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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 […]
News of the Week; October 16, 2019
DIGITAL Livestream of Germany shooting removed from Twitch: Streaming site is still investigating, will permanently suspend any accounts reposting footage Self-Regulation Of Social Media Platforms Failing To Curb Disinformation, Says New Report Political ads can lie if they want, Facebook confirms Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s private meetings with conservative pundits Warren escalates Facebook fight with ad […]
News of the Week; October 9, 2019
DIGITAL China-Based TikTok Actively Banning The Gay Away When Not Helping Authoritarians Be More Authoritarian Will Smith Is Now On TikTok Google’s Looking To Take On TikTok With Acquisition Of Competitor Firework (Report) UK Court of Appeal Permits Activist to Proceed with Claim for Damages Against Google Data Security and Cybercrime in China Commerce Adds […]
News of the Week; October 2, 2019
DIGITAL Microsoft: Customers are entitled to know about federal data requests DOJ reportedly launches its own Facebook probe at AG Barr’s urging Why You Can’t Really Consent to Facebook’s Facial Recognition: While the social media platform’s latest approach to facial recognition appears to respect user’s choices, the offer is so tainted we can’t truly agree […]
News of the Week; September 25, 2019
DIGITAL Facebook Is Making Millions by Promoting Hate Groups’ Content: Despite a company policy banning hate speech, the social media giant has taken in nearly $1.6 million from hate groups since mid-2018. Top Court Rules Google Doesn’t Have to Censor Around the World Because of European Privacy Laws Other Big CJEU Case Says Google Must Put Certain […]
News of the Week; September 18, 2019
DIGITAL Examining The Expanding Web Of Chinese And Russian Information Controls Ninth Circuit’s LinkedIn Decision Does Not Greenlight the Unauthorized Webscraping of Public Websites The Ninth Circuit Takes On Web Scraping Instagram Confirms Security Issue Exposed User Accounts And Phone Numbers YouTube, Facebook, Instagram Are Epicenters For Steroid Sales — And So Are Their Recommendation […]
News of the Week; September 11, 2019
DIGITAL 8chan owner testifies to Congress about extremism on the site Months After Christchurch Shooting, The Australian Government Is Issuing Site-Blocking Orders Targeting Footage Of The Incident Google And Facebook To Face Antitrust Probes Investigating Their Impact On The Digital Ad Market Yes, News Sites Need To Get Out Of The Ad Surveillance Business — […]
News of the Week; September 4, 2019
DIGITAL Hong Kong ISPs Refuse To Help China Censor The Internet Senator: Mark Zuckerberg should face “the possibility of a prison term”: “He ought to be held personally accountable,” Ron Wyden (D-OR) said. FTC Fines Google $150-$200 Million For YouTube’s Child Data Privacy Violations YouTube fined $170 million for violations of children’s privacy Google Is […]