tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732551391942448492024-03-06T00:05:38.977-06:00Jeremy Harris LipschultzDr. Lipschultz is Peter Kiewit Distinguished Professor, UNO Social Media Lab and School of Communication, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Contact him @JeremyHL on Twitter.Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-84131787951292287702021-03-09T10:12:00.008-06:002021-03-09T10:20:19.698-06:00New Social Media Laws? SMC 2(3)<div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b><i>Social Media Communication </i>News: Real-Time Classroom Discussion Starters</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><style>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u>Social Media Laws Would Empower Users To Sue</u></p><p class="Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53" style="text-align: justify;">Republicans proposed new state laws that would allow lawsuits against social media companies that block content. The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-legislature-media-lawsuits-social-media-848c0189ff498377fbfde3f6f5678397" target="_blank">reports</a> that about two dozen state legislatures are considering "bills that would
allow for civil lawsuits against platforms for what they call the 'censorship' of posts."</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrVj6qJDq72e51Z_H0NDmhCKvAF_9d2v7H4NCrxX66sYdco2Jq1MD1eGVQCSmWZgp5ieiQPY68dQPX6n8K-Dud7DTKf6gJWp1O3hWA4lLJPP-2WtUmj1YO_B3bth9hmx0nFANnpxIks41/s2048/1+Twitter+Rules.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="2048" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrVj6qJDq72e51Z_H0NDmhCKvAF_9d2v7H4NCrxX66sYdco2Jq1MD1eGVQCSmWZgp5ieiQPY68dQPX6n8K-Dud7DTKf6gJWp1O3hWA4lLJPP-2WtUmj1YO_B3bth9hmx0nFANnpxIks41/w260-h181/1+Twitter+Rules.png" width="260" /></a></p>In two states, Democrats also are proposing laws that "called for greater scrutiny of
big tech." <br /><p></p><p class="Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53" style="text-align: justify;">Civil
liability of online sites has been limited under Section 230, which became
federal law at the dawn of the Internet. However, many of former
President Donald Trump's posts were labeled before he was permanently
banned from Twitter. He is appealing a Facebook ban in connection with
the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Most
constitutional law scholars believe that states do not have legal
authority to reverse social media platform insulation from civil
lawsuits, but Congress also is considering new legislation to limit
anti-trust powers and protect free speech.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Question: Why or why not should social media sites retain special legal protection under Section 230? </i></div><div><p class="Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53" style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><ul><li>YouTube plans to reverse its ban on Donald Trump "when the risk of violence decreases," Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-reverse-ban-trump-risk-violence-2021-3" target="_blank">reports</a>. The CEO said, "I think it's pretty clear that that elevated violence risk still remains."</li><li> Parler <a href="https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20495151-parler-llc-v-amazon" target="_blank">filed</a> a new lawsuit claiming that it was valued at $1 billion when Amazon AWS removed it from the cloud.</li><li>A new survey <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-tiktok-least-trusted-by-americans-google-most-trusted-says-survey/" target="_blank">finds</a> that, "43% of US residents distrust TikTok and 42.6% distrust Facebook." </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Question: Would the ban of Donald Trump from social media sites increase distrust? What could be done to improve social media site trust?</i><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><u>ICYMI: </u><u>Cat Filter Internet Star</u><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2OyxaWNqndBIWJ9T49fkejpWeJnO3AWP9x0S5U7UJuQ58zAJfgMuTlQ1m4cZlzTSsGovAe7y9wW_-12Nxde7D4HQpQyQ1mRENLpGnUTUxeoMEJ9ZAYEu0O5-xuTtVq4t4MSUYBq4s-42/s1284/1+Zoom+Cat+Filter.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1284" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2OyxaWNqndBIWJ9T49fkejpWeJnO3AWP9x0S5U7UJuQ58zAJfgMuTlQ1m4cZlzTSsGovAe7y9wW_-12Nxde7D4HQpQyQ1mRENLpGnUTUxeoMEJ9ZAYEu0O5-xuTtVq4t4MSUYBq4s-42/w244-h137/1+Zoom+Cat+Filter.png" width="244" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">A Texas lawyer's accidental cat filter during a live Zoom court hearing sparked global amusement. The BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56009062" target="_blank">reported</a> that Rod Ponton did not know the event would turn him into a celebrity. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">"I'm here live," Ponton explained. "I'm not a cat." <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">"In Texas we have a phrase that you can't put toothpaste back in the
tube," Ponton says. "If this was going to become an internet sensation I just had to
laugh at myself along with everybody else doing so."</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Judge
Roy Ferguson shared the video, and it became sticky social media
content. The judge told other lawyers to make sure their filters are off
before joining a live courtroom session.<br /></p><i>Question:What other tips would you offer to professionals before they attend a live video meeting?</i><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-42198869240291356172021-02-11T11:20:00.001-06:002021-02-11T11:20:16.556-06:00Viral Cat Zooming: SMC 2(2)<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b><i>Social Media Communication </i>News: Real-Time Classroom Discussion Starters</b></p><p><style>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> </p><u>Cat Filter Internet Star</u><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2OyxaWNqndBIWJ9T49fkejpWeJnO3AWP9x0S5U7UJuQ58zAJfgMuTlQ1m4cZlzTSsGovAe7y9wW_-12Nxde7D4HQpQyQ1mRENLpGnUTUxeoMEJ9ZAYEu0O5-xuTtVq4t4MSUYBq4s-42/s1284/1+Zoom+Cat+Filter.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1284" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2OyxaWNqndBIWJ9T49fkejpWeJnO3AWP9x0S5U7UJuQ58zAJfgMuTlQ1m4cZlzTSsGovAe7y9wW_-12Nxde7D4HQpQyQ1mRENLpGnUTUxeoMEJ9ZAYEu0O5-xuTtVq4t4MSUYBq4s-42/w244-h137/1+Zoom+Cat+Filter.png" width="244" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">A Texas lawyer's accidental cat filter during a live Zoom court hearing sparked global amusement. The BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56009062" target="_blank">reported</a> that Rod Ponton did not know the event would turn him into a celebrity. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">"I'm here live," Ponton explained. "I'm not a cat." <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">"In Texas we have a phrase that you can't put toothpaste back in the
tube," Ponton says. "If this was going to become an internet sensation I just had to
