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Growing Privacy Concerns Put Social Networks’ Targeting at Risk

Ignite Social Media

With the release of the Apple intelligent tracking prevention (ITP) settings in 2017, Mozilla and Apple blocking cookies in 2019 and 2020, and Google planning to phase out third-party cookies, this tracking method is gradually being stripped away. Without cookie data, social networks lose access to valuable information.

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Noteit Revolutionizes Social Networking: The Gen Alpha’s Must-Have ‘Snapchat Replacement’ Surpasses 50 Million Users

Bill Hartzer

Focusing on the Essence: People Who Matter Amidst rising concerns over privacy and safety on major social media platforms, Noteit has strategically positioned itself as the antidote. By veering away from the trend of large public communities, Noteit zeroes in on the people who matter most to you.

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Five Upcoming Social Networks To Look Out For In 2021

Ignite Social Media

Social media marketers constantly try to balance the proven practices on established social networks with strategic bets on the up and comers. When I started Ignite Social Media in 2007, the battle between MySpace and Facebook still raged and Friendster was hanging on for dear life. 5 Upcoming Social Networks to Watch.

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The 2012 Social Networking Privacy Policy

Webbiquity SMM

If you were to do a Google search for some of the top social networking sites , you’ll almost certainly stumble across a news story concerning privacy issues with user data. After an intense user backlash and a decline in numbers, Instagram pledged to readjust its terms to tighten up 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. — SS. — SS . — SS .

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Google Settles with FTC over Deceptive Privacy Practices Related to Google Buzz Social Network

Bill Hartzer

Google today has officially agreed to settle charges by the United States Federal Trade Commission that Google used “deceptive tactics&# and “violated its own privacy promises to consumers&# when Google launched their social network called Google Buzz , in 2010.

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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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