In the increasingly contentious world of social media, Griffith University graduate Dr Ashley M Berge has high hopes for her rising social network, Topicthread.
Dr Berge says Topicthread is the first social network developed in Australia and is also the first to be curated by a female. Her goal is to attract 10 million subscribers in the next five years.
Topicthread is being promoted as a safer, simpler and more secure network in which users enjoy far greater control over their personal data and social media activity. Mobile and web-based, Topicthread went live in January and was born in response to two events.
The first was the 2015-16 Cambridge Analytica data scandal that saw the private details of millions of Facebook users – including tens of thousands of Australians – sold and allegedly used to influence the 2016 US presidential election won by Donald Trump.
The second event was more personal for Dr Berge, arising
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