Facebook Inc. is under pressure to rid its site of hate speech and fake news but warned it can’t build a platform impervious to human nature. “This is not a fully solvable problem,” Carolyn Everson, a vice president responsible for marketing at the social media giant, said on a panel Tuesday at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in the south of France. “There are some bad parts of humanity, and the platforms are a reflection of that.” Tech companies like Facebook, Twitter Inc. and Google’s YouTube have come under fire for not doing enough to curb the spread of hate speech, terrorist propaganda and disinformation on their platforms. Facebook hasn’t been sitting idle on the issue, though: It said it removed 2.2 billion fake accounts in the first quarter alone. Everson said Facebook has 30,000 people working on the issue of the safety of the platform, up from less than 3,000 people two years ago. Facebook now takes down 99.8% of terrorist content before it’s seen by a human, and 65% of hate speech content, she said. “It’s a cat and mouse game,” Everson said. “This work is never going to be done. It’s ongoing.” —Bloomberg News Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-18 20:37:03 UTC ]
Every 36 hours on average, American local news outlets deliver a new report on violence at a McDonald’s. A group of employees in Chicago say workers bear the brunt of such incidents—enough to constitute a pattern of regular on-the-job violence they want the company to address across the U.S. In... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-22 14:33:16 UTC ]
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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 at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-22 04:00:20 UTC ]
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McDonald’s Corp., in the face of criticism for its handling of harassment complaints, said it’s training workers to deal with the issue and is starting a hotline for victims. In a letter responding to an inquiry from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook said... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-21 15:09:47 UTC ]
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Google and Facebook pressured and “arm-wrestled” a group of experts to soften European guidelines on online disinformation and fake news, Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 15:02:38 UTC ]
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ESPN The Magazine is now the latest publication to abandon print. Regular editions of the monthly will cease after the September release of “The Body Issue” and the publication will go online-only, Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN said in a statement. “Consumer habits are evolving rapidly, and this... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American Media Inc. is selling the National Enquirer to Hudson News Deputy Chairman James Cohen, according to The Washington Post, letting the embattled publisher jettison the tabloid after being accused of trying to blackmail the world’s richest man. Cohen will pay $100 million for the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix is planning its first magazine, but you won’t find it on a newsstand. The world’s largest online TV network plans to publish a journal—with the working title Wide—to promote its programs and stars ahead of this year’s Emmys, the biggest awards gala in TV. The 100-plus page inaugural... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Enquirer, the tabloid that billionaire Jeff Bezos accused of extortion earlier this year, is on the block to be sold by parent company American Media Inc. American Media’s board conducted a review of its tabloid business, including the Globe and National Examiner brands, and... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bug bounty programs are a popular way for tech companies to track down problems with their products without having to spend large sums of money on dedicated research teams. Microsoft is one of the big names with such a program, and it has just announced that it is increasing the payouts it... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK's quarterly 'Index on Censorship' has opened its 45-year archive to free readership, a response to an era of fake news and leadership lies. The post Industry Notes: SAGE Publishing Makes UK’s Index on Censorship Archive Free appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheila Rooswitha Putri will be appearing at Glasgow Zine Library with Arianne Maki and Ben Soedira on Saturday 16 March at 19.00. Storytelling in pictures is fundamental to many cultures - what are the distinctive qualities of Indonesia’s traditions of visual narrative and how do you think... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2019-02-25 11:15:36 UTC ]
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The House of Commons publishes its report into fake news with some strong criticism of Facebook. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The CEO sets himself a personal challenge every new year. But after a bruising 12 months, what should he do next? When Mark Zuckerberg began his annual “personal challenges” in 2009, he set the bar pretty low: he dressed like an adult every day for a year. Subsequent challenges were squarely in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's been less than a day since the New York Times published a brutal report about the state of affairs at Facebook, including a deep look at the company's failure to properly identify and deal with fake news and Russian interference. The company alr... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While Facebook might be making strides in clamping down on fake news and shady political ads, there appear to have been holes in its strategy. The UK's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee has published data showing that Facebook carried ads... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We sit down with the author and librarian about his new book, 'Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies,' and ask why it’s more important than ever to consider the source. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Much has been made of readers reverting to traditional and trusted media sources in an era of ‘fake news’, a claim borne out by BookScan figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-31 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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Global recommendations purveyor Time Out Group—which, a decade ago, essentially consisted of two weekly magazines and a licensing business—today boasts owned and operated media brands in 76 cities around the globe, licensing arrangements in a further 32, and an events business that tripled in... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Firm changes initial ad for ‘news credibility specialists’ to ‘news publisher specialists’Facebook has advertised for “news credibility specialists” to fact-check content that appears on its site, after accusations of bias and the ongoing controversy over fake news. Almost two years after the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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