laugh at myself along with everybody else doing so."</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Judge Roy Ferguson shared the video, and it became sticky social media content. The judge told other lawyers to make sure their filters are off before joining a live courtroom session.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Question:What other tips would you offer to professionals before they attend a live video meeting?<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><ul><li>An Arkansas blogger in a defamation lawsuit cannot protect sources, a judge has ruled. The Associated Press <a href="https://www.startribune.com/judge-no-media-protection-for-blogger-must-reveal-sources/600021112/?refresh=true">reports</a> that the shield law that protects journalists may not apply in all states. "She's a blogger. She's not a reporter," the judge decided. "She's not (an internet) news source."</li><li>The Capitol Hill mob may have been using Facebook, as well as the Parler app to organize its violence. Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/02/07/sheryl-sandberg-downplayed-facebooks-role-in-the-capitol-hill-siege-justice-department-files-tell-a-very-different-story/?sh=340db74410b3">reports</a> that Facebook's chief operating officer appeared to downplay the site's role in the siege.</li><li>Deep learning technologies top the ZDNet <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/disruptive-innovation-2021-these-15-big-ideas-are-most-likely-to-change-the-world/">list </a>of big ideas in 2021. Digital wallets and bitcoin also are being closely watched.<br /></li></ul></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Question: What do you think the largest trend will be this year within social media communication? Why?</i><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> </div><p><u>ICYMI: TikTok Branded Content</u><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Content creators are getting help from TikTok. The site <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/creators/creator-portal/en-us/category/getting-paid-to-create/" target="_blank">launched</a>
a Creator portal. It helps TikTok users get started, utilize
foundations for success, follow community guidelines, and get paid for
content."TikTok Creator Fund rewards creators for doing what they do
best —
making incredible TikTok videos," the app said. "It’s TikTok’s way of
celebrating and
supporting creators for their dedication, ingenuity, and spirit." </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXILDwF3naptqD2AzifBL5_JvALR5XHot02SHbpdw7BLVOVxVWgVV6vNpUSTJZc2ZJWHQL6lYUeINeBGLU5X6fFBvuccPWi4pODilKkGNEbkD2PXBNrShiqDEfkpotaMaL4GmF8A0DHmj/s1956/Screen+Shot+2021-01-23+at+10.51.33+AM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1956" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXILDwF3naptqD2AzifBL5_JvALR5XHot02SHbpdw7BLVOVxVWgVV6vNpUSTJZc2ZJWHQL6lYUeINeBGLU5X6fFBvuccPWi4pODilKkGNEbkD2PXBNrShiqDEfkpotaMaL4GmF8A0DHmj/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-01-23+at+10.51.33+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">TikTok
also launched a Creator Marketplace that is an "official collaboration
platform to
connect brands and creators." The site is emphasizing strategic brand
marketing campaigns that are likely to compete for attention with
Instagram and Snapchat.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Question: What advantages and disadvantages are there for launching a social marketing campaign on TikTok?</i></p> <br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-41068786869972576152021-01-23T11:14:00.002-06:002021-01-23T11:17:35.903-06:00Brands Will Pay TikTok Creators: SMC 2(1)<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b><i>Social Media Communication </i>News: Real-Time Classroom Discussion Starters</b></p><p><style>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> </p><p></p><p><u>TikTok Branded Content</u><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Content creators are getting help from TikTok. The site <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/creators/creator-portal/en-us/category/getting-paid-to-create/" target="_blank">launched</a> a Creator portal. It helps TikTok users get started, utilize foundations for success, follow community guidelines, and get paid for content."TikTok Creator Fund rewards creators for doing what they do best —
making incredible TikTok videos," the app said. "It’s TikTok’s way of celebrating and
supporting creators for their dedication, ingenuity, and spirit." </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXILDwF3naptqD2AzifBL5_JvALR5XHot02SHbpdw7BLVOVxVWgVV6vNpUSTJZc2ZJWHQL6lYUeINeBGLU5X6fFBvuccPWi4pODilKkGNEbkD2PXBNrShiqDEfkpotaMaL4GmF8A0DHmj/s1956/Screen+Shot+2021-01-23+at+10.51.33+AM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1956" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXILDwF3naptqD2AzifBL5_JvALR5XHot02SHbpdw7BLVOVxVWgVV6vNpUSTJZc2ZJWHQL6lYUeINeBGLU5X6fFBvuccPWi4pODilKkGNEbkD2PXBNrShiqDEfkpotaMaL4GmF8A0DHmj/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-01-23+at+10.51.33+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">TikTok also launched a Creator Marketplace that is an "official collaboration platform to
connect brands and creators." The site is emphasizing strategic brand marketing campaigns that are likely to compete for attention with Instagram and Snapchat.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Question: What advantages and disadvantages are there for launching a social marketing campaign on TikTok?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Parler <a href="https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20461466-rothstein_order" target="_blank">failed</a> in the first round of its lawsuit against Amazon. AWS removed the conservative political app after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, as lawmakers were certifying presidential election results. U.S. District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein wrote that, Parler was likely to lose on its claims of breach of contract, anti-trust, and "public interest."</li><li>The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/19/upshot/trump-complete-insult-list.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#" target="_blank">published</a> "The Complete List of Trump's Twitter Insults." The 45th president left office banned by Twitter and other social media sites for helping incite a riot in his speech to protesters and challenge of election results on social media.</li><li>Google has threatened to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/international-news-australia-new-zealand-scott-morrison-bills-06e735a2f7670c35c4000ec8059cdced" target="_blank">remove</a> its search engine in Australia because the country wants news publishers to be paid for search results. "The confrontation highlights Australia’s leading role in the global
movement to push back against the outsize influence of U.S. tech giants
over the news business," the Associated Press reported. </li></ul><i>Question: Why or why not should news publishers be paid for social media site content?</i><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><u>ICYMI: TiKTok Post Discloses YouTube Earnings</u> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzyqHBD2P84-eCuty20-erfYKIOnnRMw28MJU6v7yCQ_tz5cui-CskgdJBmL8r5vHph0vOc-CcMYTUa3wVYhiq_5gxAzOsHPJp9RAnJVd7r3rt50nhoZt_XckwHyJ-34gx_6eU7yuTplr/s1384/Graham+YouTuber.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1090" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzyqHBD2P84-eCuty20-erfYKIOnnRMw28MJU6v7yCQ_tz5cui-CskgdJBmL8r5vHph0vOc-CcMYTUa3wVYhiq_5gxAzOsHPJp9RAnJVd7r3rt50nhoZt_XckwHyJ-34gx_6eU7yuTplr/w158-h200/Graham+YouTuber.png" width="158" /></a></div>A YouTube star, Graham Stephan, recently took to TikTok and disclosed millions in revenue from his video business, Buzzfeed <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/shelbyheinrich/money-youtuber-viral-tiktok" target="_blank">reports</a>.
