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Drug Sales Through Social Media Are Increasing
Though social media platforms like Snapchat have safeguards in place, drug sellers often change their tactics quickly, making them hard to detect.
Bloomberg
Color of Change Focuses on Fighting Racism, Misinformation on Social Media
Sep.16 -- Celebrities boycotted Instagram Wednesday as part of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign. Arisha Hatch, vice president at Color of Change, discusses the impact of the celebrity Instagram freeze as well as an advertising boycott...
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Growing Bisexual Community Has Made Its Own Culture Online
Many memes that began as a joke have now become a part of bisexual culture online, allowing the community to feel part of their created history.
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How 'Gen Z Slang' Connects To Black Culture Appropriation
A style of speaking known as African American English has been used by young White people more recently, which can lead to appropriation.
Bloomberg
Ye to Buy Social Media Platform Parler
Parler CEO George Farmer joins Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde to discuss how Parlement Technologies has entered into an agreement to sell Parler to Ye, and what that means for the future and content moderation of the networking app.
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Best of Bloomberg Intelligence (04/27/2022)
Best of Bloomberg Intelligence delivers in-depth analysis and data sets on industries and companies, government, credit, litigation and economic factors. Catch it daily on Bloomberg Markets: The Close.
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Social Media Reacts To The News Of Roe V. Wade Being Overturned
The Supreme Court reached a decision with this ruling, but same can’t be said for the American public. Many turned to social media.
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Protecting Personal Data On Social Media
Congress wants to start regulating tools that social media companies use to watch our online activity.
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Everson: Facebook Making Significant Investments In A.I.
April 27 -- Facebook is targeting revenue growth through video advertising. Ahead of the company's 1Q earnings report, Facebook Vice President for Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson talks to Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde about...
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Social Media Influencers Helping Teachers Prepare For School Year
Teachers typically rely on their own money or donations to help prepare for a new school year, but now social media influencers are joining the cause.
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How Effective Is Social Media At Stopping Coronavirus Misinformation?
Social media companies have been more proactive at stopping health-related misinformation than other kinds. But it's still easy to find.
Bloomberg
Facebook Curbs Pro-Russia Disinformation as Ukrainians Targeted
Meta's Head of Security Policy Nathaniel Gleicher joins Emily Chang after the social media giant announced having found and disabled a small disinformation network that operated accounts, groups and pages targeting Ukraine across its...
Press Association
Labour leadership candidates call for social media change
Labour leadership candidates have called for a change to how social media companies police themselves. Their comments come after TV presenter Caroline Flack took her own life, Sir Keir said the wider media had been responsible for...
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Experts: Social Platforms Are Unprepared For Election Misinformation
Experts say misinformation from the past presidential election has bled into new claims and continues to spread on social media platforms.
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Trump Signs Order That Targets Legal Protections for Social Media
President Trump put heat on social media companies after Twitter applied warning labels on two of his tweets containing misleading voting information.
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Beyoncé Boosting Airbnb, Uber Looking to Memes
Nov.27 -- Technology and social media has changed the world of advertising, but different companies are taking different approaches. Bloomberg Technology Editor Anne Vandermey discusses Airbnb's use of celebrities like Beyonce and Uber's...
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Trump hails social media, slams 'fake news'
President Donald Trump says social media allows messages to be sent directly to the people without going through the "fake news filter."
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Why Facebook Is Collecting So Much Personal Data
Dec.19 -- Rich Greenfield, a BTIG analyst, and Bloomberg's Sarah Frier discuss the report from the New York Times that Facebook Inc. had allowed more than 150 companies to access more personal data from users than it had disclosed. They...
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Trump hails social media, slams 'fake news'
President Donald Trump says social media allows messages to be sent directly to the people without going through the "fake news filter."
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Facebook's Mendelsohn on Name Change, Metaverse Project
Facebook Global Business Group VP Nicola Mendelsohn joins Emily Chang to discuss the social media giant’s future and metaverse project under the new name Meta, advertising opportunities in the metaverse, the impact of Apple’s privacy...
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Why Is Tiktok Under Scrutiny Again?
TikTok has been under scrutiny since a social media company claimed the app was collection data from Americans and giving China access to U.S. info.
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Fitness Fanatics Use GPS Tracker To Turn Routes Into Art
Fitness fanatics are creating art while GPS tracking their runs and bike rides on their phones, mapping their city into a masterpiece.
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New Report Challenges Conservative Claims of Social Media Censorship
New York University researchers say claims of conservative censorship are "a form of disinformation" without reliable evidence.
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Clinton vs. Trump: Down and Dirty in Negative Ads?
June 20 -- As the U.S. presidential campaign draws closer to November, how can advertising help to form the campaigns of presumptive nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? Bloomberg's Tim Higgins examines the money available for...