SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. social networking giant Facebook Inc. has rolled out a new tool as part of its efforts to be more transparent with users on how its algorithm works, a company engineer has said. The feature, dubbed “Why am I seeing this post?” explains why users see certain posts and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ) has claimed that South Korea’s three major telecommunications companies — KT Corp., LG Uplus Corp., and SK Broadband Inc. — are discriminating against South Korean firms by collecting minimal fees from Google, Facebook, Netflix, and other foreign content providers for accessing their [...]
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — DoubleVerify (“DV”) the leading independent provider of marketing measurement software and analytics, today announced that it has been certified for Facebook’s Brand Safety capability within the Facebook Marketing Partners (FMP) program. Certification will expand and deepen DV’s brand safety protection across Facebook’s in-stream video inventory, Instant Articles and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 70 percent of South Koreans using YouTube, Facebook and other online video-sharing platforms expressed discontent over commercials popping up in the middle of content, a survey showed Sunday, but only a small number claimed they are considering paying for ad-free services. According to the data compiled by local [...]
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — DoubleVerify (“DV”), the leading independent provider of digital media measurement software and analytics, today announced its expanded integration with Facebook – providing global advertisers with objective, third-party measurement of viewability and fraud/SIVT across Facebook Stories video ad inventory. DV’s extended partnership with Facebook is timely, as Stories continues [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 35,000 South Korean-owned Facebook accounts are believed to have been hit by a data leak following the hacking of the U.S.-based online social media company last month, the nation’s communications watchdog said Sunday. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said 34,891 Facebook accounts owned by South Koreans were subject [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will mandate that foreign IT companies designate an official in charge of managing personal information, sources said Friday. According to the industry sources, a relevant law was passed through a regular session of the National Assembly a day earlier that makes it mandatory for companies without addresses [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean smartphone users spent more time on Instagram and less on Facebook in May compared to a year earlier, a research showed Tuesday. According to the report released by industry tracker WiseApp, South Korean smartphone users spent a combined 4.2 billion minutes on the popular U.S.-based social media [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — On Saturday, feminist activists took to the streets of Gangnam, marching, removing their tops and yelling “My body is not porn” before being stopped by police. The members of “Fire Femi Action” carried out a shirtless protest at Facebook Korea’s headquarters in Yeoksam-dong in Seoul’s Gangnam district, denouncing Facebook’s [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Having been fined in March for slowing user connections in 2016 and 2017, Facebook, the world’s largest social media website, has hit back by filing a lawsuit asking for “restrictions to be lifted on the order” on Sunday, according to sources familiar with the situation. The company has also [...]