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Latest news, best practices, & emerging trends in social media

How Social Media Sells Your Fear and Outrage for Profit

April 20, 2022 by Christian Zilles

If you have spent at least 15 minutes on social media today, then the chances are quite high that [Read More]

It’s Time For Social Media Companies to Take On the World’s Hackers

April 2, 2022 by Christian Zilles

The 2021 SolarWinds hack reminded us all just how vulnerable the U.S. might be to a large-scale [Read More]

Why Your Social Media Feeds Suddenly Look a Lot Different in 2022

March 22, 2022 by Christian Zilles

Did you notice a change in your social media feeds starting right after the 2020 election? If so, [Read More]

Twitter Has a Huge Fake Follower Problem

March 11, 2022 by Christian Zilles

This is probably not surprising news to anyone, but nearly half of the followers of high-profile [Read More]

How to Identify a Russian Bot on Twitter

March 7, 2022 by Christian Zilles

With the 2022 mid-term election campaign already in full swing, it’s not out of the question that we [Read More]

Will We Ever See A Breakup of the Big Tech Monopoly?

February 27, 2022 by Christian Zilles

If there was ever a year for a breakup of the Big Tech monopoly, it’s 2022. So many factors seem to [Read More]

Yes, TikTok Is Still a National Security Threat

February 21, 2022 by Christian Zilles

Don’t let the media and social media influencers fool you - China’s TikTok is still a national [Read More]

Why Social Media Is So Good At Polarizing Us

January 24, 2022 by Christian Zilles

According to just about every Internet research survey, Americans are more polarized than ever [Read More]

Why Aren’t More People Concerned About TikTok Collecting Their Data?

November 30, 2021 by Christian Zilles

In 2020, it looked like the U.S. government was finally going to crack down on Chinese social media [Read More]

How AI Could Become a Game-Changer in the World of Politics

November 21, 2021 by Christian Zilles

In the 2020 election, artificial intelligence (AI) has already surfaced as an issue, thanks to all [Read More]

How Congress Uses Facebook and Twitter

November 12, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Now that the drama, excitement and controversy of the 2020 election is behind us, it’s time to [Read More]

On Social Media, Will Everything You Say Now Be Recorded?

November 11, 2021 by Christian Zilles

It looks like we are entering into a whole new world of collecting our voice data now. The first [Read More]

A Simple Way To Keep Politics Out of Your Twitter Feed

November 4, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Of late, much has been made of the fact that people in the USA are departing Twitter in waves. Some [Read More]

How Social Media Forever Changed The Publishing World

September 8, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Within the publishing industry, the rise of social media has been a tremendously disruptive force. [Read More]

Why It Matters That More People Get Their News From Social Media

August 21, 2021 by Christian Zilles

We’ve just reached a new tipping point in the news consumption habits of the nation’s youngest [Read More]

Why Facebook Shouldn’t Be in the Business of Picking Winners and Losers

July 12, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Facebook’s two-year ban of former President Donald Trump on its platform continues to generate [Read More]

No, Net Neutrality Is Not Going Away

June 30, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Net Neutrality might be gone, but it is not forgotten. During the Trump era, the FCC finally voted [Read More]

The Next Phase of the Social Media Privacy Invasion Has Begun

June 28, 2021 by Christian Zilles

And here we go! Everywhere we look these days, it seems like the big social media giants are [Read More]

Why Facebook Is Playing Hardball With WhatsApp Users

June 23, 2021 by Christian Zilles

As much as Facebook tries to market itself as a warm and fuzzy company connecting friends and [Read More]

Do We Really Want the FBI Snooping On Our Social Media?

June 4, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Social media is at an important inflection point. Either social media companies like Facebook and [Read More]

Why Social Media Is the New Weapon in Modern Warfare

June 2, 2021 by Christian Zilles

When it comes to modern warfare, just about the only thing that we can be assured of is that the [Read More]

Why The Trend of De-Platforming People We Don’t Like Could Be Coming To an End

May 14, 2021 by Christian Zilles

During the final months of the Trump presidency, it had become increasingly clear that the Big Tech [Read More]

Why Facebook’s New AI Project Should Raise Alarm Bells

May 12, 2021 by Christian Zilles

As part of its new “Learning From Videos” project, Facebook is training artificial intelligence (AI) [Read More]

Justice Clarence Thomas Weighs In on Social Media Free Speech

April 28, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Even with former President Donald Trump now out of office, lawyers and legal consultants are still [Read More]

What If Donald Trump Plays the Social Media Trump Card?

April 26, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Right now, things look bleak for former President Donald Trump. He has been banned from Twitter for [Read More]

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