The growth of Twitter in Australia
As of June 2013, more than half of Australia’s population are active on the world’s favourite social network, Facebook. Facebook is now well and truly over the one-billion users mark, expanding from a basic means of communication to an interactive floor for businesses, consumers and brands since its formation in 2004. In comparison, Twitter is.
Facebook launches verified accounts
In mid-2012, it was widely reported that, of its 1 billion users, 83 million or 8.7% of Facebook profiles were fake accounts. By May of 2013, it was reported that this number had increased to over 100 million, equivalent to over 10% of all accounts. Ranging from spam accounts to hackers and false profiles, Facebook.