Category: Social Media
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Donald Trump Facebook and Instagram ban upheld
Facebook’s Oversight Board has upheld the social media company’s decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict Donald Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account. However, […]
US citizens most likely to quit social media, claims report
Social media has become an essential part of our daily lives. And while it has many positive attributes, it can be a very toxic environment at times. This was recently […]
Shopify and Pinterest expand their commercial partnership
Social media channel Pinterest and e-commerce company Shopify are expanding their partnership to the UK and 26 other countries across the world. The partnership will enable Shopify merchants across the […]
WeChat now worth $68 billion – more than 3 Chinese banks
As the leading social networking app in China and the fifth most widely used globally, WeChat saw impressive growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic, both in revenue and the number of […]
