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But what if, to spread misinformation on the giant social network, all you needed was a basic grasp of the internet, a credit card, and an email account? US President Donald Trump threatened to challenge broadcast network licenses after an NBC report, despite not having the power to. Jacinda Ardern is the new Prime Minister of New Zealand after NZ First leader Winston Peters announced a coalition government with the NZ Labour Party.
Yes, I'm sure someone else noticed this well before I did and this has probably already been put out there on Twitter and Facebook. I loathe politically-driven social media copycat campaigns.
On 1963, the legendary Russell Baker, writing in The New York Times, explained how we in the press, years before the nation's next presidential campaign, are miraculously able to agree upon who qualify - and, perhaps more importantly, who do not qualify - as plausible White House contenders. Baker identified the "Great Mentioner" as the mythical author of this list.
In this May 19, 2013, file photo, Alyssa Milano arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. She started the #MeToo hashtag on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 to raise awareness about sexual harassment.
In a live interview with Axios on Thursday, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg lamented that she wished the company had found out Russia's use of the platform to spread disinformation and propaganda before the 2016 elections. "We were looking at this certainly not as early as we would have liked to, because we wish we had found it before it ever happened," Sandberg said.
Being interviewed by Axios Executive Editor Mike Allen at the Newseum in Washington D.C. Thursday morning, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg criticized social media rival Twitter for censoring an ad from Tennessee Congresswoman Marsh Blackburn announcing her Senate campaign . Allen spent most of the exchange, which was simulcast live on MSNBC in the 9 a.m. ET hour, grilling Sandberg on reports that groups with Russian ties bought political ads on Facebook during the 2016 presidential campaign.
At the final debate of last year's presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton ridiculed Donald Trump as a "puppet" of the Russians and denounced his treatment of women. She was widely seen as the winner that night in Las Vegas and the favorite to win the presidency weeks later.
Friends, relatives and an outpouring of grievers gathered in California to celebrate the life of a man who died shielding his wife during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Friends, relatives and an outpouring of grievers gathered in California to celebrate the life of a man who died shielding his wife during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
On Yom Kippur, the Jewish "Day of Atonement," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was ready to confess remorse. "For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I ask forgiveness,'' he wrote on his personal page.
How do you feel about vegans? Isn't it popular belief that vegans catch a bad rap for beingSnobby? That's at least what I think they are, and judging by this story, I wasn't far off This particular vegan in questions is the owner of Mother Nature Vegan Cuisine food truck - or at least was the owner. Delinda Jensen, age 60 recently had to close up shop when a comment she posted on her Facebook page got her the attention she asked for - and so much more.
When it comes to social media, Kentucky coach John Calipari has more than one eye getting the lowdown on what he thinks. That's before his thoughts land on Twitter, Facebook or any other social media platform.
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, joined by Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., updates reporters on the status of their inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Burr says the committee has interviewed more than 100 witnesses as part of its investigation and that more work still needs to be done.
U.S. Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., left, and Mark Warner, D-Va., enter a meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Sept. 7, 2017, in Washington, D.C. U.S. Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., left, and Mark Warner, D-Va., enter a meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Sept.
New York would require political ads on Facebook or other social media platforms to contain the names of the people or groups paying for them under legislation proposed Tuesday amid growing scrutiny of the influence such ads had on the 2016 presidential election. Democratic state Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Island, said his proposal would discourage false or misleading ads while informing citizens about those trying to influence their votes.
Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook tool to repeatedly send them messages designed to influence their political behavior, say people familiar with the investigation into foreign meddling in the U.S. election. The tactic resembles what American businesses and political campaigns have been doing in recent years to deliver messages to potentially interested people online.
In the immediate aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, people turned to Facebook and Google, looking for news about what happened and, in some cases, updates about their friends and loved ones in the area. Perhaps the most egregious strain of misinformation took hold after far-right trolls gathered on 4chan, a forum in which individuals are permitted to post almost anything anonymously, and, through some amateur online sleuthing, misidentified the shooter.
Facebook says ads that ran on the company's social media platform and have been linked to a Russian internet agency were seen by an estimated 10 million people before and after the 2016 election. The company turned 3,000 ads over to three congressional committees Monday as part of their investigations into Russian influence in the 2016 election.