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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 . Photo by Sam Shavers.

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The Unfriendliness of Kid-Friendly Social Networks

Socialized

Everyone’s talking about the launch of Togetherville , a social network designed to bring parents and their kids together with the goal of learning responsible social networking. In other words, they are not using a social network. The idea is not to teach them to use social networks.

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Evolution of Privacy on Facebook

Mindjumpers

During the last couple of years, Facebook’s default privacy settings have become more and more permissive – and often with great confusion to the users. I have found this chart that illustrates Facebook’s evolution of privacy from the early days in 2005 up until recently.

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Is This The Proof That Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg Wants 'No Privacy'

Forbes Social Media

After his open letter on privacy, is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg serious about privacy issues surrounding users of the social network behemoth and its associated platforms Instagram and WhatsApp? One fintech industry pioneer widely recognized as the inventor of digital cash (crypto) begs to differ.

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TikTok trending: 5 reasons to consider it for your 2022 marketing strategy

SocMed Sean

TikTok may be taking over as the social network of choice for digital marketers. TikTok is a social media app that allows its users to create, share, and watch 15-second videos shot on mobile devices. Yet like other social media channels , TikTok has faced challenges, like claims of addictiveness and privacy concerns.

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Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

How secure should I feel when using Facebook’s privacy settings to determine which groups of friends can or cannot see particular photos? Social Networking Lines Get Blurred With the unprecedented growth of Facebook, it has become the largest social networking platform by far.

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The Social Data Industry's PRISM Problem

Net-Savvy Executive

Trust is an issue for an industry based on extracting meaning from what people share in social media. This week''s revelations about the US intelligence agency monitoring social networks (among other sources) creates a massive trust issue for everyone who works with social media data. How will you respond?