And on Wednesday, the social
media platform said the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million.
The records given to Mueller provide much more details than what the social
media platform said last week to Congress.
The social
media platform said approximately one - quarter of the ads were geographically targeted and ran mostly in 2015 rather than 2016.
The social
media platform said that out of more than 400 accounts found through Facebook's review, they found 22 corresponding accounts on Twitter.
The social -
media platform said on Wednesday that the number of people using it has stalled at 320 million.
The social
media platform says that it has removed the terms that should not have been included on that list and is continuing to work on the issue to fully correct the bug.
Not exact matches
«People equate a lot of imagery to social
media, so it may feel full and robust based on people's profiles and Facebook and Instagram and all types of social
media platforms, but when it comes to stock photography, that isn't the case,» Kissi
says.
«It's a brand - new product proposition with a brand - new
media platform, and we want to make sure the launch reflects a right - size approach,» Lowden
said.
«If an ad on any social
media platform contains words of express advocacy, those ads would fall under the FEC's regulations, including its disclosure requirements and foreign national expenditure ban,»
says McCurry.
He then used various
platforms to push traffic to his speech, focusing on the fact that users could hear what he had to
say unedited and uninterrupted by
media outlets, pundits and radio hosts.
«It's an interesting demonstration of the ways in which apps and social
media platforms both reflect and are sensitive to cultural change and serve as a cultural barometer but can also codify what is acceptable behavior,» she
said.
«Of the 282 accounts with non-zero karma, more than half (145) were banned prior to the start of this investigation through our routine Trust & Safety practices»
said Huffman in the announcement, referring to an internal investigation that began last month, in response to «recent reports about the integrity of Reddit» regarding the scope of Russian election influence on various social
media platforms, according to a previous announcement.
When it comes to Facebook, the agency tracks liking and sharing activity across the
platform, and it
says the data shows a «noticeable decline in engagement» with
media content over the past few months.
Companies like Facebook and Snap on the social
media side, and Google and Microsoft on the
platform side have already captured large segments of the marketplace, he
says.
In an interview last fall San Francisco, Williams
said that
platforms are the future of
media.
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas
said on Thursday that he believes social
platforms like Facebook should be defined as
media outlets for regulatory purposes.
Sophie Otiende a consultant with Awareness Against Human Trafficking (Haart), a non-profit organisation in Nairobi,
says social
media platforms like Facebook and messaging apps such as Whatsapp, Telegram and Line are effective tools for women.
Consider approaching your social
media use as you would approach a diet,
says Kat Glick, the director of quality and compliance at Talkspace, an online therapy
platform where she also counsels clients.
«Damien Lemaitre, vice-president of
media for Spoke - Isobar
said Instagram's
platform made sense because of its huge adoption by Canadian teens, and that the team wanted to develop unique content for Instagram users excited about the film,» writes Marketing's Jeff Fraser.
«Following our previous digital video survey conducted last June, we accurately predicted social
platforms would continue to exceed video
platforms as the preferred partner for decision - makers,»
said Rich Sutton, chief revenue officer of Trusted
Media Brands, Inc. «At Trusted
Media Brands, we embrace this shift by consistently adapting to what our consumers want.
«We will examine whether
platforms are exercising market power in commercial dealings to the detriment of consumers,
media content creators and advertisers,» Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims
said in a statement.
Pure Barre has a strong corporate presence across social
platforms, yet encourages franchisees to operate their own social
media independently, through Facebook and Twitter, something experts
say many franchises struggle with.
With diverse types of messages (complaints, requests, updates) coming in and going out via different
platforms (phone, email, social
media posts, live chats), it was becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of who was
saying what and to whom.
A co-founder of Twitter
said he feels guilty for providing a
platform for President Donald Trump, who has credited the social
media network with helping him win the election.
He also
said he'll be happy to seed fund the startups which are building a secured social
media platform.
Look
said Sa Sa tried to establish relationships with potential customers through social
media and e-wallet
platforms before they arrived in Hong Kong.
