Teens don't give a damn about Facebook's new measures With its newly announced new measures, Meta explains that it wants to improve the privacy protection of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram. A laudable proposal, but which probably comes a little late, since young people are less and less interested in these platforms. The social networks of yesterday are no longer really those of today, but Meta does not seem to be aware. However, it is a [...] Read more
Twitter or the difficult economic model of social networks
Published on Nov 25, 2022
Twitter or the difficult economic model of social networks Bought by Elon Musk for 44 billion dollars, the platform, like others, bet on free access to its subscribers. But she struggles to make her audience profitable. If it's free, you're the product. This motto, particularly suited to digital industries, is even more relevant in the social media sector. Facebook (1.9 billion daily active users), TikTok (more than a billion), Snapchat (332 [...] Read more
Facebook now makes teenager accounts private by default
Published on Nov 23, 2022
Facebook now makes teenager accounts private by default On the one hand, Meta boasts extended security settings for young people and, on the other hand, shocked by accusations from some users who reported that Meta employees stole user accounts and extorted several thousand US dollars from users. What is behind Facebook's "private" settings Facebook recently announced that it would introduce more “private” settings as the default for all users [...] Read more
Meta employees hijacked Facebook and Instagram accounts and blackmailed users
Published on Nov 22, 2022
Meta employees hijacked Facebook and Instagram accounts and blackmailed users Meta employees apparently stole users' Facebook and Instagram accounts. In some cases, ransom payments were even demanded for the release of the accounts. At Meta, it seems that employees hijack users' Facebook and Instagram accounts time and time again. According to a Wall Street Journal report, there have been more than two dozen such incidents in the past year. Some [...] Read more
Facebook wants to know less about you, and that's great
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Facebook wants to know less about you, and that's great It will soon be 19 years since the launch of Facebook. Almost two decades in which social networks have gone from being something minority and still incipient, to becoming one of the main means of communication and information for millions and millions of people throughout the world. Some years in which we have seen how the perception of them changed, the success of many, the collapse of [...] Read more
A Facebook user is sentenced for third-party comments on his wall
Published on Nov 20, 2022
A Facebook user is sentenced for third-party comments on his wall The Supreme Court has sentenced a Facebook user for breach of honor by not deleting comments posted by third parties on his wall and sentenced him to pay 3,000 euros to his neighbors, against whom the ratings were referring. The Plenary of the high court understands that it should have acted diligently in the face of these reactions: "You cannot simply ignore what is published on [...] Read more
Elon Musk says Twitter's free lunch costs the company $400 per meal
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Elon Musk says Twitter's free lunch costs the company $400 per meal because hardly anyone comes into the office Elon Musk said Sunday that free lunches for employees at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters cost more than $400 a meal because "almost no one" is in the office. According to records, the office's average occupancy rate over the past 12 months has been less than 10 percent, peaking at just 25 percent. Musk tweeted Sunday after the New [...] Read more
Messenger is finally introducing a practical chat feature
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Reason for joy for WhatsApp users: Messenger is finally introducing a practical chat feature WhatsApp gets a new update: In the future, you will be able to start a chat with your own cell phone number on the messenger via the contact list. Find out the details here. With WhatsApp for Android Beta 2.22.24.11, WhatsApp now gives beta testers the option of opening the chat with their own phone number directly in the contact list. You can now send a [...] Read more
Ubisoft partners with Riot for chat control
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Ubisoft partners with Riot for chat control Ubisoft and Riot Games have started a collaboration to create better technology to combat toxic behavior in games. Toxic behavior is a common problem in video games. There are always hostilities, especially via chat and voice chat. Although they affect everyone in games, they are particularly aimed at women and minorities. That doesn't exactly make everyone in the gaming community feel comfortable. [...] Read more
Twitter locks out employees until Monday
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Twitter locks out employees until Monday The offices were closed and the electronic access cards deactivated. Some now fear that Twitter no longer has enough professionals "to keep the site running." Elon Musk's ultimatum to the remaining Twitter employees expired on Thursday at 5 p.m. EST. They should declare their willingness to work a lot of overtime at high work intensity or leave the company and receive three months' salary as severance [...] Read more
Meta, Amazon, Uber, Twitter… Tech laid off 120,000 employees in 2022
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Meta, Amazon, Uber, Twitter… Tech laid off 120,000 employees in 2022 We are witnessing a real bloodletting. Since the start of the year, 828 tech companies have laid off more than 120,000 people, according to the Layoffs.fyi site, which aggregates data from the American press. Its counter has been packed with the new wave of social plans announced in recent days at Meta, Amazon and Twitter. After hiring a lot during the pandemic – a flourishing [...] Read more
YouTube Shorts lets you use up to a minute of licensed music in your videos
Published on Nov 19, 2022
YouTube Shorts lets you use up to a minute of licensed music in your videos Currently, creators of clips on YouTube Shorts can use copyrighted music tracks up to 15 seconds in length. Alphabet's short-form platform now allows commercial music to be used in 60-second increments, at best, depending on agreements with record labels. Short-form content creators on YouTube Shorts will be happy to hear that Google has relaxed its rules regarding the [...] Read more
The YouTube application for television is getting a new visual and sound design
Published on Nov 19, 2022
The YouTube application for television is getting a new visual and sound design Google has provided the YouTube TV app with a new animated (and sounded) splash screen. The goal is to make it recognizable and memorable, much like Netflix's. YouTube is one of Google's flagship services. The Mountain View firm continues to make changes. For the best, when it comes to chasing charlatans with credibility stickers, for example. If you have a connected [...] Read more
Facebook employees hacked into accounts for bribes
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Facebook employees hacked into accounts for bribes Some of the employees were security agents who work for a subcontractor but had access to an internal company tool. The fault was gaping and the pirates rushed into it. The Wall Street Journal reveals that Meta - parent company of Facebook and Instagram - fired more than "two dozen employees and contractors last year", facing corruption charges. Clearly, these employees would have accepted [...] Read more
Instagram for the web finally adapts to large screens
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Instagram finally improves its interface on desktop, for an experience worthy of the name on computer. After finally allowing publication last year, Instagram continues to evolve the desktop version of its web application. The latest update introduces a refreshed user interface that includes the ability to take full advantage of large desktop screens, rather than being stuck on a bigger version of the mobile app, as TechCrunch reports. Instagram [...] Read more
Fraudulent sites promoted by #Instagram accounts with several hundred thousand subscribers
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Fraudulent sites promoted by Instagram accounts with several hundred thousand subscribers Whether in their Stories or their description, accounts, some of which exceed 300,000 subscribers, highlight misleading e-commerce sites, such as sneakerline.fr or shilder.com. "It's a crazy thing !" On an Instagram story published at the end of October and since disappeared, an account followed by more than 384,000 subscribers promotes the sneakerline.fr [...] Read more
Facebook metaverse resuscitates rapper who died in 1997
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Although Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse is struggling to take off, it is still a priority for Meta, Facebook's parent company. Recently, the group announced the layoff of 11,000 employees, along with a plan to cut expenses. Nevertheless, the metaverse, along with augmented reality and virtual reality products, is among the company's priority projects. In its strategy to democratize the metaverse, Meta regularly organizes virtual events. In October, [...] Read more