Stephan, a real estate investor, showed more than 517 million YouTube
impressions -- 297,477 alone on one day in August. His daily revenue can
be as much as $11,000 from 2.5 million subscribers.<br /></div><p class="subbuzz__title xs-mb1 bold"><span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">Buzzfeed also reported that, "Graham's
TikTok already has over 10 millions views, and people have plenty to
say in the comments. Some commended him for being so open and honest
about his income, and others (like me) are absolutely gobsmacked by the
amount. Some are even like, 'dang, maybe I need to get on YouTube.'"</span> Graham has earned more than $3 million, so far, from the YouTube video.</p><i>Question:
How could you monetize YouTube, Instagram or TikTok videos? What topics
would you select? Why or why not would you be able to generate revenue?</i> <br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-55824236622218966032020-10-31T15:54:00.005-05:002020-10-31T15:54:44.076-05:00YouTube Money: SMC 1(16)<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b><i>Social Media Communication </i>News: Real-Time Classroom Discussion Starters</b></p><p><style>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> </p><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><u>TiKTok Post Discloses YouTube Earnings</u> </div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzyqHBD2P84-eCuty20-erfYKIOnnRMw28MJU6v7yCQ_tz5cui-CskgdJBmL8r5vHph0vOc-CcMYTUa3wVYhiq_5gxAzOsHPJp9RAnJVd7r3rt50nhoZt_XckwHyJ-34gx_6eU7yuTplr/s1384/Graham+YouTuber.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1090" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzyqHBD2P84-eCuty20-erfYKIOnnRMw28MJU6v7yCQ_tz5cui-CskgdJBmL8r5vHph0vOc-CcMYTUa3wVYhiq_5gxAzOsHPJp9RAnJVd7r3rt50nhoZt_XckwHyJ-34gx_6eU7yuTplr/w158-h200/Graham+YouTuber.png" width="158" /></a></div>A YouTube star, Graham Stephan, recently took to TikTok and disclosed millions in revenue from his video business, Buzzfeed <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/shelbyheinrich/money-youtuber-viral-tiktok" target="_blank">reports</a>. Stephan, a real estate investor, showed more than 517 million YouTube impressions -- 297,477 alone on one day in August. His daily revenue can be as much as $11,000 from 2.5 million subscribers.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p class="subbuzz__title xs-mb1 bold"><span class="js-subbuzz__title-text">Buzzfeed also reported that, "Graham's
TikTok already has over 10 millions views, and people have plenty to
say in the comments. Some commended him for being so open and honest
about his income, and others (like me) are absolutely gobsmacked by the
amount. Some are even like, 'dang, maybe I need to get on YouTube.'"</span> Graham has earned more than $3 million, so far, from the YouTube video.</p><p class="subbuzz__title xs-mb1 bold"><i>Question: How could you monetize YouTube, Instagram or TikTok videos? What topics would you select? Why or why not would you be able to generate revenue?<br /></i></p></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Nebraska<strong> </strong>Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a bill in 2016 making "ballot selfies" legal, but state laws vary, WREG<a href="https://wreg.com/news/ballot-selfie-laws-is-it-legal-to-snap-a-photo-in-your-state/" target="_blank"> reports</a>.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Twitter backed down to U.S. Senate pressure, and reinstated the <i>New York Post </i>after a tweet about Hunter Biden, the newspaper <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/twitter-backs-down-agrees-to-unlock-posts-account/?utm_source=facebook_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site+buttons&utm_campaign=site+buttons" target="_blank">reports</a>. <br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>#Covid-19 isn't stopping virtual "influencers" from posting from exciting locations, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-10-29/lil-miquela-lol-s-seraphine-virtual-influencers-make-more-real-money-than-ever" target="_blank">reports</a>. Riot Games, Inc., the League of Legends creators, developed the persona of "Saraphine" with Pink hair and cat-themed Instagram posts.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxx2QmIDYbTD25bPcdh9uKcUpMS4nHgVWhslhOQTfn5fB2xONIq0CwnD2l02EhSbNHQX9TEAFpN0ExK2n-w0VAAVVI87IDM1MXE6H8MKDJdN1QKvFFoQmtegt_xKD_or1zW1EwlRwk13I/s1810/Virtual+Influencers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="1810" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxx2QmIDYbTD25bPcdh9uKcUpMS4nHgVWhslhOQTfn5fB2xONIq0CwnD2l02EhSbNHQX9TEAFpN0ExK2n-w0VAAVVI87IDM1MXE6H8MKDJdN1QKvFFoQmtegt_xKD_or1zW1EwlRwk13I/w200-h171/Virtual+Influencers.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><i>Question: Why may virtual social media "influencers" become popular? Why not?</i><br /><p></p></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>ICYMI:</u></span><u> Florida Target Anti-Mask Viral Parade</u> </div><div class="post-headline" style="text-align: justify;">A Florida Target store was the site of a vocal anti-mask parade in defiance of Broward County law, <i>USA Today</i> <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/09/17/target-maskless-shoppers-twisted-sister-dee-snider-face-coverings/3485442001/" target="_blank">reported</a>.
The group of about 15 marchers without masks is connected to an earlier
July 4 beach protest. The Target event attracted national attention in a
viral video that used the Twisted Sister 1984 hit "We're Not Gonna Take
It." Twisted Sister band leader Dee Snider (@deesnider) <a href="https://twitter.com/deesnider" target="_blank">responded</a>
to a viral video of the parade by tweeting: “No...these selfish
assholes do not have my permission or blessing to use my song for their
moronic cause. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">#cuttheshit</a>.” <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehueeIR3vfMe5kO2K8v2rdjxu2h7APTCotAundC8gMEJaOhL5-NG1nOofK_EyBTatD2SureLzcJSAU0WCQGzOX7tqhO5qshpyOZFsCfNs9VlkJc9IBaM7r7chRXI8DXhlcKbAiWXj-5vy/s1940/IMG+12.x+Target+Anti-Masks.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1940" data-original-width="1852" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehueeIR3vfMe5kO2K8v2rdjxu2h7APTCotAundC8gMEJaOhL5-NG1nOofK_EyBTatD2SureLzcJSAU0WCQGzOX7tqhO5qshpyOZFsCfNs9VlkJc9IBaM7r7chRXI8DXhlcKbAiWXj-5vy/s320/IMG+12.x+Target+Anti-Masks.png" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Miami Herald</i> <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article245784820.html" target="_blank">called</a>
the event a “flash mob storm,” and counted 10 to 15 protesters. The
event was planned earlier in the week and promoted on social media
channels, as some complained about store rules requiring customers to
wear masks as a way to limit the spread of Covid-19. A Target
spokesperson <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/anti-mask-protesters-fined-after-marching-through-florida-target" target="_blank">told</a><i> Fox Business</i>
that, “We’re aware of the group of guests who came into the store… and
we asked them to leave after they removed their masks and became
disruptive and rude to other shoppers.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">
Broward County officials enforced a mask law by fining
Target and issuing $100 fines to the protesters for not wearing masks in
a public space, the <i>South Florida Sun Sentinel</i> <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-anti-maskers-fort-lauderdale-target-20200916-aqrfh5fou5dstf6todhzqixy54-story.html" target="_blank">reported</a>.
