Recode Daily: Twitter, YouTube and Facebook race to contain conspiracy content after the …
YouTube and Facebook removed some of the conspiracy videos claiming that survivor David Hogg was a “crisis actor,” but in many cases, the videos had already been promoted in the “trending news” section of both services. Meanwhile, the father of an 18-year-old girl killed in the shooting made an … Read …
Facebook down along with Instagram as users around the world report problems with social networks
The outage has largely affected mainland Europe and south-east Asia, though the UK appears to have been spared the social meltdown. This heat map shows the areas worst affected by the Instagram outage. Photo-sharing site Instagram has been having issues since around 7am (GMT) this morning, … Read More
Facebook mentors London startups in its first in-house incubator
Facebook will nurture some of London's top startups in 2018 through its first in-house startup incubator program, the company announced on Thursday. Starting this week, the social network is running its first incubator course for businesses that build communities using technology in the British capital. Read More
Facebook and Instagram are DOWN: Massive outage plunges the world into social media darkness
People are complaining on Twitter – not owned by Facebook – that they are having trouble posting anything on their own pages or liking, commenting or sharing other users' posts. Some are complaining of a 'TOTAL Blackout' on Facebook – while others simply cannot log in. On Instagram there appears … …
Declining Facebook reach squeezes publishers’ branded-content business
Over the past six months, the amount of money publishers spent to distribute branded content on Facebook has risen dramatically, according to Keywee, a content marketing tool. In the fourth quarter of 2017, spending on branded-content distribution leapt 159 percent year over year. Spending grew 231 … Read More
Facebook Now Has a Music Licensing Deal With a Major European Rights Company
The partnership, which includes 290,000 rights-holders across 160 territories, will help provide royalty payments whenever an ICE-represented song is used on Facebook, Instagram, Oculus, and Messenger. The deal does not include WhatsApp, since the app does not require music licensing … Read More
Facebook’s Hardware Chief Says ‘Biggest’ AR/VR News Coming in May
Bosworth didn't expand on his remarks, made on Twitter, but Facebook has been working on several new products in the category, people familiar with the matter have said. The company is working on two smart speaker devices, including a model with interactive video-chat capabilities, Bloomberg … Read More
‘Abhorrent’ Hoax Facebook Posts Are Claiming the Florida School Shooting Survivors Are ‘Crisis …
“Hoax images that attack the victims of last week's tragedy in Florida are abhorrent,” Tessa Lyons, a product manager at Facebook, said in a statement reported by CNET. “We are removing this content from Facebook.” A number of posts on the website have targeted 17-year-old survivor, David Hogg, … Read More
Facebook – Embracing Uncertainty
Facebook management has a tendency to underpromise and overdeliver, and investors avoiding the company now may be mistaking uncertainty for risk. The company is a top holding of hedge funds as of December 31, 2017. Why not clone the actions of some of the world's most sophisticated investors … Read More
Our nation’s democracy is at risk. Where are Facebook and Twitter?
Except for inside the alternate universe of the Oval Office, there can no longer be any doubt. Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and hijacked Facebook and Twitter to do it. And if the Silicon Valley social media giants don't step up, it's going to happen again in 2018 …