“Influencers” on social media app Instagram are renting out a fake private jet studio in LA for photo shoots that give the impression they are jet-setting around the globe in their very own private jet.
Hourly rates for the set …
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The U.S. will now require all persons applying for visitors’ visas to provide social media usernames, previous email addresses as well as phone numbers for additional inspection. It’s a significant expansion of the United States’ vetting process for potential …
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More than a third of Americans say their spending habits are influenced by the spending habits of their social media connections. They say “fear of missing out” on experiences shared by friends on social media causes them to spend …
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Updated 4/3/19 at 5:48 p.m.
Singapore may be the first nation to hold social media platforms responsible for allowing fake news to go unchecked on their platforms with a new law being proposed. The law, submitted in its parliament yesterday, …
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Video portal YouTube has announced changes that will make it harder for videos espousing conspiracy theories and other subjects meant to fool viewers into clicking on them, to be found the company announced last month.
“When recommendations are at their …
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Facebook and Twitter have announced new measures aimed at combating efforts by foreign sources to interfere in U.S. elections. The moves target the kind of efforts used by Russian-linked agents in the 2016 presidential election and largely aim to increase …
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It starts with an innocent search of the day’s headlines on YouTube. While things seem normal at first, the site eventually pulls you further and further away from mainstream content and more towards fringe content designed, above all, to …
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Two-thirds of media buyers plan to shift some portion of their budget from TV ad buys to digital video this year, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an industry group that tracks digital advertising. More than 50% of buyers plan …
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, endured a marathon session of questioning yesterday on Capitol Hill from a joint Senate committee looking to get to the bottom of the social media giant’s actions in several incidents where tens of millions of …
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The Trump administration announced today that it will begin collecting social media information on individuals applying for visas to the United States. The new policy is expected to affect roughly 14 million visitors per year. Visitors will be asked to …
Continue ReadingThe effects of the efforts of Russian operatives sitting at computer terminals half a world away on the 2016 presidential election are still being discovered nearly sixteen months after Election Day. What’s receiving much less attention though are the legal …
Continue ReadingThe aftermath of one of the deadliest school shootings in the nation’s history in Parkland, Florida, this week saw a spike in Twitter activity of accounts linked to Russian disinformation campaigns. Hamilton 68, a website that tracks the Twitter activity …
Continue ReadingA group of early employees at Facebook and Google have banded together to counter the effects of the companies hey helped build. The employees are forming a consortium of experts called the Center of Humane Technology. Along with the …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump revealed in an interview that he sometimes tweets from bed and occasionally lets others tweet for him. The president made the revelation in an interview with Piers Morgan on Britain’s ITV network.
“Well, perhaps sometimes in bed, …
Continue ReadingTwitter revealed to Congressional lawmakers this week that Russian bots, or automated accounts, retweeted the president nearly 470,000 times during the final weeks of the presidential election. The company had reported that it has identified 201 accounts linked to …
Continue ReadingGoogle and Twitter told Congress that they have found no evidence of Russian influence efforts in the handful of U.S. special elections held last year. The companies responded to written questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee. The questions were a …
Continue ReadingFacebook has announced that it will begin ranking news outlets based on how trusted they are by its users. Those outlets that rank higher will get priority in their positioning on users’ news feeds. The move is meant to …
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