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Nearly half of consumers say they're "unlikely to buy products or services from companies not aligned with their political views." Read the whole story
CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved posting positive stories about Facebook in News Feeds as part of a new multipronged image-control strategy, reports the New York … Read the whole story
COMMENTARYCan we, in good conscience, continue to recommend platforms that directly and negatively impact the mental health of our youth? Platforms should be responsible … Read the whole story
Facebook Sharpens Focus On Safety, Security To Address 'WSJ' Allegations, Launches Consumer ProductsAfter spending $13 billion on "safety and security" since 2016, Facebook is changing its approach from reactive to proactive. Safety and security are increasingly … Read the whole story
The board thanked the Wall Street Journal and other journalists for shedding "greater light" on Facebook's inconsistent decision processes. Read the whole story
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday expressed optimism that he and Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas will be able to move forward with … Read the whole story
"Consumer privacy has become a consumer crisis," nine Senate Democrats say in a letter sent to FTC Chair Lina Khan. "We believe that a … Read the whole story
NewsGuard will enable Zefr's clients to create inclusion and exclusion lists, preventing them from "overblocking" legitimate news publishers on the platform. Read the whole story
Pill Club is fierce in its commitment to treating birth control as a healthcare choice, not a political football. Read the whole story
The "Times'" brand-marketing campaign, "The Truth Takes a Journalist," spotlights some of its own 1700+ journalists as they film themselves reporting on stories across … Read the whole story
Two ad companies want to convert non-digital outdoor ads to digital ones on 83 billboards in Austin, and claim in a lawsuit that the … Read the whole story
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The social network's content distribution guidelines say it demotes clickbait links, engagement bait, low-quality comments, sensationalist health claims and untrusted news publishers. Read the whole story
The Ad Council is working with Deutsch LA, Saatchi & Saatchi, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the COVID Collaborative on the new effort. Read the whole story
The law "will prohibit platforms from taking action to protect themselves, their users, advertisers, and the public more generally from harmful and objectionable matter," … Read the whole story
A federal appellate panel has revived the news anchor's claim that Facebook violated her right to control commercial use of her image by hosting … Read the whole story
Google is hoping to persuade the European Commission to engage in talks to settle a probe into alleged anticompetitive data practices in its digital … Read the whole story
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Journalist John Stossel alleged in a lawsuit that he was defamed by Facebook's fact-checks, which flagged one video he posted as "misleading" and a … Read the whole story