Florida counties passed various laws during the pandemic. In this
county, facial coverings were required in all public spaces outside of
private homes. Civil and criminal charges included fines up to $1,000,
or $15,000 for “intentional and irreparable violations.” A business
could be forced to close for 24 hours.<br /> <br /> “Our priority remains the health and safety of our team and guests,” Target Spokeswoman Danielle Schumann <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-anti-maskers-fort-lauderdale-target-20200916-aqrfh5fou5dstf6todhzqixy54-story.html " target="_blank">said</a>.
Target complied with the law by asking protesters to leave “after they
removed their masks and became disruptive and rude to other shoppers.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As
a free speech issue, the protesters could have chosen to select a
public park or street for their protest, but they still would have been
in violation of Florida law by not wearing a mask. Organizers suggested
that they were exercising their First Amendment rights to speak out
against the public policies.<br /> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Question:
Given the thousands of deaths caused by the spread of Covid-19, did Target corporate headquarters
miss an ethical moment to speak out in favor of facts and science?</i></p></div>
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-23089061364669595432020-09-19T16:53:00.006-05:002020-09-19T17:00:28.909-05:00Anti-Maskers' Viral Video: SMC 1(15)<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b><i>Social Media Communication </i>News: Real-Time Classroom Discussion Starters</b></p><p></p><p><u>Florida Target Anti-Mask Viral Parade</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A Florida Target store was the site of a vocal anti-mask parade in defiance of Broward County law, <i>USA Today</i> <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/09/17/target-maskless-shoppers-twisted-sister-dee-snider-face-coverings/3485442001/" target="_blank">reported</a>. The group of about 15 marchers without masks is connected to an earlier July 4 beach protest. The Target event attracted national attention in a viral video that used the Twisted Sister 1984 hit "We're Not Gonna Take It." Twisted Sister band leader Dee Snider (@deesnider) <a href="https://twitter.com/deesnider" target="_blank">responded</a> to a viral video of the parade by tweeting: “No...these selfish assholes do not have my permission or blessing to use my song for their moronic cause. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">#cuttheshit</a>.” </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehueeIR3vfMe5kO2K8v2rdjxu2h7APTCotAundC8gMEJaOhL5-NG1nOofK_EyBTatD2SureLzcJSAU0WCQGzOX7tqhO5qshpyOZFsCfNs9VlkJc9IBaM7r7chRXI8DXhlcKbAiWXj-5vy/s1940/IMG+12.x+Target+Anti-Masks.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1940" data-original-width="1852" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehueeIR3vfMe5kO2K8v2rdjxu2h7APTCotAundC8gMEJaOhL5-NG1nOofK_EyBTatD2SureLzcJSAU0WCQGzOX7tqhO5qshpyOZFsCfNs9VlkJc9IBaM7r7chRXI8DXhlcKbAiWXj-5vy/s320/IMG+12.x+Target+Anti-Masks.png" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Miami Herald</i> <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article245784820.html" target="_blank">called</a> the event a “flash mob storm,” and counted 10 to 15 protesters. The event was planned earlier in the week and promoted on social media channels, as some complained about store rules requiring customers to wear masks as a way to limit the spread of Covid-19. A Target spokesperson <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/anti-mask-protesters-fined-after-marching-through-florida-target" target="_blank">told</a><i> Fox Business</i> that, “We’re aware of the group of guests who came into the store… and we asked them to leave after they removed their masks and became disruptive and rude to other shoppers.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Broward County officials enforced a mask law by fining Target and issuing $100 fines to the protesters for not wearing masks in a public space, the <i>South Florida Sun Sentinel</i> <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-anti-maskers-fort-lauderdale-target-20200916-aqrfh5fou5dstf6todhzqixy54-story.html" target="_blank">reported</a>. Florida counties passed various laws during the pandemic. In this county, facial coverings were required in all public spaces outside of private homes. Civil and criminal charges included fines up to $1,000, or $15,000 for “intentional and irreparable violations.” A business could be forced to close for 24 hours.<br /> <br /> “Our priority remains the health and safety of our team and guests,” Target Spokeswoman Danielle Schumann <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-anti-maskers-fort-lauderdale-target-20200916-aqrfh5fou5dstf6todhzqixy54-story.html " target="_blank">said</a>. Target complied with the law by asking protesters to leave “after they removed their masks and became disruptive and rude to other shoppers.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As a free speech issue, the protesters could have chosen to select a public park or street for their protest, but they still would have been in violation of Florida law by not wearing a mask. Organizers suggested that they were exercising their First Amendment rights to speak out against the public policies.<br /> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Question:
Given the thousands of deaths caused by the spread of Covid-19, did Target corporate headquarters
miss an ethical moment to speak out in favor of facts and science?</i></p><p><style>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> </p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>"The author of proposed Australian laws to make Facebook and Google pay
for journalism said Thursday his draft legislation will be altered to
allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remain fundamentally
unchanged," the <i>Associated Press </i><a href="https://apnews.com/1adc33ea0c0124978d122199c2698317" target="_blank">reported</a>.</li></ul><p></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>"The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok
from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block
Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns
they pose a national security threat," <i>Reuters</i> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-exclusive-idUSKBN2691QO" target="_blank">reported</a>.</li></ul><p></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> Facebook is taking "steps to prevent" the "spread of false information ahead of the election," <i>CBSN Bay Area</i> <a href="https://sanfrancisco-cbslocal-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/4691945-facebook-takes-steps-to-prevent-spread-of-false-information-ahead-of-election/amp/" target="_blank">reports</a>.<br /></li></ul><p></p></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="post-headline" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>ICYMI: </u></span><u>Social Media Bans and the First Amendment</u><p style="text-align: justify;">The
violence following a Kenosha, Wisconsin police shooting brought focus
on anti-government groups that use encryption and social media messaging
to organize extremist speech. Some extremist political movements have
used large private Facebook groups. When the social media company banned
some of these, they migrated to other platforms and returned to
Facebook by using "innocuous sounding names," the <i>Associated Press</i> <a href="https://apnews.com/26a50d7d3c92045bb67d87d5c6de580a" target="_blank">reports</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;">A
computer science profess quoted in the new story suggested that social
media are too large to police with relatively small company resources
used in the content regulation efforts. Social media sites are slow to
respond in the fight against hate groups.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziiCKi5S3jkBIlFxhr01CnF2rrx03cxZaMEuPv4vNpK7pNN1KAv5FJu5_-x-9KaV97tHt_V8qQ7cHvqwushnahenbIW57Y_AT39LR7JpcGW7n1VZaMIeFu37_v1HrlLSyNlrFyn0FZvJJ/s1498/Pew+Sep+2020.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1378" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziiCKi5S3jkBIlFxhr01CnF2rrx03cxZaMEuPv4vNpK7pNN1KAv5FJu5_-x-9KaV97tHt_V8qQ7cHvqwushnahenbIW57Y_AT39LR7JpcGW7n1VZaMIeFu37_v1HrlLSyNlrFyn0FZvJJ/w377-h410/Pew+Sep+2020.png" width="377" /></a></div>Meanwhile,
new public opinion data suggest that there is a growing partisan
political divide over fundamental U.S. First Amendment rights, including
peaceful protest. Significantly, Republicans who support that, "people
are free to peacefully protest," appear to be declining since 2018,
while Democrats are unchanged, the <i>Pew Research Center</i> <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/09/02/in-views-of-u-s-democracy-widening-partisan-divides-over-freedom-to-peacefully-protest/pp_2020-09-02_democracy_0-02/" target="_blank">reports</a>.