The
media startup, valued at $ 11 billion in its latest round of funding,
says the number of «pinners,» or people sharing images and links, has doubled on its
platform in the last 18 months and the number of searches on its service have increased by 81 % over the last year.
With 13 employees, the full - service salon uses various social
media platforms to engage its customers with a focus on beauty and lifestyle trends,
says co-owner Greg Lee.
They
say he wants to start a right - wing
media outlet of his own, a cable channel and digital -
media platform based on the Trump brand, like a cross between Fox News and the website Breitbart News.
«Using those hashtags throughout
platforms will increase your searchability within social
media and outside social
media as well,» she
says.
«The world of
media is shifting to mobile and these newer
platforms are becoming the future,» Greenfield
said.
But Wu
says the nonprofit needs more financial backing from social
media platforms.
Periscope, which announced that it had 10 million registered users last August, has emerged as the preferred
platform among marketers and
media types given its ties to Twitter, Talavera
says.
Verizon
says it wants to become a
media platform, but it is probably more interested in AOL's ad - serving tech than in running publications like The Huffington Post or TechCrunch.
Shares of Match Group Inc and its parent IAC plunged, wiping some $ 5 billion off their combined market values, after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg
said his social
media platform would develop its own dating app to rival Tinder, Match and others.
The layoffs, which would result in more than 1,000 people leaving the tech giant, is set to affect Yahoo's
media business, European operations, and
platforms - technology group, Business Insider
said on Wednesday.
That
said, because a client portal is like a digital office front, it should feel just as professional and personalized as your brick - and - mortar office or your social
media platforms.
Silverman
said he will focus on the new -
media ecosystem, and especially on the influence of massive distribution
platforms such as Facebook (fb) and Twitter (twtr), and how that is changing both the economics of news and the kind of news we get.
So Verizon
said on Tuesday that it intends to acquire AOL for $ 4.4 billion to become the «world's biggest
media platform,» a story that was first reported — fittingly enough — by one of the
media entities that Verizon will soon own, the news site TechCrunch.
What they don't realize, Vaynerchuk
said, is that they can't approach social
media platforms as pure distribution.
In a pitch - perfect example of corporate - speak, McDonald's social
media director, Rick Wion,
said: «As Twitter continues to evolve its
platform and engagement opportunities, we're learning from our experiences.»
NEW YORK, April 16 - A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook Inc,
saying Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony undermined the social
media company's argument that it bore no responsibility for content on its
platforms.
«Ultimately, if users opt to stay on the
platform, then it's unlikely we'll see significant shifts in
media spends in the short term,»
said Benjamin Arnold, managing director of ad agency We Are Social.
«With the studio of the future you are going to be creating content across multiple
platforms for the consumer to engage with,»
said Redstone, who also runs Advancit Capital, a venture capital firm investing in
media and technology companies.
«The redesign lays the foundation for the future of both our communication products and our
media platform, and we look forward to doubling down on both,» Chief Executive Evan Spiegel
said in remarks prepared for a conference call with analysts.
Velloso
says his team is working with the top Twitter gaming accounts, which includes publishers and game developers such as Electronic Arts (ea) and Activision (atvi),
platforms such as Twitch and YouTube, game
media such as IGN and GameSpot, event producers such as E3 and PAX, content companies like Rooster Teeth and Machinima, gaming personalities such as PewDiePie and TotalBiscuit, and eSports leagues, teams, players, and commentators.
And he suggested that the Times might actually be better positioned to benefit than a new -
media entity like BuzzFeed, which he
said was at risk from those
platforms.
«The world's social
media platforms and financial markets are abuzz about cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings,» Clayton
said.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff called for social
media to be regulated like the tobacco industry on Tuesday, while British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday called for tech companies to do more to protect users,
saying they can not «stand by while their
platforms are used to facilitate child abuse, modern slavery, or the spreading of terrorist and extremist content.»
The bottom line for
media companies, McLaughlin
said, is that even if they feel they need to work with
platforms like Facebook, they need to be very aware of what they are giving up, and of the disconnect between their interests and the
platform's interests.