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Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft reached an agreement with the EU on Tuesday to block illegal hate speech from their services in Europe. The four internet giants have agreed that they will investigate reports of offensive dialog within 24 hours and either remove or disable access to the content, if it’s found to violate EU…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube, Microsoft as well as the European Commission unveiled a new code of conduct to remove hate speech according to community guidelines in less than 24 hours across these social media platforms. The EU has ramped up efforts leading to this code of conduct following the recent terrorist…
May 26, 2016 7:04 p.m. ET Facebook FB -0.70 % is shutting down its LiveRail programmatic video ad exchange business, according to people familiar, effectively closing the last remaining part of the ad technology company that the social network acquired in 2014. LiveRail provided a set of tools that media companies like Hulu and A&E…
If you’re gonna try to roast the Spelling Bee for being soft, the worst sin you can commit is bringing that weak shit (noun: substandard effort or soft response, e.g. “Kevin liked the Warriors, but they lost because they brought that weak shit.”). Uh oh, good thing the Spelling Bee account was too busy tweeting…
Over the past decade, the Tweet has evolved from a simple 140-character text message to a rich canvas for creative expression featuring photos, videos, hashtags, Vines, and more. In just the past few months we added the ability to poll your community, react quickly and cleverly with GIFs, and share and enjoy Periscope broadcasts in…
Say hello to Ramzan Kadyrov. He’s currently notable for two things: 1) He’s what some describe as the despotic leader of Chechnya, a region in Russia, and 2) He has lost his cat. Instagram: @kadyrov_95 Here’s a translated version of Kadyrov’s lamentation posted last week, minus the emojis, provided by The Guardian. We have completely lost…
Snapchat is developing an algorithm that will act as a gatekeeper between publishers and brands and their audiences, according to sources. Many publishers and brands are earmarking resources for Snapchat, the platform of the moment for reaching a large, young and active audience. Users currently see all the messages from accounts they follow in chronological order, but with…
Methodology What is this? Recent posts from sources where the majority of shared articles aligned “very liberal” (blue, on the left) and “very conservative” (red, on the right) in a large Facebook study. In 2015, the journal Science published a research paper by Facebook scientists (Bakshy, Eytan; Messing, Solomon; Adamic, Lada, 2015, “Replication Data for:…
Updated May 16, 2016 1:50 p.m. ET Facebook Inc. FB -1.11 % is now selling video ads on behalf of other companies, a move that could prove lucrative for the technology giant and intensify its competition with Alphabet Inc. GOOGL -1.38 % subsidiary Google and other online ad specialists. The company said on Monday it…
Face of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has been in damage control mode all week. A Gizmodo exposé revealed on May 9 that the social media company may have been suppressing conservative news from its Trending Topics section. Zuck offered to meet with conservative leaders on Friday in an attempt to smooth things over. Facebook has also attempted…