Larger percentages of Democrats are closer to the U.S. Supreme Court
case law precedent that limits government censorship and attempts to
stop legal protests.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>PBS NewsHour</i> <a href="https://youtu.be/KcOBQ05-feE" target="_blank">reported</a>
that spontaneous protests driven by social media use make it difficult
for police to ban militia groups from real-time activism. <br /></div><p>
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Why or why not do you support that right of peaceful protest? Why or why
not should Facebook be allowed to ban free speech that advocates
violence? </i><br /><br /></div><div class="post-headline" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></div></div>
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-49769346500605467762020-09-05T15:02:00.000-05:002020-09-05T15:02:11.865-05:00Social Media Bans: SMC 1(14)<p></p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><b>Real-Time Classroom Discussion Starters</b></div><p></p><p><u>Social Media Bans and the First Amendment</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The violence following a Kenosha, Wisconsin police shooting brought focus on anti-government groups that use encryption and social media messaging to organize extremist speech. Some extremist political movements have used large private Facebook groups. When the social media company banned some of these, they migrated to other platforms and returned to Facebook by using "innocuous sounding names," the <i>Associated Press</i> <a href="https://apnews.com/26a50d7d3c92045bb67d87d5c6de580a" target="_blank">reports</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;">A computer science profess quoted in the new story suggested that social media are too large to police with relatively small company resources used in the content regulation efforts. Social media sites are slow to respond in the fight against hate groups.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziiCKi5S3jkBIlFxhr01CnF2rrx03cxZaMEuPv4vNpK7pNN1KAv5FJu5_-x-9KaV97tHt_V8qQ7cHvqwushnahenbIW57Y_AT39LR7JpcGW7n1VZaMIeFu37_v1HrlLSyNlrFyn0FZvJJ/s1498/Pew+Sep+2020.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1378" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziiCKi5S3jkBIlFxhr01CnF2rrx03cxZaMEuPv4vNpK7pNN1KAv5FJu5_-x-9KaV97tHt_V8qQ7cHvqwushnahenbIW57Y_AT39LR7JpcGW7n1VZaMIeFu37_v1HrlLSyNlrFyn0FZvJJ/w377-h410/Pew+Sep+2020.png" width="377" /></a></div>Meanwhile, new public opinion data suggest that there is a growing partisan political divide over fundamental U.S. First Amendment rights, including peaceful protest. Significantly, Republicans who support that, "people are free to peacefully protest," appear to be declining since 2018, while Democrats are unchanged, the <i>Pew Research Center</i> <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/09/02/in-views-of-u-s-democracy-widening-partisan-divides-over-freedom-to-peacefully-protest/pp_2020-09-02_democracy_0-02/" target="_blank">reports</a>. Larger percentages of Democrats are closer to the U.S. Supreme Court case law precedent that limits government censorship and attempts to stop legal protests.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>PBS NewsHour</i> <a href="https://youtu.be/KcOBQ05-feE" target="_blank">reported</a> that spontaneous protests driven by social media use make it difficult for police to ban militia groups from real-time activism. <br /></div><p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p><p></p><p><i>Question: Why or why not do you support that right of peaceful protest? Why or why not should Facebook be allowed to ban free speech that advocates violence? <br /></i></p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The sale of U.S. TikTok operations was complicated by Chinese export restrictions over artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. News reports <a href="https://apnews.com/85748fc792e333b964f1578b41fcebd1" target="_blank">suggested</a> that China responded to President Donald Trump's order to sell by September 20 or be closed.</li><li>Australian publishers could be blocked by Facebook after the country moved to <a href="https://apnews.com/0b3ecf3f2373cd17790719401acf7ab6" target="_blank">require </a>payment for content. It was not clear how much Facebook could be forced to pay, and the social media giant seems willing to instead filter content on the news feed.</li><li>A tweet announcing the death of actor Chadwick Boseman became the most liked ever on the site, <i>CNN</i> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/29/us/most-liked-tweet-of-all-time-chadwick-boseman-trnd/index.html" target="_blank">reported</a>. "Most liked Tweet ever. A tribute fit for a King.
