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- TikTok users may begin to see links to Google results in the app. In a screenshot shared by an app researcher on X, TikTok's search results page included a link inviting the user to search Google for the same inquiry.
- The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act would require large social platforms to share ad libraries, statistics about content moderation, and other data with researchers.
- A government operated Missouri website that offers information about COVID-19 appears to have sent ad-related data about visitors to TikTok, researchers at Princeton University reported this week.
- The CEOs of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic will meet Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris and top officials to discuss issues around AI.
- A new study from the agency shows the perception of "corporate greed" is one of the fastest-growing inflation concerns among U.S. consumers.
- Privacy laws that require companies to obtain consumers' consent don't go far enough, a new report suggests.
- "We think that reflects notable changes in consumer behavior coupled with changes in legislation at the state level," says Cowen analyst.
- As of March, "Face the Nation," "Meet the Press" and "This Week" are all averaging 3 to 3.5 million viewers and have been for years, regardless of who is booked.
- Even in its nascent development phase, CBD-rich smokable hemp is gaining use among consumers who see it as an alternative to marijuana or a way to quit smoking tobacco.
- Internet search traffic for abortion medication rose 162% after someone leaked a draft of the Supreme Court's abortion decision in May, according to new research.
- We can recognize and engage with media bias and overcome our own preconceptions to become better participants in civic society.
- According to a new Ipsos study, two-thirds of Americans are likely to vote for candidates who support passing a law legalizing abortion to replace Roe if SCOTUS strikes it down.
- Statehouse press corps have grown as nonprofit news organizations emerge to fill the gap created by the decline in commercial newspapers and organizations shift reporters to more part-time statehouse reporting.
- Tech companies like Google implement controls that allow consumers to see and manage interests associated with them that are used to target ads. How does this awareness impact online behavior?
- Email marketers must cope with shifting consumer demands and even shopper identities, judging by a new study from Atlantic Brand Partners.
- The Republican party's kibosh on future presidential debates is ironic, given how important free speech is to its members. Misinformation, not so much.
- "There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook, and Facebook over and over again chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money," former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen told "60 Minutes."
- Driving this high estimate is the use of Facebook as a fundraising tool.
- The timing of a just-released analysis of how members of Congress use social media for themselves couldn't be better, coming as they once again hear testimony from one of their personal favorite platforms: Facebook.
- A new report shows the number of Republicans who believe in protecting freedom of information has risen 10%, while 65% of Democrats now support the government's involvement in restricting misinformation online.
- Coming back from a self-imposed news blackout during an "off-the-grid" family vacation last week, the first thing that struck me was how utterly predictable the dumbfounded reaction of the U.S. news cycle can be when it comes to inherently predictable events.
- "While we agree that Facebook must safeguard user privacy, it is similarly imperative that Facebook allow credible academic researchers and journalists like those involved in the Ad Observatory project to conduct independent research that will help illuminate how the company can better tackle misinformation, disinformation, and other harmful activity that is proliferating on its platforms," three Senate Democrats say in a letter sent Monday to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
- "We're on the verge of having platforms and companies so powerful and so influential in the political process that they're ungovernable," Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer told Bloomberg. He expects Congress to pass legislation to rein in big tech companies.
- Moore has joined a task force to help the government determine how it can use data on U.S. citizens to train and support AI models, helping the U.S. better compete with China and Russia.
- In a closely watched case, the Supreme Court Thursday voted 6-3 to narrow the scope of a 1980s-era anti-hacking law.
- President Joe Biden's televised address to the joint session of Congress Wednesday night was viewed by 26.9 million people, making it the lowest-rated presidential address in modern history, according to data released today by Nielsen.
- While trust in most institutions has fallen following a year of the pandemic, economic crises and political turmoil, trust in media has fallen to all-time lows since PR giant Edelman began tracking it in 2012. The overall media industry currently has a "trust index" of 51, according to the just-released Edelman Trust Barometer 2021, ranking it last behind Business (61), NGOs (57) and Government (53) among major societal institutions.
- If you want to understand what institutions people truly trust, pose an existential threat. That, more or less, is what a year of the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, and now that it is being brought under some semblance of control, some of those institutions are seeing their role as trusted information providers erode along with it -- especially media and brands.
- 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 are, according to new research from Advertiser Perceptions.
- While the trust Americans hold in the major television news brands has generally trended downward following the U.S. presidential election, trust in the winner of that election -- President Joe Biden -- has surged to the highest point since being tracked by consumer research firm Brand Keys for MediaPost.
