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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, Zuckerberg is considered bad for business, and K-pop bands are the big winners online.
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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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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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Like any other week online
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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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More serious flavours dominate this week's topics
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Facebook is soon to launch its cryptocurrency for WhatsApp users Rumours about Facebook entering the world of cryptocurrency have been around for months – but it seems like the technology giant is getting closer to launch. The new cryptocurrency would be integrated with Facebook's WhatsApp messaging platform, allowing WhatsApp
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YouTube in double trouble, and two fresh reports about CMOs role in digitalisation
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It's time to change your passwords A single seller put almost 750 million records from 24 hacked sites up for sale in one week, a while back. Now, the unidentified hacker has struck again. The hacker began listing user data from several major websites earlier this week -
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Amazon asked Congress to regulate the use of facial recognition technology Civil rights groups have pressured Amazon after tests by academics, and the ACLU found that its image analysis technology and face recognition functions are less accurate for black people. Also, when the ACLU tested Amazon’s face recognition service
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This week was dominated by the end of year reports and Apple coming down on Facebook and Google