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Social Networks and Privacy

Janet Fouts

I’m a bit more pragmatic than some of my co-panelists on what privacy we can actually have in this day and age. Think of your online conversations as an aggregate whole and not just one network at a time. I’m trying to keep my focus in this case on activists and their issues with privacy online.

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

Google will soon shelve Reader and this has created a lot of panicky online noise from ardent fans. Earlier this month, rumours about Facebook’s possible Google Reader replacement erupted when mentions of RSS feeds appeared in Facebook’s code. Do you use Google Reader? Related posts: Facebook graph search and your privacy.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. 3 Links are still crucial for ranking in Google.

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2020: The Year Data Saved The World

Waxing UnLyrical

In a sea of dashboards and trackers following COVID-19’s path, the lack of aggregated data for schools in the state of New York led me to create my own. As businesses increase their use of data, it is critical that they do so ethically, and proactively address the many significant, and valid, concerns around consumer privacy.

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Meta's Launching Sassy Chatbots, Instagram Creates AI Stickers, And Twitter Axes Misinformation Reports: Monday Social Media News Roundup

Buffer Social

This could provide a sense of security and control for users, a step towards addressing privacy concerns which, in turn, may encourage more creators to join the platform. The platform may soon integrate Google Search results , expanding its functionality. Threads Here’s a roundup of the significant updates from Threads.

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Social You Should Know—April Social Media Updates

Ignite Social Media

A lot happened this month in social media with most of the news centered around the Facebook privacy scandal. YouTube Under Fire for Children’s Privacy. Additionally, bots tweeted 89% of links to popular news and story aggregation sites. If you are just catching up, here are some highlights for April. Facebook Faced Congress.

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Sysomos Audience Moves Towards Measuring Social Media ROI

Dave Fleet

At first glance it seems similar to Google Analytics in nature – in fact, I previously under the incorrect impression it simply connected social media traffic to web analytics. Privacy Concerns? The only question that worried me during the demo I received revolved around online privacy. I came away impressed.

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