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The Selfie
Twitter declared that this year was the "year of the selfie" after a photo of several celebrities at the Oscar's went viral -
Live streaming
Meerkat and Periscope were developed to allow people to live stream or watch live streamed events -
Facebook Live
Facebook joined the live streaming game -
Instagram stories
Instagram copied Snapchat by introducing "stories" which allowed users to post videos and pictures that would last for 24 hours -
Fake news
It was discovered that over 126 million Americans were exposed to content generated by Russian agents during the Presidential election -
Cambridge Analytica
Facebook allowed a researcher from Cambridge Analytica to mine data from over 50 million users without their consent