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Female voice assistants reinforce gender bias
"We didn't really think about that". This week, there's a lot of mismatch between short-term goals and long-term consequences.
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Another week of privacy fails
Just another week of privacy fails. And no, you shouldn’t expect them to end.
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Chatbots sell
Replacing big tech CEOs with chatbots might give customers more sophisticated responses.
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The british don't want to know how popular you are
Facebook debuts a new look and shines the spotlight on groups Facebook's F8 developer conference took place last week, and Mark Zuckerberg (CEO and founder) revealed a new look for the platform on both mobile and desktop. This will arguably be the most drastic change to Facebook'
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The cost of violating the privacy of 50 million people? $5 billion
After a well deserved Easter break, you might wonder what happened online last week?
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What is Dark Social and how do you bring it to light?
So: When digital marketers talk about “dark social” and “dark posts”, they must mean the same thing, right? But no. Nothing is supposed to be easy in the world of buzzwords. You might be wondering: “What’s the difference?” “Dark social” was first used in 2012 by Alexis C. Madrigal
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Disney strikes back
Disney strikes back, Zuckerberg is considered bad for business, and K-pop bands are the big winners online.
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Who is responsible when Facebook is used to live-stream a mass murder?
Australia takes on the “weaponisation” of social media, heavy critique against biased Amazon technology, and TikTok is on the hunt for new stars.
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New EU laws, Zuckerberg asks for more, and Google takes a hit over LGBTQ rights
A "dark day for internet freedom" The European Parliament finally approved the Copyright Directive, a controversial update to European copyright law for the internet age. The new Copyright Directive has been in the works for more than two years, and there has been massive lobbying from tech giants,
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Money, games and privacy issues
Like any other week online
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Online platforms try to clean up their messes. Others face the consequences of doing so.
Reddit bans r/watchpeopledie in the wake of the New Zealand mosque massacres Following the tragic mosque massacre that claimed 50 lives in Christchurch, New Zealand, tech companies sanitised their platforms of promotional materials the shooter left behind. As too many internet users are unfortunately aware, the event was broadcast
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Not everything online is fun
More serious flavours dominate this week's topics