Biden slams Facebook for letting Trump spread false claims, issues call for accountability

As Facebook continues to shrink from responsibilities that would see the company moderating political speech, Joe Biden has apparently had enough. The presumptive Democratic nominee launched a campaign of sorts against Facebook leadership Thursday, with an open letter slamming Facebook’s decisions and a catchy hashtag, #MoveFastFixIt — a play on the company’s much maligned early…

Trump Uses Stock Photo to Accuse Americans of Being Antifa ‘Terrorists’ on Facebook

Image: Facebook Ad Library/ShutterstockPresident Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign is using Antifa as the new boogeyman to terrify Republicans on Facebook. But the campaign’s latest scaremongering about the decentralized anti-fascist movement might be their most irresponsible yet. Trump is now using an old stock photo to call random protesters—people who’ve been accused of no crime—Antifa…

Ranking the 22 teams in NBA’s reboot: Nos. 10-1 – ClutchPoints

The NBA will crown an NBA champion for the 2020 season after all. The league is set to return July 31 inside Walt Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. 22 teams qualified for the league’s restart in Orlando. There will be eight regular-season games—plus a potential for a play-in tournament for the postseason—and…

EU wants Facebook, Twitter to report monthly on fight against fake news

The hoped-for reports would detail both efforts to limit COVID-19 falsehoods, including ads, as well as steps taken to promote trustworthy material.Internet companies might not need that much prodding, mind you. Jourova added that TikTok was joining the EU’s voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation (where Facebook, Google, Mozilla and Twitter are already members) to…

Facebook lifts ad ban on non-medical face masks

Facebook is partially lifting its advertising ban on face masks and will now allow third-party businesses to advertise cloth masks and other non-medical face coverings like bandanas, the company announced on Wednesday. The company first instituted a site-wide ban on ads for all forms of face masks, including medical and respiratory masks, in March due…

Google, Facebook, and Twitter to produce monthly reports on coronavirus disinformation for the EU

The EU is stepping up efforts to combat online disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, requesting that US tech giants produce monthly reports containing “detailed data” on how they are combatting fake news about COVID-19 on their platforms. Google, Facebook, and Twitter are the prime targets of this campaign, and the three companies told The Verge…

EPA orders Amazon and eBay to remove products posing as coronavirus remedies

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Amazon and eBay to stop selling products that falsely claim to kill coronavirus. Around 70 products were specified in the EPA’s order, including paint stripper, tablets containing chlorine dioxide and disinfectant sprays, all of which were marketed as antidotes to COVID-19, and in some cases, touted as “preventing…

NS8 raises $123M led by Lightspeed for its suite of online fraud prevention tools

Online fraud costs people and organizations billions of dollars each year — with one aspect alone, identity fraud, a $16.9 billion problem in 2019, says Javelin Research, and each dollar of spend online estimated to cost $3.13 in fraud recovery, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Today, a startup that’s built a platform to identify and prevent…

Kevin Na | All Grown Up – PGA TOUR

تم نشره في 09‏/06‏/2020Kevin Na has quite literally grown up on the PGA TOUR. Since he turned professional at the age of 17, then first earned his PGA TOUR card at 21 and has never lost it. Na’s career has been filled with many ups and downs, all within public view, but his resilience has…

Facebook News launches to all in U.S. with addition of local news and video

Facebook News, the social network’s dedicated section devoted to journalism, is today launching for all users in the U.S. The feature was first introduced in October 2019 as a limited test in the U.S. The product represents Facebook’s much-debated new effort in wooing publishers to its platform with the promise of increased distribution. In addition to…

Alibaba taps international influencers to sell more globally

For years, Chinese e-commerce exporters have been learning the ins and outs of ad placement on Facebook, Instagram and other mainstream social media platforms to reach customers around the world. But they recently spotted a new way to grab people’s attention, one that has never felt more familiar. Video influencers. Shopping via videos is currently…

4 Tips For Pivoting Your Brand in the Current Crisis

Speak to your consumers’ feelings right now. Free Book Preview No BS Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing The ultimate guide to – producing measurable, monetizable results with social media marketing. May 15, 2020 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. While most business owners are used to adapting to…

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