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

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]

Social Media Could Become a New Battleground For Global Cybersecurity

March 15, 2022 by Christian Zilles

Over the past decade, there has been a significant shift in the way that top U.S. government [Read More]

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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]

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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]

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Facebook Is NOT Listening To Your Phone Calls. (Really. I Promise.)

February 1, 2022 by Christian Zilles

The following type of scenario has happened so many times that it has almost become an urban legend: [Read More]

The Social Media Paradox, Revisited

January 6, 2022 by Christian Zilles

Nearly a decade ago, the first Internet influencers openly discussed what they referred to as the [Read More]

What To Do When Your Social Media Account Gets Hacked

December 27, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Unfortunately, the hacking of social media accounts is more common than you might think. According [Read More]

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Social Media Has a Click Farm Problem

December 15, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Social media advertising is big business these days, so it’s perhaps no surprise that advertising [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]

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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]

The Future of Social Media Content Is the Bot

November 1, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Back in 2020, tech giant Microsoft made headlines with its decision to get rid of human journalists [Read More]

Why Microsoft Is So Worried About a ‘1984’ Scenario

August 12, 2021 by Christian Zilles

For many social media companies, artificial intelligence is the next frontier. That’s both exciting [Read More]

Why Social Media Algorithms Need To Be Changed

August 9, 2021 by Christian Zilles

There’s now a growing argument to be made that social media algorithms are one of the fundamental [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]

Why Social Media, Not Traditional Media, Is Now King

June 7, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Just a few years ago, many people warned that the world of traditional publishing was in trouble. [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]

How Blockchain Could Change the Media Business Forever

May 26, 2021 by Christian Zilles

In the search for innovative new business models, the moguls of the traditional media publishing [Read More]

Social Media Has a Serious Data Breach Problem

May 19, 2021 by Christian Zilles

Major data breaches continue to happen across social media platforms, and there are no signs that [Read More]

Microsoft Continues to Be The Most Underrated Player in the Social Media World

May 5, 2021 by Christian Zilles

There’s still nobody talking about Microsoft being one of the biggest social media companies. That, [Read More]

Just How Bad is the New Apple iOS Update For Facebook?

May 3, 2021 by Christian Zilles

The newest update for Apple’s mobile operating system (iOS 14.5) is perhaps the biggest one in [Read More]

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