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The end of forgetting: Is social media holding us hostage to our pasts?

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Massive Technical and Reputational Fall of Facebook

Described by some experts as “September 11 of the internet” and by others as “social media doomsday”, a number of the most important social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp which…

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The Future is Digital

“I have not designed a press ad for any of our agency’s clients in the past five years. The design team rarely works on print ads. Clients are going digital. This means they prefer social media to…

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Apple and Facebook's Fight Isn’t About Privacy

It's no secret that Facebook has feelings about the upcoming changes Apple plans to introduce to iOS 14.5. Apple has said it will require developers to request permission from users before they can…

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: How a College Project Connected and Changed the World

With a net worth of $70 billion, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is worth more billions of dollars than he has lived and is regarded as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. …

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Google, Facebook at Center of Escalating Political-ad Tension

Facebook Inc. and Google were drawn into an escalating battle of wills on November 20 over the use of political advertising on social media. Trump campaign officials pressured Facebook to…

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Iran Under Pressure From Multiple Vectors

NEW ROUND OF US SANCTIONSTARGETS IRANIAN COMPANIES On March 26, following weeks of warnings by senior Trump administration officials, the U.S. Department of the Treasury…

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