KNOX – ‘Your call is important to us, please stay on the line’
I GOT A MESSAGE from Facebook this morning. “Jack,” it began, “we care about you and the memories that you share.” Enclosed, thoughtfully, was a photo I had posted [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Facebook’s ham-fisted response to paying for the news
WHILE GOOGLE’S RESPONSE to plans by the Australian government to force social media giants to pay for news has been nuanced, Facebook’s response has been provocative. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Facebook should be treated like other Canadian utilities
SO MANY CANADIANS use Facebook that it should be regulated like any other Canadian utility. No broadcaster or telephone company would operate in Canada without government [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – 3-in-4 Canadians will change how they use Facebook
Four-in-ten say their opinion of the company has worsened in the last month By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 26, 2018 – The revelation that U.K. data firm Cambridge Analytica [Continue]
PETERS – How to keep local news front and centre in your Facebook feed
DOES MARK ZUCKERBERG know what he wants? Facebook has now surpassed almost every other medium as the news source of choice for most of us. We wish it weren’t so, but it [Continue]
COLLINS – To my friends on social media: some things that irk me
I HAVE EMBRACED social media as much as a non-technical person can. I don’t know all the ins and outs of hashtags and analytics and the finer points of how it all works. I [Continue]
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