#WakandaForever."</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSgmuPzjf51JRGZhelmwt8Ykf9IMHD6opttMtuoDkKNaUA0sZl7xqDPKfKEHpGJ6TYZNqEhzs9RTKLoAWDaVsIkS0HFXaT9-t7HqmgP2t7oezgK8lZ4JlzQOSiua1ogTPZGfpOmSsrNzA/s1288/Boseman+2020.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="1164" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSgmuPzjf51JRGZhelmwt8Ykf9IMHD6opttMtuoDkKNaUA0sZl7xqDPKfKEHpGJ6TYZNqEhzs9RTKLoAWDaVsIkS0HFXaT9-t7HqmgP2t7oezgK8lZ4JlzQOSiua1ogTPZGfpOmSsrNzA/s640/Boseman+2020.png" /></a></div><p></p><p class="Component-root-0-2-60 Component-p-0-2-52"></p></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="post-headline" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>ICYMI: </u></span><u>Facebook Pivots To Labels and Simplicty</u><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">The
#Election2020, #Covid-19 and calls for criminal justice reform have
marked social and economic upheaval this year. In this context, social
media giant Facebook is among sites fighting back against misinformation
and disinformation with new labels. The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/43f1251c63feaa86960d97dd9cbbbd26" target="_blank">reported</a>
this week that U.S. posts about voting may be followed by "an addendum
to their messages --
labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming
presidential election." Voting by mail has become a hotly contested
policy issue within social media spaces. Facebook also is banning
"implicit hate speech," blackface posts and anti-Semitic use of
"stereotypes," <i>Business Insider</i> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-bans-implicit-hate-speech-like-blackface-2020-8" target="_blank">reported</a>. Civil rights groups have claimed that Facebook is a platform for "the spread of hate speech and misinformation." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATQpiZ7rI-gmI4gemFoIq5jFkNB6rSjhJpFPbzVlxRWnja9mJlXaFywOdm10KXcyxZPT9vv7ekRQbak9ZV9QPhHM8gi1aVMIT87uvKAmsxdSety-MTNQqIf3m4vRuTRDKA-h5XqtRWaYw/s2048/Screen+Shot+2020-08-13+at+12.04.56+PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="2048" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATQpiZ7rI-gmI4gemFoIq5jFkNB6rSjhJpFPbzVlxRWnja9mJlXaFywOdm10KXcyxZPT9vv7ekRQbak9ZV9QPhHM8gi1aVMIT87uvKAmsxdSety-MTNQqIf3m4vRuTRDKA-h5XqtRWaYw/w512-h306/Screen+Shot+2020-08-13+at+12.04.56+PM.png" width="325" /></a></div>At
the same time, Facebook has announced that more than 1,000 targeted
advertising tool options are being removed to simplify paid and promoted
posts, <i>Social Media Today</i> <a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-removes-over-1000-ad-targeting-options-due-to-low-usage/583406/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-08-13%20Social%20Media%20Today%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:29081%5D&utm_term=Social%20Media%20Today" target="_blank">reported</a>: "As part of our latest efforts to simplify and streamline our
targeting options, we’ve identified cases where advertisers - of all
sizes and industries - rarely use various targeting options. Infrequent
use may be because some of the targeting options are redundant with
others or because they’re too granular to really be useful. So we’re
removing some of these options."</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u><br /></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">On yet another front, Facebook said that Covid-19 made it more difficult this year to remove harmful content. The <i>AP</i> <a href="https://apnews.com/06a8b18ee73dfc02907e818eaf7070b9" target="_blank">reported</a>
that, "Sending its
content moderators to work from home in March amid the pandemic led the
company to remove less harmful material from Facebook and Instagram
around suicide, self-injury, child nudity and sexual
exploitation."Facebook used more content and less technology to monitor
posts.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u><br /></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Question:
How could Facebook improve its news feed to better meet your needs as a
user during this election year and global pandemic?</i></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><u></u></span></div><div class="post-headline" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div></div>
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-83709788593024198882020-08-13T12:22:00.004-05:002020-09-05T15:12:25.092-05:00Facebook Pivots: SMC 1(13)<p> </p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><b>Real-Time Classroom Discussion Starters</b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u><br /></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>Facebook Pivots To Labels and Simplicty</u><br /><u></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">The #Election2020, #Covid-19 and calls for criminal justice reform have marked social and economic upheaval this year. In this context, social media giant Facebook is among sites fighting back against misinformation and disinformation with new labels. The <i>Associated Press</i> <a href="https://apnews.com/43f1251c63feaa86960d97dd9cbbbd26" target="_blank">reported</a> this week that U.S. posts about voting may be followed by "an addendum to their messages --
labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming
presidential election." Voting by mail has become a hotly contested policy issue within social media spaces. Facebook also is banning "implicit hate speech," blackface posts and anti-Semitic use of "stereotypes," <i>Business Insider</i> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-bans-implicit-hate-speech-like-blackface-2020-8" target="_blank">reported</a>. Civil rights groups have claimed that Facebook is a platform for "the spread of hate speech and misinformation." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATQpiZ7rI-gmI4gemFoIq5jFkNB6rSjhJpFPbzVlxRWnja9mJlXaFywOdm10KXcyxZPT9vv7ekRQbak9ZV9QPhHM8gi1aVMIT87uvKAmsxdSety-MTNQqIf3m4vRuTRDKA-h5XqtRWaYw/s2048/Screen+Shot+2020-08-13+at+12.04.56+PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="2048" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATQpiZ7rI-gmI4gemFoIq5jFkNB6rSjhJpFPbzVlxRWnja9mJlXaFywOdm10KXcyxZPT9vv7ekRQbak9ZV9QPhHM8gi1aVMIT87uvKAmsxdSety-MTNQqIf3m4vRuTRDKA-h5XqtRWaYw/w512-h306/Screen+Shot+2020-08-13+at+12.04.56+PM.png" width="325" /></a></div>At the same time, Facebook has announced that more than 1,000 targeted advertising tool options are being removed to simplify paid and promoted posts, <i>Social Media Today</i> <a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-removes-over-1000-ad-targeting-options-due-to-low-usage/583406/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-08-13%20Social%20Media%20Today%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:29081%5D&utm_term=Social%20Media%20Today" target="_blank">reported</a>: "As part of our latest efforts to simplify and streamline our
targeting options, we’ve identified cases where advertisers - of all
sizes and industries - rarely use various targeting options. Infrequent
use may be because some of the targeting options are redundant with
others or because they’re too granular to really be useful. So we’re
removing some of these options."</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u><br /></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">On yet another front, Facebook said that Covid-19 made it more difficult this year to remove harmful content. The <i>AP</i> <a href="https://apnews.com/06a8b18ee73dfc02907e818eaf7070b9" target="_blank">reported</a> that, "Sending its
content moderators to work from home in March amid the pandemic led the
company to remove less harmful material from Facebook and Instagram
around suicide, self-injury, child nudity and sexual exploitation."Facebook used more content and less technology to monitor posts.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><u></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u><br /></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Question: How could Facebook improve its news feed to better meet your needs as a user during this election year and global pandemic? </i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u><br /></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Twitter will allow users to limit tweet replies to followers and mentions, Social Media Today <a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/twitter-rolls-out-tweet-reply-controls-to-all-users/583327/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-08-12%20Social%20Media%20Today%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:29045%5D&utm_term=Social%20Media%20Today" target="_blank">reported</a>.</li><li> QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, an audit <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-qanon-internal-audit-millions-of-members-groups-report-2020-8?r=US&IR=T&nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10_things_tech&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20sai:%2010%20things%20in%20tech%20you%20need%20to%20know%20today&utm_term=10%20THINGS%20IN%20TECH%20YOU%20NEED%20TO%20KNOW%20-%20ENGAGED%2C%20ACTIVE%2C%20PASSIVE%2C%20DISENGAGED" target="_blank">revealed</a>,</li><li>An Executive Order by President Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok/" target="_blank">claims</a> TikTok poses a national security and U.S. economic threat.<br /></li></ul><div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="post-headline" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>ICYMI:</u></span><u>House Would Ban Federal Employee Use of TikTok</u><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">The Politico Morning Tech newsletter <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2020/07/20/house-sets-floor-vote-on-tiktok-789287">reports</a>
that some Democrats and Republicans in Washington are moving forward
with efforts to curtail the influence of TikTok, which is owned by a
company in China: "Lawmakers will this week consider a proposed defense
bill amendment
that would bar government workers from using the video sharing app." <span face="" style="color: #b70000; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tDcxSA4dE5IEM-tX7h1J-VbWlp-6PKmEdr686_F9YQVA54JuH-pEcVw3KC1BtxcIn1lkAEjWTKpyZ8O620EI4HJoDOT-4rpsAXYg0irCNttBO6FSm8rP6QXnV3WO5Cl3mDn_91jYMdbE/s1276/Screen+Shot+2020-07-20+at+9.53.11+AM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tDcxSA4dE5IEM-tX7h1J-VbWlp-6PKmEdr686_F9YQVA54JuH-pEcVw3KC1BtxcIn1lkAEjWTKpyZ8O620EI4HJoDOT-4rpsAXYg0irCNttBO6FSm8rP6QXnV3WO5Cl3mDn_91jYMdbE/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-07-20+at+9.53.11+AM.png" /></a>Meanwhile, some TikTok users developed fake "safety calls" to play if they become worried about a meet-up, Mashable <a href="https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-safety-call-fake/">reports</a>.
