Tiktok faces uncertainty in the US, but a UK ban seems unlikely March 27, 2024 As the United States moves to ban Tiktok, Jess Jones argues that a similar ban or forced sale of the popular short video clip platform in the UK is unlikely - for now.
The Notebook: City trend to cut compliance workers will come back to bite March 26, 2024 Lucy McNulty, editor of Following the Rules, takes the Notebook pen to talk compliance job cuts, social media and the stubborn glass ceiling.
Trump could gain £2.4bn in Truth Social public float March 22, 2024 Former US President Donald Trump could be in the money to the tune of £2.4bn after investors approved his plan to launch online platform Truth Social on the stock market.
High street bank bosses warn of rising fraud threat from social media March 20, 2024 Bosses from the UK's biggest high street banks have told MPs that they are improving their fraud reimbursement rates, while calling for greater cooperation with social media companies to prevent scams that originate on their platforms.
Investors shun social media advice for independent financial media after meme stock saga March 20, 2024 42 per cent of investors said they were using social media "significantly less" than they used to for investing
Legal view: Do football managers and staff have case over leaking of WhatsApps? March 12, 2024 A legal expert examines the recent controversy in English football.
Bluesky: After Mastodon and Threads, the latest challenger to X hits a million users on day one, but can it survive? February 8, 2024 Bluesky, a new rival to Elon Musk's X platform, has seen over one million new users since it opened yesterday.
Let’s be honest, social media bans won’t stop hate crimes February 8, 2024 With foreign tech bros easier to blame than problems closer to home, social media has become a catchall scapegoat, writes Matthew Lesh.
Rishi Sunak appeared in deleted Top Jaw video February 6, 2024 Rishi Sunak appeared in a video by social media foodies Top Jaw which was reportedly deleted “within minutes” after a backlash by followers, Ed Balls has claimed.
Bird watching: What’s going on with X/Twitter’s Community Notes? November 9, 2023 It’s always embarrassing to be called out on a lie. That’s the cruel genius behind Twitter’s Community Notes feature, which brutally exposes mistruths with a cool, simple fact box. As Labour’s shadow foreign secretary David Lammy recently found out, the hard way. He tweeted “As I said on Radio 4 Today this morning, it is [...]