Facebook, Twitter and Google Partners to Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation

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With a COVID-19 vaccine nearing release, the major tech platforms have agreed to partner on a new program, in conjunction with fact-checking organizations, in order to formulate new, improved approaches to combatting vaccine misinformation. As reported by BBC: “Taking part in the effort alongside Facebook, Google-owned YouTube and Twitter are the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media … Read more

The CEOs of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple Face Difficult Questions from House Judiciary Committee

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The CEOs of Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple all fronted the House Judiciary Committee in the US today as part of a five-hour hearing which intended to establish whether the tech giants have been operating in an anti-competitive manner. The subsequent rulings based on the hearings could, eventually, result in new regulations restricting, or even reducing, the … Read more

Facebook, Google and Apple Announce New Emoji Updates to Celebrate World Emoji Day

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While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has dampened enthusiasm for event days in 2020, the 17th of July marks the World Emoji Day, which aims to celebrate those small, cartoonish characters than have now become a significant part of the way people communicate. Indeed, according to research, some 92% of people have used, and/or regularly now use, emojis … Read more

Facebook Launches “Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior” Detection

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Over the last few years, Facebook has provided regular updates on clusters of accounts that it’s detected which have been engaged in what it calls “coordinated inauthentic behavior” – essentially, broad-scale operations designed to misinform and mislead Facebook users. Following the 2016 US Presidential Election, and revelations of foreign interference in the political process, Facebook has been taking a … Read more

Facebook Launched a New Creator Studio Mobile App (2020)

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Facebook this week launched a new, mobile version of its Creator Studio tool, with a separate Creator Studio app to help better manage your Facebook Pages on the go. The new app will be able to manage and edit Page posts, view performance analytics and respond to messages – with the added capacity to manage multiple Facebook Pages through … Read more