Could Ad Boycott Shake Some Sense into Facebook? A number of civil rights organizations have called on brands to join in on a one-month ad pause in July. Growing concerns regarding Facebook’s ad policies have led to the next big social movement. A deafening silence is...
DoorDash Keeps Driver Tips, Fails in Crisis Management Attempt In July, the New York Times broke the news that DoorDash — currently the country’s leading food-delivery app — uses customer tips to subsidize its workers (“Dashers”) base pay. The story went viral in a...
Hate to break it to you, but your favorite celebrities, political figures and major brands aren’t as popular as you thought. As the siren sounded, Twitter began deleting millions of suspicious, fake accounts hiding out in people’s profiles on July 13. Most of these...
Thursday, June 21st — today could be your birthday, anniversary or just another Thursday going about your daily life, but today also marks a historic event in the world of social media. Instagram users reached one billion monthly today. Up to this point, Facebook was...
Last week, Facebook sent a notice to users directly impacted by the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. “We understand the importance of keeping your data safe”, it began. The notice explained that Facebook has banned the app “This Is Your Digital Life”, the third party...
So far, this blog series has discussed this issues surrounding Facebook, the platform’s reaction to these issues, and the changes being implemented as a result. This part of the series is taking a different approach. I want to talk about why Facebook is still an...
