- Twitter Presses For Order Halting Texas Investigation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
"Twitter's exercise of its First Amendment rights will continue to be chilled so long as AG Paxton's retaliatory investigation remains live," the company argues in papers filed Monday with U. ...
- Nextdoor To Serve Up Anti-Racism Notification, Become Gatekeeper Of Language
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 19, 2021
Spend some time on social media and you'll likely find racial profiling or restrictions on language. Neighborhood social networking app Nextdoor is no exception. ...
- Court Sides With YouTube In 'Censorship' Battle With 'Misandry Today'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 16, 2021
Siding with Google, a federal appellate court refused to reinstate a lawsuit by commentator Bob Lewis, who claimed the company violated his rights by demonetizing some of the videos ...
- IAS: Adult Content, Hate Speech Drove Higher Levels Of Brand Risk During Second Half Of 2020
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Monday, April 19, 2021
The share of desktop video ad impressions deemed risky soared 22% during the second half of 2020, according to the latest edition of Integral Ad Science's (IAS) "Media Quality Repo ...
- Google Ads Dynamic Exclusion List And Why It's More Important Now
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 16, 2021
Google announced it will roll out dynamic exclusion lists in Google Ads in the coming weeks that allow advertisers to automate the process of blocking a brand's ads from showi ...
- GOP Floats New Curbs On Tech Companies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 16, 2021
Republican staff in the House suggest broadening the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, limiting Section 230 protections ...
- YouTube Urges Judge To Throw Out QAnon Lawsuit Over Video Takedowns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Members of the right-wing conspiracy group QAnon lack grounds to claim that Google violated their First Amendment rights by taking down YouTube videos, the company argues. ...
- Facebook, Zuckerberg Get Slapped With Lawsuit From Muslim Advocates
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Muslim Advocates on Thursday filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, CFO Sheryl Sandberg and others at the company, demanding that the social network begin taking anti-Musl ...
- Court Ends Battle Between Trump And Blocked Critics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 5, 2021
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Dept. of Justice's request to vacate a lower court's ruling that former President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking critics ...
- Texas AG Says Twitter Not Entitled To Stop Probe Of Editorial Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Twitter isn't entitled to a court order prohibiting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from continuing with a probe into the company's content-moderation practices, he is telling a federal judge. ...
- DoubleVerify Integrates Brand Safety Further Into Facebook
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
A third-party brand safety and suitability solution is now available to brands buying advertising media on Facebook and Instagram. ...
- Texas Probe Of Twitter Violates First Amendment, Groups Tell Judge
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 26, 2021
"While one may disagree with how online platforms curate lawful content, there can be no role for the government in enforcing its conception of political orthodoxy," the Reporters Committee f ...
- Tech Titan CEOs Look To Algorithms, Transparency To Resolve Section 230 Challenges
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 26, 2021
The Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs were grilled for answers regarding changes that need to be made to Section 230. Here are their thoughts on accountability. ...
- Zuckerberg Proposes Congress Should Limit Web Companies' Legal Protections
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will suggest that Congress revamp Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act by linking the legal protections afforded to web companies to their efforts to ta ...
- Media-Bias Chart Provides In-Depth View, Greater Control For Media Buys Based On Brand Values
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 19, 2021
Ad Fontes Media is releasing a premium version of its media-bias chart to help advertisers determine where to buy media based on brand values. The list names hundreds of onli ...
- Facebook Slammed For Spanish-Language Monitoring Gap, Adds Penalties For Groups That Spread Harmful Content
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, March 18, 2021
On Wednesday, a coalition of racial justice and internet accountability organizations joined members of Congress to demand action from Facebook on what they term its "Spanish-language content
moderation gap." ...
- SXSW: Journalists Discuss Struggle To Keep Local News Publishers Alive
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
During the virtual SXSW event Wednesday, a discussion with local newspaper journalists about the rapidly shrinking industry and diminished coverage of vitally important beats that hold local governments, elected official ...
- Vimeo Prevails In Discrimination Lawsuit By 'Former Homosexual' Over Account Removal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 11, 2021
Siding with Vimeo, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday that "former homosexual" James Domen can't proceed with claims that the online video company violated anti-discrimination laws by removing his vide ...
- Most Ad Execs Supported Trump Ban, Many Boosted Social Ad Budgets Because Of It
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Friday, March 12, 2021
Nearly two-thirds of ad execs agreed with social media platforms' decisions to ban or restrict former President Donald Trump's account, and many are putting their money where their mouths ar ...
- Twitter Slowed By Russian Authorities For Banned Content
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 11, 2021
Russian authorities Wednesday said they slowed the speed of users' uploading of photos and videos to Twitter in the country because the company failed to remove banned content. ...
- Twitter Seeks Court Order Barring Texas From Investigating Content Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 8, 2021
Twitter is asking a federal judge to prohibit Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from continuing his investigation into the company's editorial policies, including its decision to ban former President Dona ...
- The 'Real Story' Behind Facebook's Australian News Blackout, According To Facebook
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Facebook global affairs chief Nick Clegg charges there is a "fundamental misunderstanding" of Facebook's relationship with news publishers. His argument suggests the greatest misunderstanding is
actually Facebook's. ...
- Facebook Drops Australian News Ban, Negotiates Payments, After Law Amendments
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The law now takes into account whether a digital platform has already struck commercial agreements with media, and gives platforms more room and motivation to negotiate deals to avoid t ...
- Finding The Right Context: Is All Content Created Equal?
MediaDailyNews, Bre Rossetti - Monday, February 22, 2021
When potentially divisive events occur, do brands stay away to avoid tarnishing the brand? The answer is not as easy as you would think. ...
- Could Facebook Send Big Checks To TV News Networks In The Future?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 22, 2021
Maybe the social network is seeing what's coming -- major deregulation. ...
- Maryland Ad Tax Will Backfire, Business Groups Argue In Court Challenge
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 18, 2021
Far from stemming fake news or hate speech, Maryland's new tax on digital ads will leave the internet "overrun by low-quality 'junk,'" the Chamber of Commerce, Internet Association and othe ...
- Social Platform Parler Returns Online
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 15, 2021
Parler stated Monday it will be "built on sustainable, independent technology and not reliant on so-called 'Big Tech' for its operations." ...
- Can Voice-Based Social-Media Apps Help TV Marketers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 15, 2021
Clubhouse, a new social-media platform, is voice-driven. There may be advantages here for promoting TV networks, programming and viewership. ...
- Facebook Reports Double-Digit Drop In Hate Speech And Harmful Content, Cites Advances In AI
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, February 11, 2021
Facebook today released findings of its Community Standards Enforcement Report showing marked improvements in the prevalence of objectionable content on both Facebook and Instagram and discussed steps it's taking ...
- YouTube Augments Search -- Why It Needs MRC Content-Level Accreditation
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
More than 250 brands have reportedly stopped campaigns on YouTube and Google due to offensive content on the platforms throughout the years. Some of the bigger names include AT&T, Disne ...
