The Secret Sweetheart Deal between Facebook and Google
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Well, this is starting to get interesting.  When the House Judiciary report on big tech came out last October, it was clear that a lot of information would come to light that could have massive implications for Amazon, Apple, Google...
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Facebook Cries Foul on Behalf of Small Businesses … and it’s Bunk
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When Apple released its 14.3 iOS update in mid-December, it included an awesome feature that makes it easy to see exactly how each app is using your personal data. Facebook wasn’t amused, as Jack Morse noted in Mashable. While consumers reeled trying...
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FB Facing the Antitrust Heat from 47 US States
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Move over, 2020 Presidential election. There’s a new lawsuit in town.  Last week, NY Attorney General Letitia James “announced a massive antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the social media giant has harmed competition by buying up smaller companies like Instagram...
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Regain Your Social Media Sanity with this Crazy Simple Fix
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Ask anyone how they’ve been feeling these last few months, and you’re bound to hear them complain about being too easily distracted, unable to focus on the work at hand, listless, even unable to sleep. Want an easy fix? Draw...
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What 2020 Could Have Looked Like if More People Read Print News
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It seems like we’ve been talking about this for decades now, but it’s been less than 10 years since the term “filter bubble” was coined to describe the way social media amplifies our personal beliefs and filters out what doesn’t...
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Why the Tech World is Watching California’s Prop 24 in November
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As if electing the leader of the free world next month isn’t big enough, there’s one issue on California’s ballot that could have a huge impact on privacy rules for the whole country. “While most of America is focused on...
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The Potential Impacts of Social Media on Your Mental Health
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Credit: Daniela Sherer Stop scrolling; it’s bad for your mental health. That’s the overriding conclusion from published research that links time spent on social media to a rise in mental health challenges like depression and anxiety. (We’ve shared similar research...
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FB Videos… Where Brands Fear to Tread
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This isn’t the first time brands have expressed grave concerns over advertising placements on Facebook. The social platform’s brand safety measures have been notoriously bad at measuring up for the past several years. The latest concern is around the increasingly...
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The Facebook Ad Boycott… Good Intentions, Questionable Impact
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They made their point – loud and clear – and now what? Last month’s Facebook ad boycott, designed to force the social platform to better police their site for hate speech and disinformation, is waning. Some brands are coming back,...
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The Pause that Refreshes… Coke Pulls the Plug on FB Ads
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Well, add Coca-Cola to the list of brands that have hit pause on their social media advertising. According to Karlene Lukovitz in MediaPost, the beverage brand halted all social media ads at least through July. The same day, “Dockers and...
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