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This week in social media news, a new Pew Research Center survey highlights key social media use trends, Google launches video experiments globally for YouTube advertisers and Reddit is reportedly exploring a voice chat feature. Pew Research: YouTube Is The Most Used Social Platform Among US Adults The most-used social media platform by US adults is YouTube (81 percent), followed by Facebook (69 percent), according to a new Pew Research Center survey conducted from January 25 to February 8 among 1,502 Americans. Among the platforms Pew measured, the only platform other than YouTube that experienced significant growth since 2019—up from 73 percent—is Reddit, which grew from 11 percent in 2019 to 18 percent today. Why it matters: Facebook is still one of the most used social media platforms with 69 percent of respondents saying they use it, but Pew’s data show that its growth has leveled off over the last five years. In addition, the respective number of Americans who report using Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and WhatsApp is statistically unchanged since 2019. The details: As for other platforms in Pew’s survey, 40 percent of adults say they use Instagram and 30 percent use Pinterest or LinkedIn. Twenty-five percent say…

Jonah Westbury taking a selfie inside the Capitol Building Federal authorities arrested a Minnesota man accused of taking part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 after he was turned in by a former high school classmate who recognized him from selfie videos he allegedly took while inside the building. Jonah Westbury, 26, was arrested Friday and charged with several crimes. According to the charging documents, Westbury’s anonymous former schoolmate contacted the FBI early on the morning of Jan. 7 after recognizing him in a video posted to social media. “The tipster said it recognized WESTBURY because the tipster had attended high school with him. The tipster said it had observed video proof of WESTBURY inside the U.S. Capitol building during the civil unrest on January 6, 2021,” the documents stated. “According to the tipster, the video was originally posted on TikTok, a social media website. The tipster later observed WESTBURY on a Snapchat video narrating his incursion into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., which was posted on the Twitter account of a friend of Westbury’s.” In the videos, which the 26-year-old Westbury also apparently posted to his own Snapchat account, Westbury switches between filming himself and…

WhatsApp has a big security issue right now, and it doesn't seem to be doing much about it. The app has seen its fair share of problems lately, including a mass exodus from the platform after it announced its new privacy policy requiring accounts to be connected to Facebook. It turns out that privacy isn't the only problem WhatsApp has to deal with, not that a huge security flaw has been discovered. A pair of researchers have uncovered a flaw (via Forbes) that allows attackers to lock anyone out of their WhatsApp account with just their phone number. It works because upon installing the app, the app will ask for a phone number. The attacker can input any number, which will then receive a confirmation text. If your number is at the receiving end of this, you'll notice seemingly unprompted verification texts from WhatsApp that you can't do anything about. And after too many verification attempts, further attempts to log in will be blocked for 12 hours. That shouldn't affect you since you're already logged in, but the real problem comes next. From there, the attacker can send an email to WhatsApp support asking to deactivate the number due to…

Four girls between the ages of 12 and 14 allegedly started a fire and filmed it on Snapchat because they were “bored,” according to Pennsylvania police. The girls, a 12-year-old from Richland School District, two 14-year-olds from the Greater Johnstown School District and a 14-year-old from Ferndale Area School District, face multiple charges in juvenile court of felony arson, causing catastrophe, trespassing and endangering another person, according to the Tribune-Democrat. On April 3, the girls allegedly used bug spray and Lysol to spark a blaze at an unoccupied house in Ferndale Borough. “They placed a shoebox on the couch and threw lit pieces of paper into the box that had been sprayed with accelerant,” Chief John Blake said, according to the outlet. The girls reportedly told police that they “were bored.” One of the girls shared video of them starting the fire on Snapchat, and other photos of them at the scene watching their alleged handiwork also appeared on social media. An Upper Yoder Township police officer was treated for smoke inhalation and a firefighter was hospitalized for a medical condition after the fire. Both have since been released. Officials are also investigating whether the four girls are responsible for…

CLOSE It is broken out into four categories: Lead-Gen forms, sponsored content, sponsored messaging, text and dynamic ads The LinkedIn Ads Guide debuted April 12 LinkedIn By David Cohen 31 mins ago LinkedIn rolled out a new LinkedIn Ads Guide Monday, providing brands with a single destination for ad specifications, formatting recommendations and general information about all of the professional network’s advertising offerings.

Congratulate birthdays on WhatsApp in a big way with these curious congratulations. We also explain how to create them from scratch to give them your creative touch. WhatsApp is one of the most popular communication tools today, a perfect platform for congratulate birthdays quickly and easily. If you are also one of those who use the platform for this, in this guide you can find the funniest and most original birthday greetings in the form of images that you can use. In addition to these images, below we also recommend other methods to congratulate a birthday on WhatsApp, such as funny quotes. Of course, you can add your touch of creativity and fun and create your own personalized birthday greetings, something that you will also learn in this guide to which we begin. Get the best birthday greeting cards to send on WhatsApp. How to congratulate birthday on WhatsApp There are multiple ways to congratulate a birthday through WhatsApp. If you prefer the traditional style, you can make an audio or video call to talk to the birthday boy and tell you what he got or how he feels about adding another year. Another method that you can use if…

Biden comments on March jobs report that showed hiring surge Speaking after the government issued the jobs report, President Joe Biden said it showed that his $1.9 trillion financial rescue package — which included $1,400 checks to most adults — was already boosting the economy. LinkedIn will be adding "stay-at-home mom," "stay-at-home dad" and "stay-at-home parent" as official job titles on its website, according to a statement obtained by FOX Television Stations. Whether it was stepping away from a job pre-pandemic to help raise a family, or being laid off recently due to COVID-19’s crippling economic effects, users felt they needed a more accurate way to describe career gaps. Citing the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Linkedin said more than 2.5 million women left the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, many voluntarily, due to a sudden lack of childcare or to manage virtual learning for their children.FILE - A mother sits in her living room helping her children with their schoolwork. RELATED: Unemployment claims jump to 744,000 as layoffs persist amid pandemic"We’ve heard from our members, particularly women and mothers who have temporarily stopped working, that they need more ways to reflect career gaps on their profile due to parenting and…

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Apple wants to ask users whether they consent to being tracked. Facebook says that's unfair. James Martin/CNET Apple and Facebook's relationship has always been best described as "it's complicated." But over the past couple months, the two companies have gone from frenemies to no longer being friendly.The latest example comes from Apple CEO Tim Cook, who compared Facebook to peeping Toms -- people "looking in the window and seeing what's in your home" without your permission. In the digital version, he said in an interview with Canada's Toronto Star, published Monday, it's "somebody looking over your shoulder, seeing what you're searching, seeing who you're talking to, seeing what 'like' buttons you're hitting and so forth, and then building a detailed profile of that." Cut through the chatter Subscribe to CNET's Mobile newsletter for the latest phone news and reviews. That, he said, is why Apple's pushing its newest privacy rules in a free iPhone and iPad software update due "in a few weeks." In his interview with the Toronto Star,  » Read More

The social network will require communities it financially supports to have codes of conduct in place and abide by them 'Open source is about more than just code,' according to Facebook Esra Sen Kula/iStock By David Cohen 2 hours ago Facebook detailed steps it is taking to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion in its open source efforts.  » Read More