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Growing Privacy Concerns Put Social Networks’ Targeting at Risk

Ignite Social Media

Currently, most social networks use web browser information to power a pixel or tag (Facebook Pixel, Twitter Tag, Pinterest Tag, LinkedIn Insight Tag ), which is a snippet of code that is placed on a brand’s site. Without cookie data, social networks lose access to valuable information.

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How Tinybeans Built A Social Network Based On Privacy

Forbes Social Media

She teamed up with Stephen O'Young and Eddie Geller to cofound Tinybeans, an app that allows people to share precious moments in their children's lives within a safe, closed space. In the era of "over-sharenting," S.J. Kurtini wanted to keep photos of her family private.

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With Billions At Stake, Is Facebook Getting Serious About Privacy?

Forbes Social Media

Social network offers a glimpse of how much it might have to pay to settle data privacy charges as it welcomes some high-profile additions to its legal team.

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Do Americans Trust Facebook?

The Realtime Report

Who do you think is most likely to VIOLATE YOUR PRIVACY? Once again, Americans are not very comfortable with Facebook – over one-quarter of those surveyed think Facebook is most likely to violate their privacy. Social Media Statistics Facebook Google IRS NSA privacy social networking statistics trust'

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I've Used Bluesky for 6 Months – Here's What You Should Know

Buffer Social

Among them is Bluesky , which is a decentralized, invite-only social network built on an open-source protocol  (I’ll explain what this means even though I barely understand it myself). Bluesky is a decentralized social network created by Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter CEO who started it while still in the role.

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Social Media Security Tips and Tools to Mitigate Risks

Hootsuite

It’s relatively easy for an imposter to create a social media account that looks like it belongs to your company. This is one reason why it’s so valuable to get verified on social networks. When they Tweeted racial slurs and other profanities, his team had to do damage control. Privacy settings. Source: eMarketer.

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WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy Change & What It Means For Brands

Unmetric

If you’ve not gotten the notification yet or simply clicked Agree without reading, here’s some news, WhatsApp is changing its terms and privacy policy. As opposed to public shaming that brands are subjected to on social networks like Twitter and even Facebook, asking people to WhatsApp messeage a brand seems more private and immediate.