The good, the bad and the ugly. Social media has featured in the news this week for a variety of reasons.
From helping extremists fight their battles, to an influx of money into the industry, social media has been on everyone’s lips this week.
Here we take a look at the top five stories surrounding social media in the news:
1. Money, money, money
The government announced that it is giving the gaming industry £4million to support start-up companies, boosting jobs throughout the UK gaming industry and in the world of social media.
The government is giving the gaming industry £4million to support start-up companies. Fantastic news for tech jobs! pic.twitter.com/vPWBRlCbYL
— Snack Media (@snackmedia) October 12, 2015
2. The Social Network
Shame fell upon Facebook this week as figures were released stating they only paid £4,327 in corporation tax last year. A massive thumbs down from us!
Social media giants @Facebook paid just £4,327 in corporation tax last year, it has been revealed… pic.twitter.com/9WUQZjuLei
— Snack Media (@snackmedia) October 12, 2015
3. The end of spam!
Students at Harvard University this week created software that automatically scans social media sources such as Twitter for suspicious tweets, bringing an end to potential fraud.
Students at Harvard University have developed a program that automatically searches @Twitter for fraud cases… pic.twitter.com/IgCFlVqKdb
— Snack Media (@snackmedia) October 15, 2015
4. Hashtag Uh-Oh!
The BBC released a report this week stating that Palestinian-Israeli violence is being driven by social media, with the extremists using these social media sources as a means to encourage and promote violence. #NotWhatItsFor
The BBC believe Palestinian-Israeli violence is being driven by social media, using mainly @Facebook and @YouTube… pic.twitter.com/TVQsUFOs8t
— Snack Media (@snackmedia) October 16, 2015
5. Anarchy on the streets of Twitter
And finally, Twitter was having some issues yesterday, which was apparently enough to send everyone into a state of panic. Come on guys, you can last 10 minutes without following @SnackMedia!
.@Twitter temporarily went down yesterday, and the world imploded! #INeedToTweet pic.twitter.com/GkZqXplC1O
— Snack Media (@snackmedia) October 16, 2015
