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The Verge updates its policy for tech PR people speaking “on background,” noting the practice can be “hilariously stupid”
The Verge updates its policy for tech PR people speaking “on background,” noting the practice can be “hilariously stupid”
Companies speaking to reporters — especially tech companies, but they're by no means the only ones; media companies do it too — like to add information "on background." That means that the information they provide can be included in the story, but can't be attributed specifically to …
·niemanlab.org·
The Verge updates its policy for tech PR people speaking “on background,” noting the practice can be “hilariously stupid”
Facebook Doc Stories - Google Docs
Facebook Doc Stories - Google Docs
Facebook Doc Stories October 27, 2021 WaPo: In Poland’s politics, a ‘social civil war’ brewed as Facebook rewarded online anger WaPo: Former Facebook auditor says whistleblower’s claims have ‘revived’ civil rights concerns WSJ: Federal Trade Commission Scrutinizing Facebook Disclosures ​​ Forbes:...
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Facebook Doc Stories - Google Docs
How Big Tech benefits from the disinformation panic - Vox Conversations
How Big Tech benefits from the disinformation panic - Vox Conversations
Sean Illing talks with Joe Bernstein of BuzzFeed News about online disinformation and what — if anything — can be done about it. They discuss the role of tech giants in the spread of propaganda, why it's been impossible for researchers to agree on what disinformation even is, and how the nature of both mass media and democracy means that disinformation is here to stay. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox Guest: Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein), Senior Reporter, BuzzFeed News References:  "Bad News: Selling the story of disinformation" by Joseph Bernstein (Harper's; Sept. 2021) "Civil Society Must Be Defended: Misinformation, Moral Panics, and Wars of Restoration" by Jack Bratich (Communication, Culture & Critique 13 (3); Sept. 2020) "The Priest in Politics: Father Charles E. Coughlin and the Presidential Election of 1936" by Philip A. Grant Jr. (Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 101 (1); 1990) "Lying in Politics: Reflections on The Pentagon Papers" b
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How Big Tech benefits from the disinformation panic - Vox Conversations
The Facebook Files
The Facebook Files
Facebook knows, in acute detail, that its platforms are riddled with flaws but hasn’t fixed them. That’s a key finding of a Journal series that launched this week, based on an array of internal company documents. Read all the stories here.
·wsj.com·
The Facebook Files
Trump's new social media platform found using Mastodon code
Trump's new social media platform found using Mastodon code
From media reports and individual findings that various people have presented to us, it seems that the new social media platform owned by the former president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, so-called Truth Social, is using Mastodon’s source code with various visual adjustments. The platform has not formally launched yet, but it was made accessible ahead of time. Users were quick to note that the terms of service included a worrying passage, claiming that the site is proprietary property and all source code and software are owned or controlled by them or licensed to them:
·blog.joinmastodon.org·
Trump's new social media platform found using Mastodon code
Hundreds of iPhones Are in ‘Ted Lasso.’ They’re More Strategic Than You Think. | WSJ
Hundreds of iPhones Are in ‘Ted Lasso.’ They’re More Strategic Than You Think. | WSJ
We watched 40+ hours of the streaming service to analyze Apple's product placement strategy Watch an Apple TV+ show and you’re likely to notice a lot of iPhones, iPads and other Apple products. We analyzed 74 episodes of the streaming service’s top shows, including “Ted Lasso,” and “The Morning Show,” to better understand the strategy behind all that product placement. Video: Kenny Wassus. Photo illustration: Alex Kuzoian for The Wall Street Journal More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: https://on.wsj.com/2ratjSM #WSJ #Apple #AppleTV+
·youtube.com·
Hundreds of iPhones Are in ‘Ted Lasso.’ They’re More Strategic Than You Think. | WSJ
Amazon gets busted
Amazon gets busted
Exploiting third-party sellers, manipulating search results, hosting fake reviews. Now lawmakers and the FTC are paying attention
·platformer.news·
Amazon gets busted
Apple now lets you share how much you love or hate built-in apps via App Store reviews - 9to5Mac
Apple now lets you share how much you love or hate built-in apps via App Store reviews - 9to5Mac
For the longest time, the App Store did not allow users to rate or review Apple’s built-in iPhone and iPad apps, like Mail, Music, News, Stocks and Calculator. However, seemingly since the release of iOS 15 earlier this month, Apple has now lifted that restriction. It is now open season for App Store feedback on […]
·9to5mac.com·
Apple now lets you share how much you love or hate built-in apps via App Store reviews - 9to5Mac