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Australia Joins Other Nations Investigating Facebook

Ronn Torossian

Now, the Facebook debacle that began with Cambridge Analytica has gone “global.” The purpose of the investigation is to determine if Facebook violated Australia’s privacy laws. The purpose of the investigation is to determine if Facebook violated Australia’s privacy laws.

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Influencer Marketing Search Engine to Roll Out on Facebook

Ronn Torossian

Now that influencer marketing is becoming increasingly popular, social media company Facebook has decided to jump on the trend in an effort to attract people back to the network. This comes after scandals about privacy and changes to the Facebook algorithm pushed a lot of digital marketers away from the channel in the first place.

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Facebook Tries to Stop Deluge of “Fake” Accounts with Elections Looming

Ronn Torossian

With midterm elections looming, the folks at Facebook are still desperately trying to reverse a cataclysmic loss of consumer trust thanks to a massive privacy scandal that revealed a myriad of issues with the social media giant. In a recent report, Facebook is said to have … READ MORE ».

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Blog Contest Winner: How The FEEL Model Can Get You Closer to Your Goals

Deirdre Breakenridge

A Guest Post By Keke Ellis, American University Grad Student, FEEL Blog Post Winner. Back in 2014, I made a comment on Facebook about the movie Dear White People. But I do believe LinkedIn is important, and it may be beneficial for me to have at least one of the big accounts (Twitter, Facebook) for professional use.

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Could the Survival of Facebook Depend on Its Privacy?

Waxing UnLyrical

Facebook stock is not doing very well. Some are even beginning to question whether Mark Zuckerberg can continue as the leader of Facebook (somewhere, the Winklevoss twins are howling with laughter). In the past, I’ve made the argument that your privacy is not Facebook’s responsibility, and I still believe that.

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Can you have privacy under a spotlight?

PR in High Definition

There’s no doubt that the recent revelations surrounding Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have brought the notion of personal privacy under even greater scrutiny. Do the same privacy rules apply? For many companies, this notion of privacy may not just be a personal matter but also a business one. Assess the risks.

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Building Consumer Loyalty Through Brand Transparency

Ronn Torossian

Recently, Facebook quietly unrolled a new feature called “page integrity”. In an era in which privacy is everything and the integrity of businesses is often called into question, transparency is a very important attribute. This allows users to see recent activity, updates, and modifications to a business page.

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