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News of the Week; November 27, 2019
DIGITAL Surprised about Mark Zuckerberg’s secret meeting with Trump? Don’t be Facebook and Twitter data was exposed to developers through app store bug Facebook is building an Instagram-style Close Friends feature: ‘Favorites’ sorts your actual friends from your Facebook acquaintances Instagram Campaign Use Grows — But What Could The Removal Of Likes Mean For Creators? […]
News of the Week; November 20, 2019
DIGITAL TikTok Head Says He’s “Quite Optimistic” About U.S. National Security Probe TikTok Hits 1.5 Billion Total Downloads, Driven By Explosive Growth In India TikTok Taps In Social Shopping Tools, Letting (Some) Users Add Buy Links To Bios And Videos Federal Court Short-Circuits Voltage Pictures’ Canadian File Sharing Class Action Copyright Lawsuit Strategy (Michael Geist) […]
News of the Week; November 13, 2019
DIGITAL India Is Stifling Kashmir Journalists And Twitter Is Helping Get The Job Done Insider Threats: DOJ Says Twitter Employees Spied On User Accounts For Saudi Arabia Hong Kong Court Hands Down Protest-Targeting Order Banning Online Content That ‘Incites Violence’ Did a UK Judge Just “Break the Internet”? Stay Tuned re the TuneIn Decision UK […]
News of the Week; November 6, 2019
DIGITAL Twitter will ban political ads, Jack Dorsey announces Man Sues Twitter For $1 Billion Claiming His Account’s Suspension Violated His Right To Worship President Trump As A Demigod Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Announces New Ban On Political Ads, Takes Shot At Facebook Twitter Bans Political Ads – Doing What Broadcasters are Forbidden to Do […]
News of the Week; October 30, 2019
DIGITAL G/O Media Is Fighting Its Staff Over ‘Objectively Bad’ Autoplay Ads: Deadspin, Gizmodo, and Jezebel have been inundated with sound-on ads that the rest of the internet killed a decade ago. What happened when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came face to face with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think […]
News of the Week; October 23, 2019
DIGITAL Privacy bill would give FTC actual authority, land lying executives in jail: CEOs won’t consider privacy until they face “personal consequences,” Wyden said. FTC Announces Settlement Over Fake Followers Fake Reviews and Fake Followers: FTC Cracks Down on Deceptive Online Posting Mark Zuckerberg Still Doesn’t Get It Zuckerberg doubles down on free speech—the Facebook […]