Category: Social Media
Social media companies not trusted to combat online abuse
The public does not trust social media companies when it comes to dealing with online abuse and hateful content, research from Hope not Hate suggests. It also found the majority of people in the UK support more regulation on tech firms. The study by the anti-abuse and anti extremism campaign group found that nearly three…
Shopify and TikTok expand partnership, launch TikTok Shopping
Shopify and TikTok today have an expansion to their partnership, launching a new way for entrepreneurs to reach consumers with TikTok Shopping. Shopify merchants will soon be able to add a shopping tab to their TikTok profiles by syncing their product catalogues to create a mini-storefront. The move will make it easier for creators to…
TikTok TV app coming to Fire TV devices in Europe
Starting today, people in the UK, France and Germany will be able to be entertained by TikTok content on Amazon Fire TV devices on their big screen at home. This provides another option for people in Europe to easily access and enjoy TikTok's entertaining and trending content via their TV. The TikTok TV app has…
5 of the Best Ways to Spend Time Online
According to a recent report, the average human being now spends more than a quarter of their life online. That equates to more than six hours of internet time every single day! If that sounds familiar, but you’d like to move away from incessant scrolling through your social media networks to more productive online pursuits,…
Facebook, YouTube and Instagram to hit 6.5bn users by 2023
The last year has seen a surge in the number of social media users, with billions of people spending more time than ever on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube amid the lockdowns. However, the world's largest social media platforms continued their growth in 2021 with no signs of stopping in the years to come. According to…
Audi drivers have most social media followers, claims survey
Audi drivers are the most successful of any car brand on social media, with 25 percent having in excess of 1,000 followers on their social media platforms. That's according to a new nationwide study from YesAuto UK which surveyed 2,000 British drivers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, BMW motorists are the fastest on the road, with 38 percent…
Tech Digest daily round up: TikTok ‘closely controlled by Chinese parent company’
Former TikTok employees say the hugely popular video app is closely controlled by its Chinese parent company ByteDance, raising privacy concerns that the government in Beijing could leverage the app to collect personal information about Americans as part of its sprawling digital surveillance apparatus. Former employees told CNBC in a new report that key decisions and meetings usually ran through China, and…
Brits spend up to 51% of time in front of screen, claims study
A shocking new study by Uswitch has analysed how much time Brits are spending in front of a screen and the effects this can have on their wellbeing. The study reveals that the UK is spending a whopping 386 minutes (6.4 hours) using the internet every day - almost equivalent to an average shift at work. The study…
Facebook tops the list of app that collect most data on users, claims study
A new study by digital privacy software company, Clario, has analysed the world’s most downloaded apps and - perhaps not surprisingly - found that Facebook, Instagram and TikTok top the list for collecting and tracking your data including your FACE and voice. Facebook tracks your personal appearance, voice recognition, environment recognition and your contacts which…
Instagram’s hiding likes feature now official – and optional
More than two years after it first began experimenting with hiding likes, Instagram is now making the feature official. The app will now allow all users to hide likes, though it’s keeping the feature optional and users will need to enable the hide like count option in their settings. The change is a watered down…