by Laura Valkovic | Mar 19, 2021 | Columns, Good Reads, Privacy & Tech
Social media personalities attract large audiences thanks to the authenticity of individuals posting homemade videos or articles online. But many of those online influencers have signed up with advertisers and even political campaigns with the aim of, well,...
by Laura Valkovic | Mar 12, 2021 | Columns, Privacy & Tech
Getting Vocl About Things Is a new kid about to arrive on the social media block? According to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, the answer is yes – and its name is Vocl. Lindell has attracted controversy due to his vociferous claims of election fraud, leading to a...
by Laura Valkovic | Feb 19, 2021 | Columns, Good Reads, Privacy & Tech
In his first media interviews since ending his presidency, Donald Trump has rejected the idea that he would wish for a return to Twitter, saying that, with the heightened speech control of the platform, “I understand it’s become very boring, and millions of people are...
by Laura Valkovic | Feb 12, 2021 | Columns, Good Reads, Privacy & Tech
Will he – won’t he? The internet has been abuzz with conjecture about whether Donald Trump will be making an imminent reappearance online. Once the world’s most famous tweeter, what are the former president’s social media prospects? Twitter Ban Is Forever Twitter...
by Laura Valkovic | Feb 4, 2021 | Columns, Privacy & Tech
Social media platform Parler quickly gained symbolic status as a free speech frontier after the Capitol riots as one platform which would not capitulate to the politically correct – but is that all over now? Parler Free Speech Crusade Collapses Under Infighting?...