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Month: July 2018

Facebook to end their ad discrimination practices, sort of-they still support age discrimination in job ads

Facebook to end their ad discrimination practices, sort of-they still support age discrimination in job ads

Facebook will be legally required to end its practice of allowing businesses to block certain groups like blacks, gays and immigrants from viewing ads under an agreement reached with the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Source: Facebook makes deal with Washington AG to halt discriminatory ads | The Columbian The agreement DOES NOT address the use of FB to target job ads based on age, thereby legally discriminating against older workers by ensuring older workers never see job ads. Major…

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Reporter seems to want Facebook to do more censorship of content

Reporter seems to want Facebook to do more censorship of content

Facebook executives promoting their video-on-demand service got into a combative exchange with reporters while at the Television Critics Association’s press… Source: Facebook executives defend having Fox News, ‘atrocious’ Infowars on platform | EW.com Facebook executives were questioned about distribution of conspiracy site InfoWars content on Facebook, also Facebook’s linking to Fox News. Specifically, the reporters’ questioned Facebook about why they permit content from those services on Facebook and what steps is Facebook taking to limit distribution of their content? Oddly,…

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Facebook stock falls by -23%

Facebook stock falls by -23%

Facebook missed revenue and global daily active user projections during its second-quarter earnings report. The company faced difficulties as it dealt with data leaks and fake news scandals during this time period. Source: Facebook earnings Q2 2018 Stock price info captured from CNBC.COM: Don’t forget: Like and Share!

Fake propaganda poster has almost everything wrong

Fake propaganda poster has almost everything wrong

The only part of this propaganda poster that is true is that FactCheck.org did write about Snopes in 2009 but rather than finding it to be a “liberal propaganda site” they said Snopes.com is solid and well documented”. See how easy it is to create a viral propaganda poster for social media sharing? Source: FACT CHECK: Was Snopes.com ‘BUSTED’ for Our CEO’s Ties to George Soros?

Who shares fake news on social media? You do.

Who shares fake news on social media? You do.

“On the left if you’re consuming fake news you’re 34 times more likely than the general population to be a college graduate,” says Green. If you’re on the right, he says, you’re 18 times more likely than the general population to to be in the top 20 percent of income earners. And the study revealed another disturbing trend: the more you consume fake news, the more likely you are to vote. It’s “fascinating and frightening at the same time,” says…

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