Existing concerns about social media’s ability to breed toxicity ratcheted up in 2022 when Elon Musk bought Twitter. Within weeks, content moderation policies relaxed and banned users previously ...

Social media could be your business's most powerful marketing tool from day one. Roughly a quarter of merchants downloaded a social selling app within the first 30 days of launching, according to ...

Be skeptical of too-good-to-be-true ads. Ads promising extreme discounts, free products, or “limited-time offers” may be bait to lure you into a scam. Inspect the ad and website.

Read more on retail fraud: UK Retailers Lost £11.3bn to Fraud in 2023 Netacea found that 45% of respondents have been targeted by ads for retail fraud guides or services on social media, while 58% ...

If you see a deal on social media, don’t click on the ad. Go directly to the retailer’s website. If the deal’s legitimate, it’s going to be there,” said Pamela Hernandez BBB Regional ...

One of the most common reasons local business owners say they don’t invest in advertising with their newspaper, radio or TV station is this: “I advertise on social media.” Anne Long is the regional ...

Alex Hofmann, the CEO of 9count, is betting on "private social networks" being the next big thing. He was formerly an exec at Musical.ly.

Axel Springer said it plans to double its value within five years supported by artificial intelligence, calling time on the business model of maximizing clicks and advertising. The German media ...

The CEO told TechCrunch offstage that Bluesky likely won’t profit from these deals like other social media platforms have, and the company already vowed to not train AI on Bluesky posts itself.