Reddit Banned Me. So Why Didn’t Google And Facebook?
I was leafing through my recent copy of Esquire magazine when I noticed an ad for chewing tobacco. The ad is interrupted with copy that takes up 1/4 of the advertisement. Warning: This product can cause mouth cancer. Knowing what we know about tobacco and health, should Esquire even allow …
That Facebook ‘friend’ might actually be a con artist
A Lafayette woman in her 70s thought her Facebook friend was giving her sound advice about how to tap into a grant for some extra money. Problem was, it wasn't her friend. Someone in essence cloned her real friend's Facebook profile, assuming that person's Facebook identity in this Lafayette … Read …
Before elected Labour leader, Corbyn was part of an anti-Semitic Facebook group
“That Jeremy Corbyn was a member of a Facebook group frequented by anti-Semites, Holocaust deniers and Israel-hating conspiracy theorists is both appalling and utterly unsurprising. We have long known about the kind of company that he keeps and this is simply further confirmation of a deeply … Read More
Labour suspends party members in ‘antisemitic’ Facebook group
Labour has suspended several party members who posted in a closed Facebook group which featured a number of antisemitic messages. The party's compliance unit is working through a dossier on the group, of which Jeremy Corbyn was once a member, that was compiled by a campaigner. Some of … Read More
Here’s how Amazon could shake up the Google-Facebook ad duopoly
One of the reasons digital media is such a hard business right now is because two companies–Google and Facebook–control over 60% of the advertising spend. But it's anyone's guess how long their dominance will last. As Facebook sees users spending less time on the platform–and marketers get … Read More
Chances are, you’re spending 24% less time on Facebook
It was less than a month ago that I wrote about a trend that should be very worrying for Facebook. Namely, that users were spending less time on the platform. According to Nielsen numbers through November of last year, interpreted by Pivotal, the social network lost about 4% in aggregated …
Ten years of “Me gusta” – Facebook celebrates a decade in Spanish
Facebook is celebrating its 10th year in Spanish, buoyed by having broken the barrier of two billion active monthly users. The language was the first choice for translation of the site, and after English continues to be the most popular on the social network, being used by 290 million people. …
Facebook Has Enlisted the Help of This News Agency to Debunk Fake News During Midterm …
The AP announced that it will be working with Facebook to “identify and debunk false and misleading stories related to the U.S. midterm election that are circulating on the platform.” Under this partnership, AP will reportedly “leverage the presence of AP reporters” across all 50 states, allowing Facebook's … Read More
Bill would let news industry collectively bargain with Facebook, Google
Citing the power of Facebook and Google to affect online traffic to news sites, the bill would provide a 48-month safe harbor from antitrust laws so publications can collectively negotiate with online platforms. Some news executives have said it is hard for individual publications to even get an appointment … Read …
Facebook brings video chat to Messenger Lite
Facebook has introduced video chat in Messenger Lite, a slimmed down version of Messenger for Android intended for people with older devices and/or … An audio call can be uograded to a video chat while still in the call by tapping the video icon in the bottom right corner of …