The “Tumblr Dating Game” template has morphed into a new form of Tumblr spam called “Tumblr Tasks”. Spamlinks sent to users via their Ask Boxes look like this:“Anonymous asked: have you made $$$ with tumblrtasks(.)com yet?? my bff just raked in 3k last month its crazy”Visiting the link takes you to an advert landing page linked […]
Take care if you visit the main page of AOL UK today – a story about Kate Middleton being pregnant (or rather a doll of a pregnant Duchess of Cambridge) has a nasty sting in its tail. The story, featured prominently on AOL’s main webpage, points to a different website – MyDaily.co.uk – another part […]
Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s VP Public Policy, was struck dumb by BBC reporter Emily Maitlis when she quizzed him about the ethics of “Sponsored Stories” on Facebook in a television documentary shown this weekend in the UK. News reporter Maitlis raised the issue of Facebook’s ethics – if you click “Like” on a company or product […]
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