If you want to stop a hacker, you’ve got to think like a hacker, or, in the case of Twitter, hire one. Peiter Zatko—better known by his hacker handle, Mudge—joined the social network in the newly created role of head of security, reporting to CEO Jack Dorsey. Zatko most recently oversaw security at electronic payments ..
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Facebook teamed up with hip-hop superstar Post Malone on Post Malone’s Celebrity World Pong League, a new, exclusive series available to Messenger From Facebook and Instagram users through the social network’s Watch Together feature. Post Malone will take on some famous friends in pong, including The Chainsmokers, Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly, Quavo and Saweetie. ..
Neighborhood social network Nextdoor rolled out its Neighborhood Sponsorships tool nationwide Thursday, giving local businesses on its platform a way to advertise to potential customers on a ZIP code level. Businesses must create their free business page to use Neighborhood Sponsorships, at which point they provide information including the business name, location and contact information, ..
LinkedIn shared details on two measurement issues it discovered in August and corrected this month that may have led to overreporting of some campaign metrics for impressions and video views on sponsored content. Vice president of product management Gyanda Sachdeva said in a blog post that the two issues potentially impacted more than 418,000 customers ..
Instagram will extend initiatives it has used outside of the European Union to proactively detect content related to suicide or self-harm to the EU, head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said in a blog post. Mosseri said Instagram is in discussions with regulators and governments in the EU on ways to bring this technology to the ..
LinkedIn said this week that it thwarted a large-scale effort to create over 33 million fake accounts on its platform. The professional network shared its Transparency Report for the first half of 2020, saying that during that time period, its automated defenses blocked 98.4% of all fake accounts that it prevented or took down. Vice ..
WhatsApp said last month that it would increase investment in three areas for businesses on its platform—shopping, Facebook hosting services and business sales—and it took the first step on the shopping front with Tuesday’s introduction of a shopping button. The shopping button eases the process for users of the Facebook-owned messaging application who want to ..
Did you know that Instagram allows you to send selfie stickers to other users through Direct messages? Our guide will show you how this is done. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Instagram application on iOS. Step 1: In a Direct conversation, tap the sticker icon to the right of the “Message…” text field. ..
The fight against election-related misinformation continued for Facebook Thursday, as the social network took down a public group, Stop the Steal 2020, that had attracted over 300,000 members in just two days. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the action, saying, “In line with the exceptional measures that we are taking during this period of heightened tension, ..
Snap Audience Network, Snap Inc.’s mobile ad network, is now a supported mediation partner of Twitter-owned mobile monetization platform MoPub. The partnership means advertising demand on Snapchat is now available to application publishers and developers using the MoPub platform. MoPub’s goal is to give publishers and developers control over their mobile ad inventory and access ..
