Google plans to update its AdSense program policies to prevent placement of its ads on sites distributing fake news.Facebook also said Monday it had updated the policy for its Audience Network, which places ads on websites and mobile apps, to explicitly clarify that it applies to fake news.“In accordance with the Audience Network Policy, we do not integrate or display ads in apps or sites containing content that is illegal, misleading or deceptive, which includes fake news,” Facebook said in a statement. The company said its team will continue to closely vet all prospective publishers and monitor existing ones to ensure compliance.False news stories have become a sore point after the U.S. presidential elections with critics blaming internet companies like Twitter and Facebook for having had an influence on the outcome of the elections as a result of the fake content.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Would you rather get your news directly from publishers or from your Facebook friends?If you've been feeling like Facebook is clogging up your News Feed with too many dispiriting news stories and not enough cute baby pictures, this one's for you: The social network is tweaking its algorithm yet... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viral content site LittleThings, which specializes in uplifting and -- more recently -- how-to video content, has been averaging 80-120 million views per month since August. All of these views are occurring on LittleThings.com, as the publisher has focused on its website ahead of social... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For years Facebook has considered itself a mobile-first company, so it's perhaps not surprising that the company's first attempt to automate the sale of ads running outside of Facebook will be limited to mobile.Mobile app publishers can now sell their in-app display and video ad inventory... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have been exploiting a Facebook loophole with their native ads, making them alluring ad buys in light of decreased Facebook reach for brands. The post When an ad is not an ad on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four months after introducing video, Instagram took the natural next step today, telling its over 150 million users their streams would soon include ads too.The company, acquired by Facebook for $736 million in 2012, announced the development in a short blog post it published Thursday afternoon.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In early April, the Facebook News tab will start disappearing for users in the US and Australia. Meta has announced that it's deprecating the dedicated tab found in the bookmarks section of its social network as part of its efforts to "align [its] investments to [its] products and services... Continue reading at Engadget
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Lawsuit filed by publishers including Axel Springer allege Google ‘abused its dominant position’ in digital ad-techAlphabet’s Google was hit with a €2.1bn ($2.3bn) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-02-28 19:24:36 UTC ]
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Exclusive: Meta suspended RMIT FactLab from Facebook’s fact-checking program after no campaigners claimed it was biasedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFacebook has agreed to reinstate RMIT FactLab to... Continue reading at The Guardian
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In 1999, more than a dozen news publishers including The New York Times publicly pledged to ban cigarette advertisements. The move was part of a broader effort to curb the influence of an industry whose products were then--and remain now--the leading cause of preventable death in the United... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2023-10-19 06:00:00 UTC ]
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Tool is said to have been pitched to several US news outlets as an aid for journalists rather than a replacementGoogle is testing an artificial intelligence tool that can write news articles, in the latest evidence that the technology has the potential to transform white-collar professions.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-07-20 12:04:29 UTC ]
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Call comes amid moves to combat disinformation from Russia, while Twitter is warned to comply with new digital content lawsSocial media companies including Google and Facebook have been urged by the EU to “immediately” start labelling content and images generated by artificial intelligence as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-06-05 13:06:04 UTC ]
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The company’s high-volume approach to digital publishing has led to duplicated stories and alienated some of its journalists. At least one editor has already resigned. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-05-21 00:15:06 UTC ]
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Company denies breaking the law but agrees to pay $210,000 penalty imposed by Liquor & Gaming NSWFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe News Corp-backed wagering company Betr has been fined a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-14 02:39:52 UTC ]
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Some of them posed for photos – and before they knew it they had become the face of skin lightening, bad boyfriends, penis disorders and Canadian immigration. What’s it like when your image goes around the world?Stock images are everywhere, and you probably rarely notice them: on billboards and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-08 09:00:18 UTC ]
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The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states, including California, filed suit against Google in a Virginia federal court on Tuesday, claiming that the company illegally used its market powers to dominate Internet advertising. In a court filing originally reported on by CNN, the DOJ... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2023-01-24 19:39:28 UTC ]
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Providence Journal editor John Revelstoke Rathom also had a fake biography, writes journalist Mark Arsenault. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-20 12:00:53 UTC ]
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Google has inked agreements with over 300 news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland that would allow it to publish snippets of their stories on Search. The tech giant has announced the development in a blog post, where it has also launched new tool that... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-05-11 10:25:45 UTC ]
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The deal with News Corp followed a standoff over legislation passed by the Australian government to compensate publishers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-03-16 18:21:40 UTC ]
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The "landmark" deal comes after Australia passed a world-first law targeting Facebook and Google. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2021-03-16 09:56:32 UTC ]
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News Corp is the largest media company to sign agreement with Facebook since laws passed by Scott Morrison’s governmentRupert Murdoch’s News Corp says a landmark three-year agreement with Facebook to pay for its Australian content will transform the terms of trade for journalism.Facebook has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-15 23:55:55 UTC ]
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