What The Tech: How to reset your social media feeds
Social media platforms aren’t actually showing you what you like. They’re guessing. Every pause, scroll, tap, and accidental linger trains an algorithm. And sometimes, it learns the wrong thing.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in court about whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year to decide if they’re responsible for harms to children who use their platforms
Social media platforms aren’t actually showing you what you like. They’re guessing. Every pause, scroll, tap, and accidental linger trains an algorithm. And sometimes, it learns the wrong thing.
If you forget the password or get a new computer where you’re not already logged in, Facebook will let you create a new password but it gets complicated if you don’t have access to the email or phone number you had when you first signed up.
During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is introducing new tools to help older adults recognize and avoid scams.
Not every digital creator is a scammer, but it’s safe to assume that most scammers are digital
creators.
When a stranger sends you a friend request, you ignore it as you should. But what most people don’t know is that even if you decline or ignore it, that person is still following you. That is how scams start.
It’s suspicious when something you just talked about shows up in your social media feeds. It happens, and it’s creepy
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and other services. says it will expand its Montgomery Data Center, which is still under construction.
We may all be guilty of agreeing to terms of service or privacy policies without reading them. But did you know you’re accepting all kinds of conditions you may not understand?