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Google tightens political ads policy to thwart abuse

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 10:54 AM

Examples of banned ad material included ads or links to information making demonstrably false claims that could undermine voter trust or participation in elections. Read more »

Facebook's Instagram launches Snapchat-like 'Threads' app

Reuters
Posted at Oct 04 08:25 AM

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was launching a separate camera-first messaging app, "Threads", for its photo-sharing platform Instagram, stepping up the company's social media war with smaller rival Snapchat. Read more »

Privacy group says tech giants not delivering on political ads pledges

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 09:25 AM

Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google have failed to provide adequate transparency for global users around political advertising on their services, a privacy advocacy group said on Tuesday. Read more »

Pinay caregiver, boyfriend accused of harassing dementia patient on Snapchat

Connie Macatula-De Leon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 05:04 AM

GLENVIEW, Illinois—A Filipina nursing worker and her boyfriend were accused of harassing a dementia patient at a nursing home in Glenview, Illinois.   Read more »

Google server trouble snarls YouTube, Snapchat

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 03 12:28 PM

Google acknowledged the issue, writing in a statement on its Cloud Platform status page that it was dealing with "high levels of network congestion in the eastern USA, affecting multiple services in Google Cloud, G Suite and YouTube." Read more »

TINGNAN: Mga politiko bumalik sa pagkabata ang itsura

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 09:12 PM

Patok ang paggamit ng filter sa isang smartphone app na magbabalik sa isang tao sa hitsura niya sa kaniyang kabataan. Read more »

As TikTok videos take hold with teens, parents scramble to keep up

Selim Chtayti, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 04:20 PM

Millions of teenagers seeking their 15 seconds of fame are flocking to TikTok, but many of their parents are only now learning about the express-yourself video app -- often to their dismay.  Read more »

Snapchat parent pressured by drop in users

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 08:15 AM

Snapchat parent Snap came under selling pressure Thursday after a quarterly report showing a loss of one million users even as it grew revenues and narrowed losses. Read more »

US teens prefer remote chats to face-to-face meeting: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 09:23 AM

NEW YORK - American teenagers are starting to prefer communicating via text instead of meeting face-to-face, according to a study published Monday by the independent organization Common Sense Media. Read more »

Snapchat aims to spread reach to other apps

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 10:41 AM

Snapchat messaging service on Thursday set out to spread its reach, and panache, to other smartphone apps with a software kit that promised to share little data about users. Read more »

Snapchat dials back redesign that riled users

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 08:39 AM

Snapchat got some of its old look back on Friday in an update to a major redesign that riled users and caused growth to stumble. Read more »

Rihanna takes aim at Snapchat after beating ad

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 28 07:01 PM

The commercial showed the two singers and asked Snapchat users whether they would rather "slap Rihanna" or "punch Chris Brown." Read more »

Snapchat redesign sparks backlash among some users

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 08:56 AM

Snapchat's latest app redesign, aimed at broadening the appeal of the youth-oriented social network, sparked a backlash from many users complaining about the abrupt overhaul of their preferred service. Read more »

Less-cool Facebook losing youth at fast pace: survey

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 12 09:50 PM

With mom, dad and grandma signing up in increasing numbers, Facebook is losing younger users in the United States at a faster pace than previously estimated, researchers said Monday. Read more »

Snapchat redesign keeps it personal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 10:51 AM

Snapchat on Wednesday unveiled a redesign intended to rev up use of the image-sharing smartphone application by focusing on personal interests instead of what friends post. Read more »

Snap, NBCUniversal form original content venture

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 08:04 AM

NBCUniversal and Snap Inc announced Tuesday a joint venture to produce original scripted shows for Snapchat, the social network popular with young audiences. Read more »

Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 02:17 AM

Snapchat has blocked Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera from its app in Saudi Arabia at the request of Saudi authorities, the image sharing service said Monday, as tensions simmer between the Gulf states. Read more »

Facebook losing teens to Instagram, Snapchat: forecast

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 08:24 AM

Facebook use in the US will slow as teens and young adults opt for smartphone image-sharing services Instagram and Snapchat, according to an eMarketer forecast released on Tuesday. Read more »

NBC News launches new broadcast on Snapchat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 08:39 AM

NBC News launched a news show Wednesday on Snapchat, a first-of-its- kind broadcast aimed at wooing a younger audience. Read more »

Saudi police question woman who wore miniskirt in video

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 19 12:33 AM

Saudi police said Tuesday they were questioning a woman who appeared in an online video in a miniskirt and crop top walking through a historic site in the ultraconservative kingdom. Read more »