“Brown people can’t be posh!” What I learned from the Toffee posh dating app
I tried out the new dating app for posh people. It’s elitist in terms of class and race.
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What I learned from Toffee – the elitist dating app
I tried out the new dating app for posh people.
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Man makes $4bn in two days explaining Facebook to old people
Mark Zuckerberg's supposed blockbuster grilling by Congress was the bust it was always going to be, and he went home victorious…
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These are the five key questions Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg still needs to answer
As the site’s embattled CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before US legislators, the biggest questions facing his company remain unaddressed.
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How millions are turning to “digital plastic surgery” in the quest for the perfect selfie
Users of the Facetune app can slim their jaws, enlarge their eyes and plump their lips at the touch of a…
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It’s time to think about nationalising Twitter
If we can’t live without them, shouldn’t social networks be public utilities, rather than private companies?
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The anti-Semites infiltrating the beautiful world of Instagram
Twitter and Facebook have been forced to crack down on anti-Semitic content. Now Instagram must face its underbelly.
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Millennials know Facebook is impossible to escape – so they’re bending the rules
Because deleting your account is easier said than done.
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Confessions of an ex-Cadbury social media manager (at the most difficult time of the year)
Every Easter, Cadbury employees are forced to deny allegations that political correctness is ruining its eggs.
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I downloaded all my Facebook data – because it’s my teenage diary
I didn’t want my adolescent memories obliterated.
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Forget Facebook, Russian agents have been pretending to be furries on Tumblr
The idea of Boris and Natasha generating pro-Trump furry porn is too delicious. But it’s no less worrying than any…
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Facebook can influence UK elections – and there’s no way to stop it
The Cambridge Analytica row exposes how political parties can do what they like to influence us online.
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That Facebook is terrible at PR is unsurprising – and it’s partly the media’s fault
The company could have controlled the narrative over Cambridge Analytica, but it has grown complacent in the face of limited…
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The sad thing about the Cambridge Analytica story? It’s not surprising
That Facebook data was harnessed to influence elections shows why I’ve been calling for data protection reforms since 2012.
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Its stock may have fallen, but can Facebook really influence election results?
Officials from Cambridge Analytica have been caught bragging about their corrupt use of the social media site.
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The inside story of one Instagrammer’s fake trip to Disneyland
Why did one influencer pretend to be 10 years younger, fake a trip to Disney, and edit herself a new…
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Death tribute cartoons are the embarrassing face of kneejerk social media mourning
Whether it’s Stephen Hawking leaving a wheelchair or the Buddhist Steve Jobs meeting God, these grief gags show the decline…
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Banning Britain First is great, but we can’t rely on Facebook to save us from racist populism
There are darker niches on social media, and wider social pressures behind them.
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Stop retweeting racist “parody” accounts that steal pictures of the elderly and vulnerable
Since a parody Brexiteer profile went viral in November 2017, copycats have tried to capitalise on its fame. The victims?…
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After “abhorrent” posts on the Florida shooting, social media firms must be made liable
We’re letting the likes of Facebook get away with hosting hate and lies.
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