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Data is the energy, the lifeblood, the food and drink of any modern election campaign. From the mundane - names, addresses, voting districts - to the specifics of habits and interest, data matters more than television time, more than space on billboards, more than speeches and debates.
WhatsApp to test limiting the forwarding of messages to 20 chats globally and 5 chats in India in a bid to stop the spread of fake news - The social messaging service has been blamed for its role in spreading dangerous and inaccurate information. - Facebook-owned WhatsApp is making changes Facebook executives struggle to describe a coherent strategy to deal with misinformation on the site; it's a hodgepodge of "exceptions to the exceptions" - Facebook was once the most nimble company of its generation.
The Navy said last week that servicewomen could sport ponytails, lock hairstyles, or ropelike strands, and wider hair buns, reversing a policy that long forbade females from letting their hair down. Servicemen immediately chimed in on social media, asking the Navy if they could grow beards.
Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Facebook are teaming up to provide users with the capability of transferring data across platforms and services, the latter two social media giants announced Friday morning. After heightened concerns over data utilization , companies appear to be trying to give users at least a little more say over how their personal information is managed.
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters was disparaged with offensive comments by gang prosecutor Michael Selyem in this Facebook post. A comment by San Bernardino County gang prosecutor Michael Selyem on this Breitbart post supports white male immigrants, but not "terrorist - holes."
After Gaetz called Facebook out on a page that posted incitements to violence and implied death threats, the company took it down. According to The Hill , during a hearing Tuesday with representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google, Gaetz asked Facebook's Head of Global Policy Management Monika Bickert why the social media giant hasn't removed the page, "Milkshakes against the Republican Party," for its calls to violence against Republicans.
A House committee plans a second hearing this week on the filtering practices of social media companies, amid concerns that some users have been "shadow banned," blocked or otherwise marginalized. Executives with Facebook , YouTube and Twitter are scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, according to the committee's announcement.
The House Judiciary Committee is set to question the biggest social media companies Tuesday on their social media filtering practices, which will likely lead to accusations of political bias from Republican lawmakers "The advent of social media has made it possible for people to connect across continents, explore vast amounts of information, and share meaningful dialogue with friends and strangers," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said in a statement. "However, this same technology can be used to suppress a particular viewpoint and manipulate public opinion."
Twelve Russian military intelligence officers hacked into the Clinton presidential campaign and Democratic Party, releasing tens of thousands of stolen and politically damaging communications, in a sweeping conspiracy by the Kremlin to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election, according to a grand jury indictment announced days before President Donald Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The indictment stands as special counsel Robert Mueller's first allegation implicating the Russian government directly in criminal behaviour meant to sway the presidential election.
Cohen's Dr. Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr. is demanding an apology from the former Republican vice presidential candidate, who claims she was duped into a "sick" interview for the comedian's new series, 'Who Is America?' Dr. Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr. - a Sacha Baron Cohen character possibly featured in his upcoming Showtime series, Who Is America? - took to Twitter on Thursday to fire back at Sarah Palin for her recent Facebook remarks.
Yup - we were duped. Ya' got me, Sacha. Feel better now? - I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick "humor" of the British "comedian" Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.
Yup - we were duped. Ya' got me, Sacha. Feel better now? - I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick "humor" of the British "comedian" Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.
A veteran prosecutor in the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office is under fire after a series of vulgar posts and comments online called for the shooting of Rep. Maxine Waters as well as attacks on former First Lady Michelle Obama and Mexican immigrants. According to The Sun , Deputy District Attorney Michael Selyem - a 12-year veteran of the DA's office - is facing calls for his dismissal over the comments made on Facebook.
Since at least as far back as 2012, the claim that 43% of all "food stamp" beneficiaries are "illegal immigrants" has echoed through the murky and fact-starved worlds of social media, chain e-mails, and memes, often times shared as part of a larger list of "Facts!" For example, the following post , from the Facebook page of Doug Giles - proprietor of "ClashDaily.com" and author of the book Pussification: The Effeminization of the American Male - has garnered tens of thousands of shares: The food stamp program, known since 2008 as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , is not open to undocumented immigrants.
We've heard the saber rattling from big tech critics who want to break up Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google. They claim they are helping the little guy and that they want more competition.
There's so much to unpack here: the loss of the personal data of 87 million people, increased scrutiny on the practice of taking not just your data but the data from friends in your network, questions over how much value Facebook places on the security of that information. , the EU's new, stricter rule governing how online companies can collect your data, is technically a separate item, it and Facebook were so strongly linked by both topic and timing that they had to share a spot at the top of this list.
In a video shared on Facebook, an unidentified shirtless man wearing camouflage pants approaches the camera with the flag and a hand-held torch. Corpus Christi Indivisible distanced itself Saturday night from a video posted on social media depicting a man burning an American flag toward the end of its immigration rally.
Minnesota Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan says she has been the target of racist and sexist attacks from fellow Republicans. Carnahan posted on her personal Facebook page on Friday that some GOP leaders around the state have called her "a stupid Asian not even born in America" and used racial slurs, the Star Tribune reported.
Minnesota Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan says she has been the target of racist and sexist attacks from fellow Republicans. Carnahan posted on her personal Facebook page on Friday that some GOP leaders around the state have called her "a stupid Asian not even born in America" and used racial slurs, the Star Tribune reported.