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The social CTO: C-suite tech buyers’ psychological motivations and true social media behaviour

July 29, 2019

Chief Technology Officers and Chief Information Officers are much bigger users of social media than their other top level counterparts within companies, according to new research.

The new political battleground? Boris Johnson’s team tests hundreds of Facebook campaign ads

July 26, 2019

The new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appeared in hundreds of almost identical Facebook and Instagram ads featuring tiny variations, as his campaign team look to find the most effective message ahead of a possible general election.

Mozilla exposes 12 major bugs in Facebook’s transparency API

July 26, 2019

Mozilla has publicly documented 12 major bugs in Facebook’s transparency API – a tool that Facebook has now rolled out globally following the EU elections.

Rebels with a cause: Are young people being misrepresented by media?

July 25, 2019

Young people feel disenfranchised and misrepresented according to new research by media agency UM.

Cinema overtakes digital for ad growth: Internet forecast to grow at slowest rate since 2001 dotcom bust

July 24, 2019

Internet advertising is forecast to grow by 10% globally next year, marking the lowest level since 2001, meaning the sector would be outpaced by cinema, according to new research.

Facebook debuts ‘scam ad’ reporting tool with Martin Lewis and Citizens Advice

July 16, 2019

Facebook has launched a scam ad reporting tool that lets people ads they believe to be misleading or scams on Facebook.

US to fine Facebook $5bn for Cambridge Analytica user data scandal- report

July 15, 2019

The US Federal Trade Commission has voted to approve a fine of about $5bn for Facebook over privacy violations, according to a report.

France angers Trump with 3% tax on large digital firms

July 12, 2019

The French government has proposed a new tax in the country, that would charge large internet companies including Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook a 3% levy on their revenues, drawing ire from the US as a result.

Biggest GDPR fine yet: British Airways to pay £183m for data breach

July 9, 2019

British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems, which lead to the theft of customer data from the airlines website.

Peek into the Matrix? Facebook outage reveals AI tags of user photos

July 5, 2019

Facebook uses were given a rare behind-the scenes glimpse of how their photos are automatically tagged by the social network, when an outage showed text instead of their profile images.