, sharing customer data with third parties, and excluding the right of a user to wipe their data from the app.

Large numbers of Gen Z and millennial TikTok users are frequently mining the platform for career advice, according to the results of a survey of 1,000 full-time workers from ages 21 to 40 released Tuesday by ResumeBuilder.com. These findings underscore social media's role in influencing professional...

New data offers deep insights into the best times to post on social media, underlining the importance of strategic scheduling for successful customer engagement and conversion.

In a drastic rebranding move, Elon Musk scrapped the perky blue bird that symbolized Twitter for more than a decade and replaced it with an enigmatic X.

In just five days, the latest Twitter alternative, Meta's Threads, has garnered 100 million users, shattering a record formerly held by the wildly popular generative AI app ChatGPT.

Social media fueled the bank run on the Silicon Valley Bank, a run that sent shock waves throughout the U.S. banking industry, according to a 53-page report released last week by a group of university professors.

Meta is taking to court a law enforcement intelligence company for gathering data about users of its Facebook and Instagram properties. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, alleges that Voyager Labs, an international scraping and surveillance service, improperly collected data from t...

TikTok has become the go-to app for Gen Z and others who prioritize social commerce influencers. However, lawmakers and citizens with growing concerns about data security and surveillance are pushing for congressional action to ban the China-based app in the United States.

The law aims to protect Americans by blocking and prohibiting all transactions from any social media company in, or under the influence of, China, Russia, and several other foreign countries of concern.

TikTok is experimenting with online shops and shoppable videos to enhance the customer experience for engaging in live commerce purchases. The platform last month quietly launched the e-commerce feature in the U.S. via TikTok Shop, enabling shoppers to purchase products directly through the TikTop a...

Streaming video content from non-mainstream providers might make you an unwitting target of content piracy. If you get a bargain pricing offer, you risk becoming the victim of scammers and hackers, losing personal data, and having your financial assets stolen.

The accounts can be used to run multiple pages and ad campaigns, creating new opportunities for online scams, disinformation, and election interference, according to the investigation by the Tech Transparency Project, a Washington, D.C.-based information and research organization that focuses on the...

What marketers now call shoppable video ads is a new twist on the popularity of social media platforms and their influencer participants. By mimicking that approach with elements of socializing, entertaining, and shopping, online merchants can create new shopping media channels for consumers.