- Internet Association Changes Course, Endorses Anti-Backpage Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 3, 2017
In a reversal, a trade group representing Silicon Valley said Friday th ...
- Russian Hackers Targeted Thousands Of Gmail Accounts
Around the Net in Email, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, November 2, 2017
Over several years, hackers backed by the Russian government tried to bre ...
- Are Russian Operatives Targeting Scottish Independence Next?
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, November 3, 2017
US Senator Angus King has warned that after trying to influence t ...
- The Scotsman's Editor Calls Out Coup Leader Alex Salmond
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, November 3, 2017
The Scotman's Editor has hit back at former First Minister Alex Salmond ...
- Facebook Chooses Policed Platform Over Profits
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, November 2, 2017
"We already have about 10,000 people working on safety and security, a ...
- 'Who Ya Gonna Believe, Me Or Your Own Eyes?'*
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, November 2, 2017
The U.S. used propaganda to try and change regimes around the wor ...
- Trump Goes Bump In The Night, Rogue Twitter Employee Takes Him Down
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, November 3, 2017
Not since the missing 18-1/2 Nixon tape minutes has more attention be ...
- Alex Salmond In Bid For Power At The Scotsman?
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, November 2, 2017
"The Telegraph" has a surprise claim this morning. It believes the form ...
- The 0.005 Percent Solution: How Facebook Helped Russia Get The Best ROI Ever
Digital News Daily, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, November 1, 2017
During the second day of testimony before a Senate committee, the B ...
- Lawmakers Release Some Russian Facebook Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released some of the Russi ...
- Facebook's Russian Problem Far Bigger Than Estimated
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, October 31, 2017
In early November of last year, roughly 126 million U.S. Facebook use ...
- Digital's Big 3 Testify, Reveal They Have No Way Of Filtering Bad Actors
Digital News Daily, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Twitter Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett told Congress that less than ...
- Internet Association: Political Ad Regulations Should Apply To All Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 31, 2017
"A solution to this problem will only be effective if every participa ...
- 126 Million Facebook Users Exposed To Russian Disinformation, Social Net Revises Estimate
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, October 31, 2017
During a Congressional hearing on Tuesday, Facebook said it dramatically underestimated t ...
- Social-Media Bigs Admit To Wider Russian Influence
Social Media Insider, Erik Sass - Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Russian meddling in American public life via social media apparently went beyo ...
- Russia Tapped Into U.S. Social Media Ads -- Is TV Next?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 1, 2017
From a marketing point of view, the term "reach" has significant meanin ...
- Russian Operatives Posted More Than 1,100 YouTube Videos During Last Election
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 30, 2017
Accounts connected to the Russian "troll farm" Internet Research Agency spent $4,7 ...
- Cable News Sees Shifting Viewership, Revenues Post-Election
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Cable TV news networks have been virtually the only TV networks ...
- Reddit Cracks Down On Nazi Subreddits
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, October 26, 2017
Following an official policy change, Reddit is cracking down on Nazi a ...
- Twitter Bars Ads From 2 Russian Media Orgs
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, October 26, 2017
Effective immediately, "Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising fr ...
- Google Sued For 'Censoring' Conservative Educational Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 26, 2017
"Google/YouTube regulate and censor speech as if the laws governing free spee ...
- DMA Tells Government It Must Support The Creative Industries More
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, October 26, 2017
The DMA's Managing Director of Talent, Kate Burnett, has told a Hou ...
- How Trump Is Making TV Great Again
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, October 26, 2017
With his divisive politics and shoot-from-the-lip tweeting, Donald Trump has been t ...
- Facebook Asked To Investigate Russian Fake News 'Actors' In Brexit Vote
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Facebook has been asked by MPs to investigate whether Russian-generated fake ne ...
- Twitter To Be Clearer On Political Ads
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Twitter has vowed to be clearer on who has funded political a ...
- Twitter To Require Disclosures For Political Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Twitter's new "transparency center" will include disclosures about political ads, including t ...
- Bing, Bing, Bing: Trump Says Presidency Impossible Without Social Media
Social Media Insider, Erik Sass - Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Trump credits social media with his election victory. He told FBN's Mar ...
- No Trumpian 'Art Of The Deal' With Media -- Just Destruction
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 25, 2017
What makes the "Art of the Deal" these days? Keep changing t ...
- Far-Right Social Network Drops Suit Against Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 23, 2017
"Gab has been in productive back-channel talks with Google since our initi ...
- Is 'Honest Ads' Act Half-Baked?
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, October 23, 2017
Wired writer Issie Lapowsky isn’t impressed with a proposed bill in t ...