An internal September 2018 Facebook memo found ~40% of traffic to Pages went to those with plagiarized or recycled content
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @learmonth , @danieldrepper , @ericgarland , @epro , @arpcomics , @mattrosoff , @jeffhorwitz , @jason_kint , @jason_kint , and @jason_kint Tweets: Michael Learmonth / @l...
Intel details Bleep, which uses AI to redact audio when it detects “hate speech” and lets users toggle how much they want to hear
But On A Sliding Scale James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Intel's new hate speech-purging AI Bleep comes under criticism Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net : Intel's AI-powered Bleep tech lets you choose exactl...
Facebook says it will invest $100M to support the news industry during COVID-19: $25M in emergency funding for local news and $75M in additional marketing spend
children are using Facebook Messenger Kids to deal with coronavirus isolation. Kids are getting a crash course on texting and social media with “technology on training wheels. https://twitter.com/... ...
Gab experienced a huge growth spurt in H1 2019 as SimilarWeb data shows its traffic between January and July grew almost 200% and unique visitors are up 180%
Gab has experienced a huge growth spurt in the first half of 2019, a worrying sign of the spread of hateful ideologies and radicalization online. Tweets: @learmonth and @daithaigilbert See also Mediag...
Inside Facebook's new Strategic Response team, tasked with quickly reacting to geopolitical events, as it grapples with Facebook's role in Myanmar and elsewhere
David Ingram / NBC News : Tweets: @reckless , @caseynewton , @rmac18 , @wentword , @danieljkelley , @david_ingram , @learmonth , @david_ingram , @david_ingram , @david_ingram , @stevekopack , and @da...
Verizon's goal with Yahoo and AOL: compete with Google and Facebook in digital advertising by sharing data on its wireless customers with advertisers
David Gelles / New York Times : Tweets: @adamsingolda , @learmonth , @pt , @nytimes and @nytimesbits . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Adam Singolda / @adamsingolda : “People act like Google and Facebook...
Hulu: Great Product, Still Screwed
Michael Learmonth puts two and two together and concludes that Hulu, the News Corp (NWS) and NBC (GE) joint venture, is finally about to launch for real. So it's time to revisit its potential as a bu...