Facebook issued its latest report on enforcing decency standards on the social network Thursday, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the opportunity to criticize calls for the company to be broken up by regulators. In its "Community Standards Enforcement Report" posted online, Facebook provided... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-05-23 19:54:32 UTC ]
Mark Zuckerberg hits back at calls to break up Facebook, as it reveals it removed a record number of hateful posts. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-05-23 19:06:33 UTC ]
If you look at images posted to Facebook by news organizations, you are far more likely to see men than women, according to a new study from Pew Research Center. Pew analyzed images posted (publicly) to the social network by 17 national news outlets between April 1 and June 30, 2018, using a... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-05-23 18:45:42 UTC ]
Facebook isn't just interested in cracking down on fake accounts. While discussing the firm's latest Community Standards Enforcement Report, company VP Justin Osofsky revealed during a call that the social network will run a pilot program where some... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-05-23 18:11:00 UTC ]
A new study of the images accompanying news stories posted publicly on Facebook by prominent American news media outlets finds Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-23 17:30:15 UTC ]
Facebook removed more than three billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the social networking company said Thursday. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2019-05-23 16:32:45 UTC ]
The company, which reports 2.39 billion monthly active users, says it zapped 3 BILLION fake accounts in two quarters alone, and that it caught only “most of them.” Facebook held a press call today to report to the world that it has removed 3 billion fake accounts during the last quarter of 2018... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-23 15:50:14 UTC ]
Party is comfortably biggest spender on online election ads, as other parties hold backChange UK has run a last-minute Facebook advertising campaign to try to shore up its support amid dismal poll ratings for the European elections, but most other parties have mostly avoided large spending on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-05-23 05:00:40 UTC ]
Stressing that Sourcebooks will retain its independence, Penguin Random House's 45-percent stake in the American publisher may mean new international reach. The post Sourcebooks and Penguin Random House in ‘Collaborative Partnership’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-23 01:30:12 UTC ]
As measles cases continue to rise in Canada and the U.S., experts are calling on social media platforms to ban anti-vaccination posts, saying the risks to public health created by misinformation outweigh the right to free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2019-05-22 08:00:00 UTC ]
Fake accounts spread white-nationalist messages and amassed larger followings than actual far-right parties before being taken down, according to a new report. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-05-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Avaaz uncovers 500 accounts using fake news to spread white supremacy messageA web of far-right Facebook accounts spreading fake news and hate speech to millions of people across Europe has been uncovered by the campaign group Avaaz.Facebook, which is struggling to clean up the platform and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-05-22 04:00:20 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has acquired a 45% stake in Sourcebooks, the independent publisher founded by Dominique Raccah in 1987, which has shown rapid growth in the children's sector. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
The world’s largest election has become something of a test case in how technology giants handle fake news after years Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 19:00:27 UTC ]
Google and Facebook pressured and “arm-wrestled” a group of experts to soften European guidelines on online disinformation and fake news, Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 15:02:38 UTC ]
You’d like to leave Facebook, but there’s nowhere to go. A new social network from a company with a proven reputation for privacy isn’t such a crazy idea. Facebook is so big, and its reach so wide, that few rival networks even get out of the starting gates, much less gain the critical mass of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-21 09:00:08 UTC ]
An Indian company had stored the data of 49 million Instagram users in an unguarded online database. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-05-21 07:38:44 UTC ]
Consumer Reports filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission after finding that 8 out of 31 test accounts lacked the ability to turn off facial recognition. Updated 5/20 7:30 p.m. PST with Facebook comment.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-20 18:15:48 UTC ]
Although Facebook Inc. doesn’t sell robots, its researchers use plenty of them — and the company said its machines are getting a lot smarter a lot faster. The social media giant announced Friday that its engineers, working with computer scientists from New York University, have reduced the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-20 17:10:00 UTC ]
Although Facebook Inc. doesn’t sell robots, its researchers use plenty of them — and the company said its machines are getting a lot smarter a lot faster. The social media giant announced Friday that its engineers, working with computer scientists from New York University, have reduced the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-20 17:10:00 UTC ]