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    Last Post by Geffers G
    November 28, 2023

    Has Social Media reached it's Peak?

    Has Social Media reached it's Peak? Is the end near and we are about to witness a massive transformation away from the attachment to the major social media networks?
     

    We're witnessing the end of social media. It’s over. Facebook is in decl...
  • 3 replies
    Last Post by Web Diva
    November 24, 2023

    Marketing strategies for building a successful website.

    This article from Upwork details some good marketing strategies to promote your website and your...  more
  • 10 replies
    Last Post by Web Diva
    October 2, 2023

    Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades

    How many of us have questioned how Google indexes websites and how some websites are deeply buried and hard to find. This will be an interesting trial to watch for the end result. Does Google purposely monetize their search space or not?

    https://www.th...
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    Last Post by Mike Smith
    September 6, 2023

    The EU Digital Services Act. How does this affect your website?

    The DSA (Digital Services Act) is a new law from the EU that just took effect August 25, 2023. If you read this link on the explanation of this act and how it works, you might think that this legislation doesn't affect you because your website is below 45...
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    Last Post by Web Diva
    August 26, 2023

    Google Partnering with UN with global censorship tools.

    Google has added new censorship tools to combat misinformation from their Google News Lab in collaboration with news journalists. "Fact checkers" and approved journalist will be part of this program to report "not authentic" or "not accurate news".

    Go...
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    Last Post by Web Diva
    January 18, 2023

    Shadow Banning

    The use and history of "shadow banning", "ghosting" or making a user "invisible" goes way back to some of the first forum platforms that have this feature in the AdminCp, available to deploy on any unsuspecting member. I think there's an argument for the ...
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    Last Post by Web Diva
    Sep 7

    Telegram

    Are you all aware of the recent arrest in France of Telegram's founder, Pavel Durov?  I've been keeping up with this story because it has a bit of twists and turns to it.  Apparently, Telegram (an end to end encrypted messaging app) is worth billions and ...
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    Last Post by Web Diva
    Aug 26

    Dead Internet Theory

    I recently heard about this topic from my dd's fiance. It's been known and presumed that a lot of what's online now is bot driven.  That theory was blown wide open when Twitter was in the process of being sold to Elon Musk. 
    In the dead internet theory, ...
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    Last Post by Web Diva
    Apr 23

    California websites proposed link tax law

    California is up to proposing a law that:

    The proposed state measure in question, called the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), would require tech companies, including Google, who sell advertising alongside news content to pay news publishe...
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    Last Post by Web Diva
    Mar 16

    TikTok

    Why some major Texas universities are blocking TikTok access on internet networks
    TikTok has faced growing scrutiny from state and federal officials over fears that American data could fall into the possession of the Chinese government. More than half o...