"In one, TikTok user donteatmycheeseburger reminds the viewer to
charge their phone, noting that they downloaded a location sharing
app," the story explained. "In another, TikTok user graciddy pretends to
be annoyed at the viewer
for running late" and "pretends that she can see their location." The
safety calls also may suggest that someone will be waiting for them when
they arrive at a location. Men also have said they find themselves in
unsafe situations. <br />
<p is="">The original
video concept has been adapted by TikTok users in other places. Personal
safety has been added to previous efforts during the global Covid-19
pandemic, #BlackLivesMatter and "civil unrest."<br /></p>
</div></div><i>Question:
What other ways could social media communication posts be created and
used to help people fearing personal harm? How do you see users
practicing social good on your news feed?</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div></div>
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-30028070312785755602020-07-20T10:19:00.001-05:002020-07-20T10:33:51.791-05:00Feds Propose Employee TikTok Ban: SMC 1(12)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><br />
<b>Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>House Would Ban Federal Employee Use of TikTok</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">The Politico Morning Tech newsletter <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2020/07/20/house-sets-floor-vote-on-tiktok-789287">reports</a> that some Democrats and Republicans in Washington are moving forward with efforts to curtail the influence of TikTok, which is owned by a company in China: "Lawmakers will this week consider a proposed defense bill amendment
that would bar government workers from using the video sharing app." <span style="color: #b70000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b70000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tDcxSA4dE5IEM-tX7h1J-VbWlp-6PKmEdr686_F9YQVA54JuH-pEcVw3KC1BtxcIn1lkAEjWTKpyZ8O620EI4HJoDOT-4rpsAXYg0irCNttBO6FSm8rP6QXnV3WO5Cl3mDn_91jYMdbE/s1276/Screen+Shot+2020-07-20+at+9.53.11+AM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tDcxSA4dE5IEM-tX7h1J-VbWlp-6PKmEdr686_F9YQVA54JuH-pEcVw3KC1BtxcIn1lkAEjWTKpyZ8O620EI4HJoDOT-4rpsAXYg0irCNttBO6FSm8rP6QXnV3WO5Cl3mDn_91jYMdbE/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-07-20+at+9.53.11+AM.png" /></a>Meanwhile, some TikTok users developed fake "safety calls" to play if they become worried about a meet-up, Mashable <a href="https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-safety-call-fake/">reports</a>. "In one, TikTok user donteatmycheeseburger reminds the viewer to
charge their phone, noting that they downloaded a location sharing app," the story explained. "In another, TikTok user graciddy pretends to be annoyed at the viewer
for running late" and "pretends that she can see their location." The safety calls also may suggest that someone will be waiting for them when they arrive at a location. Men also have said they find themselves in unsafe situations. <br /><p is=""></p>
<p is="">The original video concept has been adapted by TikTok users in other places. Personal safety has been added to previous efforts during the global Covid-19 pandemic, #BlackLivesMatter and "civil unrest."<br /></p>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Question: What other ways could social media communication posts be created and used to help people fearing personal harm? How do you see users practicing social good on your news feed?<br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u><br /></u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>"Hundreds of hyper-partisan sites are masquerading as local news," Nieman <a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/07/hundreds-of-hyperpartisan-sites-are-masquerading-as-local-news-this-map-shows-if-theres-one-near-you/">reports</a>. A project is mapping the potential to further polarize communities during #Election2020.</li></ul><div></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>"Google records what people are doing on hundreds of thousands of mobile
apps even when they follow the company’s recommended settings for
stopping such monitoring, a lawsuit seeking class action status alleged," Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-lawsuit/google-faces-lawsuit-over-tracking-in-apps-even-when-users-opted-out-idUSKCN24F2N4">reports</a>.</li></ul><div></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Former opinion writer at The New York Times went public with <a href="https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter">her resignation letter</a> that blames Twitter for a decline in editorial standards: "Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor." </li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="post-headline" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>ICYMI:</u></span><u> </u><u>TikTok Money, Politics & Security</u><br /><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p>At first glance, TikTok may seem fun, but the popular app was a gold mine for new social media influencers. TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/10/tiktok-influencers-terrified-app-ban-looking-for-real-jobs-trump/">reported</a> that Sean, also known as @seandoesmagic, "has
13.5 million followers, says the China-based app shutting down would be
financially crushing because he makes $15,000 to $20,000 per sponsored
post."</p></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p>The threat to ban TikTok is coming from the Trump Administration, lawmakers and now Amazon. Yahoo! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E8FK5iaKdTklVMQShl1UQ8kHm62pI2aL7k9ZSyKm_AK4heyFb8VHe0lLOA4daz6cbhBCmqAUVgIAEc1IOgH-czwEVRsTJCkeGu7B-4Wz1OmoSaCoMnXPssOF3o5L7psQ_kPwwnGko_2y/s1446/Roberts+Tweet.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E8FK5iaKdTklVMQShl1UQ8kHm62pI2aL7k9ZSyKm_AK4heyFb8VHe0lLOA4daz6cbhBCmqAUVgIAEc1IOgH-czwEVRsTJCkeGu7B-4Wz1OmoSaCoMnXPssOF3o5L7psQ_kPwwnGko_2y/s320/Roberts+Tweet.png" width="320" /></a></p></div><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/amazon-asks-employees-to-delete-tik-tok-amid-security-concerns-171228616.html">reports</a>
that Amazon employees had been asked to delete the app from mobile
phones used for company email. Amazon "told U.S. employees to remove
TikTok from all mobile devices connected
to Amazon email by the end of the day, or lose access to their email."
