Facebook wasn't content offering a brief statement rejecting co-founder Chris Hughes' call to break up the social network. Global Affairs and Communications VP Nick Clegg has published an opinion piece in the New York Times criticizing Hughes' argum... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2019-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook once again has been the target of a political influence campaign, months ahead of the November midterm elections. The social network said Tuesday it removed 32 pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram for “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” which echoed Russian efforts leading up... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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InfoWars owner found to have violated social network’s community standardsAlex Jones, the American conspiracy theorist who runs the InfoWars website, has been suspended from Facebook for bullying and hate speech.The suspension will last for 30 days, and affects only Jones’s personal account on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report into fake news could put legal burden on firms such as Twitter and Facebook to remove harmful and illegal contentFacebook, Twitter and Google could face their worst regulation nightmares if the recommendations of parliament’s report into fake news, based on a leaked version published on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The social media ads that helped Vote Leave win the EU referendum are published in full for the first time. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As gatekeepers to the news, Google and Facebook pose dangers to even the most successful outlets. Legislators need to speed the process of bringing them to heelAfter Europe’s top monopoly buster Margrethe Vestager fined Google more than $5bn for abusing its dominance over mobile phone... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook reported misses on revenue, daily active user count, and monthly active user count. Now the stock is in a free fall. Facebook shares are sliding after the company published its most recent quarterly earnings report. A lot has been riding on the company’s financials as it continues to... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital publisher PinkNews has high hopes for the commercial prospects of being a Snapchat Discover publisher. The post Post-Facebook, PinkNews launches on Snapchat Discover appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen’s Facebook-fuelled college joke got out of hand—and landed the duo a bestselling fiction franchise. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: Chance the Rapper is also a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s no secret that Facebook is cracking down on publishers. This strategic move makes perfect sense for the social media giant, but it leaves many online publishers wary of the buzz that they may have heard recently about abrupt changes that Facebook is planning to roll out. Sponsored by... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Participants have been pleasantly surprised at the program, which helped spread best practices for publishers trying to grow their subscriptions. The post ‘To sit down with them is valuable’: With $3m in grants and advice, Facebook finds favor from local newspapers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher has found success with its "HumanKind" and related video series that tell uplifting stories about people and animals. The post USA Today finds there’s still money to be made from feel-good videos on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced last month that it was funding an initiative to create news shows from 10 to 12 U.S. publishers for its Facebook Watch video platform, and the first slate of those shows will begin streaming Monday, July 16. Head of global news partnerships Campbell Brown and product manager... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Everyone who has seen 'The Social Network' knows the story of Facebook's founding," Adam Fisher writes at the start of "Sex, Beer, and Coding: Inside Facebook's Wild Early Days" in Wired. The article sets up an excerpt from "Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley," Fisher's... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google and Facebook are making a big show of demonstrating their interest in helping news publishers. The post Will Facebook and Google really help drive subscriptions? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Controversial new law that critics claimed threatened internet freedom is rejectedGoogle, YouTube and Facebook could escape having to make billions in payouts to press publishers, record labels and artists after EU lawmakers voted to reject proposed changes to copyright rules that aimed to make... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“A lot of trust has been destroyed in the past months due to Facebook's unpredictable and unreliable actions." The post Facebook hires Spiegel exec (and sometimes critic) to strengthen relations with publishers in Europe appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a change Facebook made June 28, you can now see how much publishers advertise on the platform. The post Here’s how many Facebook ads some publishers are running on their main pages appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UPDATE: After this article was published, Facebook reversed its decision that the Walmart ad was political and required a "paid for by" disclosure. "The aim of this policy and authorization process is increased authenticity for political ads on Facebook," a spokeswoman said in an email. "It... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While Facebook tries to close the book on its Cambridge Analytica scandal, it's still dealing with many more. The FTC is conducting a non-public probe into the company's behavior around privacy data, the EU's stricter laws are making it hard for the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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