Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024 and stop signing deals for traditional news content in those countries
it was begun for hookups, parties, and puppies but readers and publishers added news in their own posts. News came to depend on Facebook for links and audience — that's why publishers put links there...
Leaked audio from 80+ internal TikTok meetings: ByteDance staff in China repeatedly accessed data about US TikTok users between September 2021 and January 2022
exactly the type of behavior that inspired Trump to threaten to ban the app” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @ebakerwhite Kyle Plotkin / @kjplotkin : This is unsurprising and there should be outrage...
Twitter and Facebook labeled a message from Trump alleging election theft; Twitter restricted sharing of the tweet, but Facebook didn't reduce the post's spread
Good morning! This Thursday, why it's hard … Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times : Twitter flags Trump election tweets as misleading Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News : Vote Watch: Twitter takes action on multiple...
Sources: Facebook is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its network in the days leading up to the US election in November
so sorry — maybe even death” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8 : Full story: Facebook is considering a ban on political ads in the days leading up to Novem...
Amazon says it will not ask employees to remove TikTok from their mobile devices, and an internal email asking them to delete the app was sent in error
then walked back the policy and said it was an ‘error’ Rachel Lerman / Washington Post : TikTok users fear app shutdown as security concerns grow David Matthews / TechSpot : Amazon bans TikTok citing ...
Sources: Zuckerberg told staff Facebook won't change policies because of “threat to a small percent of our revenue”, expects advertisers to return “soon enough”
Home entertainment today … Dominic Rushe / The Guardian : Mark Zuckerberg: advertisers' boycott of Facebook will end ‘soon enough’ Bloomberg : Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Under Siege After Facebook Scr...
Some of UK's biggest publishers criticize Google for failing to adequately explain its approach to blocking and filtering ads alongside COVID-19-related content
Financial Times : Tweets: @markdistef and @jason_kint Tweets: Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef : Google is being criticised for dragging feet when it comes to explaining how ad-blocking and filtering is...
Sources: TikTok is considering a Snapchat Discover-style curated feed, which could allow it to charge more for ads by giving brands a safe space
Viral video app TikTok is considering the introduction of a curated feed of content that will provide a safe space for brands to advertise … Tweets: @martinapennisi , @markdistef , and @tim . Thanks: ...
Sources: in early 2018, Eddy Cue and Morgan Wandell, Apple's international TV lead, asked some Apple TV+ show creators to avoid portraying China in a poor light
When it comes to China … Cindy Harper / Reclaim The Net : Apple TV+ exec warned creators not to anger China when creating shows, report says Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Report: Apple told Apple TV+ crea...
Facebook debuts first findings from conservative bias audit led by former GOP senator, says it influenced policy changes like creating a content oversight board
fb apparently gave Kyl free reign to investigate for quite some time because fb continues to fear harming its relationship with conservatives https://www.wsj.com/... Natalie Martinez / @natijomartinez...