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'
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Facebook Inc. said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, told reporters that... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
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Facebook says it has banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has cancelled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-05-16 19:23:51 UTC ]
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Facebook has more than doubled its New Mexico footprint with the purchase of more than 400 acres near its new data center. The Albuquerque Journal reports the social media giant confirmed this week that it purchased the land in March, adding to the 300 acres in Los Lunas, N.M., it already... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
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Facebook has more than doubled its New Mexico footprint with the purchase of more than 400 acres near its new data center. The Albuquerque Journal reports the social media giant confirmed this week that it purchased the land in March, adding to the 300 acres in Los Lunas, N.M., it already... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
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Facebook's new preferred and premium tiers offer agencies additional benefits such as one-to-one technical support, creative consultation and training. The post Pitch deck: How Facebook is courting new agency partners appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-05-16 04:01:00 UTC ]
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D.A.P. has enlisted a wide variety of new partners and representatives to expand its sales and distribution program across the world and extend its global reach. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Scottish indie Charco Press has signed a distribution deal with Ingram's Consortium to break into the North American market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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People are becoming more aware of the need to protect their data online, not just because of the rate of cybercriminal activity, but also because large organizations are frequently being careless with the data they hold. A new survey of 1,000 people from OpenVPN reveals that four out of five... Continue reading at Betanews
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Xandr's video ad marketplace includes inventory from WarnerMedia properties as well as outside publishers, such as Vice and Hearst. The post With video ad marketplace Community, AT&T’s Xandr expands inventory appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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Meredith Corp. execs touted what they saw as encouraging signs for both print and digital advertising as well as a significant uptick in consumer-driven revenue on an earnings call Friday reporting the company's performance in the third quarter of 2019 (Meredith's fiscal years start in July... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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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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Bill Shorten is just like the rest of us (if we came from the boredom factory) and the election has finally got interestingSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The march of technology has brought a slew of changes to libraries and publishers, and of course even to BookExpo, which continues to experiment with different formats to serve its various constituencies across the book world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes calls the company’s influence staggering and dangerous. But his solutions are incomplete and unsatisfying. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2019-05-09 20:14:19 UTC ]
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Oh, the copies of "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" every student receives when they graduate. There's nothing wrong with Dr. Seuss, of course, but by the time that young person in your family walks on the stage to claim her diploma, she's probably received that children's classic several times.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The social network is predictable and dreary. My quest to make it random and fun. Continue reading at The Atlantic
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Forty-two percent of 103 publishing executives polled by Digiday this February said Facebook was an effective platform to grow international audiences. The post Digiday Research: European publishers still look to Facebook and Instagram to grow abroad appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A shareable online diary was an obvious idea in the early 2000s. What if a college student’s version hadn’t won out? Continue reading at The Atlantic
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Following last week's news that Baker & Taylor is ending its retail wholesale business, the American Booksellers Association wrote to members to say it was working to limit any damage to the community and find the best solutions for moving forward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the latest sign that social media giants are feeling the heat for allowing their platforms to amplify voices of extremists, Facebook on Thursday banned conspiracy theorist and InfoWars founder Alex Jones and the accounts of other controversial figures. The company, citing violations of... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-03 00:10:00 UTC ]
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