Later that day, the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/94f84dbc601dc165c4e999dc5de8fdb4">reported</a> that Amazon reversed itself: “This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error... There is no
change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok.” </p><p>Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/amazon-tells-workers-to-delete-tiktok-from-devices-they-use-for-work-a68d72de-0f9b-4ff2-8746-a7f66d7c910c.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100">framed</a>
the story "amid a broader backlash against TikTok, in part due to
questions around possible ties to Beijing." TikTok owner ByteDance is
said to raise data security issues for individuals, companies and the
U.S. government. India already has responded with a broad ban of Chinese
apps.</p></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p>Currently, China, India and the U.S. have the three largest number of Internet and social media users. Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/09/pandemic-tiktok-critics-washington-354467">concluded</a>
that the Covid-19 Coronavirus global pandemic dramatically grew TokTok
audience size and critics: “The alarm bells have gone off from a number
of different perspectives,
in a bipartisan way, and we want to get to the bottom of the problems,”
House Energy & Commerce Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan
Schakowsky said.</p><p>The #BlckLivesMatter movement also has gained momentum through TikTok videos produced by users among many demographic groups.</p><p>At the same time, the Chinese government attempted to <a href="https://www.trtworld.com/business/social-media-giants-change-policy-over-hong-kong-s-national-security-law-37928">cut access</a> in Hong Kong to TikTok and other social media apps in response to political protests.<br /></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p>
</p><p>
<i>Question: How should the U.S. with its First Amendment freedoms <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/07/tiktok-ban-china-usa-pompeo/">respond</a> to security threats posed by TikTok and other software with connections to China and other nations?</i></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div></div>
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-9413524033469464212020-07-14T13:25:00.000-05:002020-07-14T13:26:12.081-05:00TikTok Money, Politics & Security: SMC 1(11)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><br />
<b>Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
<br />
<u>TikTok Money, Politics & Security</u><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p>At first glance, TikTok may seem fun, but the popular app was a gold mine for new social media influencers. TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/10/tiktok-influencers-terrified-app-ban-looking-for-real-jobs-trump/">reported</a> that Sean, also known as <b></b>@seandoesmagic, "has
13.5 million followers, says the China-based app shutting down would be
financially crushing because he makes $15,000 to $20,000 per sponsored
post."</p></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p>The threat to ban TikTok is coming from the Trump Administration, lawmakers and now Amazon. Yahoo! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E8FK5iaKdTklVMQShl1UQ8kHm62pI2aL7k9ZSyKm_AK4heyFb8VHe0lLOA4daz6cbhBCmqAUVgIAEc1IOgH-czwEVRsTJCkeGu7B-4Wz1OmoSaCoMnXPssOF3o5L7psQ_kPwwnGko_2y/s1446/Roberts+Tweet.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E8FK5iaKdTklVMQShl1UQ8kHm62pI2aL7k9ZSyKm_AK4heyFb8VHe0lLOA4daz6cbhBCmqAUVgIAEc1IOgH-czwEVRsTJCkeGu7B-4Wz1OmoSaCoMnXPssOF3o5L7psQ_kPwwnGko_2y/s320/Roberts+Tweet.png" width="320" /></a></p></div><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/amazon-asks-employees-to-delete-tik-tok-amid-security-concerns-171228616.html">reports</a> that Amazon employees had been asked to delete the app from mobile phones used for company email. Amazon "told U.S. employees to remove TikTok from all mobile devices connected
to Amazon email by the end of the day, or lose access to their email." Later that day, the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/94f84dbc601dc165c4e999dc5de8fdb4">reported</a> that Amazon reversed itself: “This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error... There is no
change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok.” </p><p>Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/amazon-tells-workers-to-delete-tiktok-from-devices-they-use-for-work-a68d72de-0f9b-4ff2-8746-a7f66d7c910c.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100">framed</a> the story "amid a broader backlash against TikTok, in part due to
questions around possible ties to Beijing." TikTok owner ByteDance is said to raise data security issues for individuals, companies and the U.S. government. India already has responded with a broad ban of Chinese apps.</p></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p>Currently, China, India and the U.S. have the three largest number of Internet and social media users. Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/09/pandemic-tiktok-critics-washington-354467">concluded</a> that the Covid-19 Coronavirus global pandemic dramatically grew TokTok audience size and critics: “The alarm bells have gone off from a number of different perspectives,
in a bipartisan way, and we want to get to the bottom of the problems,”
House Energy & Commerce Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan
Schakowsky said.</p><p>The #BlckLivesMatter movement also has gained momentum through TikTok videos produced by users among many demographic groups.</p><p>At the same time, the Chinese government attempted to <a href="https://www.trtworld.com/business/social-media-giants-change-policy-over-hong-kong-s-national-security-law-37928">cut access</a> in Hong Kong to TikTok and other social media apps in response to political protests.<br /></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><p>
</p><p>
<i>Question: How should the U.S. with its First Amendment freedoms <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/07/tiktok-ban-china-usa-pompeo/">respond</a> to security threats posed by TikTok and other software with connections to China and other nations?</i></p></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><u>#SMC2021 In-Brief</u></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A "BlueLeaks" server that stored Houston, Texas police and FBI records dating back to 1996 was seized in Germany, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/ab0a5f01a0bcdd4da347ba6763dcab61">reported</a>. Email addresses and phone numbers reportedly were not redacted, but some identities in the stolen documents were protected. Officials in Germany and the U.S. refused comment on the significant hacking data breach.</li><li>In London, "privacy watchdogs
in Britain and Australia have opened a joint investigation into facial
recognition company Clearview AI over its use of personal data 'scraped'
off social media platforms and other websites," AP <a href="https://apnews.com/c321610303f30699298a7b60fa986b1c">reported</a>. “The
investigation highlights the importance of enforcement cooperation in
protecting the personal information of Australian and U.K. citizens in a
globalised data environment,” the regulators said <a class="" href="https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2020/07/oaic-and-ico-open-joint-investigation-into-clearview-ai-inc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in a brief statement.</a></li><li>President Trump's Twitch channel is back after a suspension for two weeks, Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-twitch-account-back-online-suspension-violating-hateful-conduct-policies-2020-7?amp">reports</a>. "Hateful conduct is not allowed on Twitch," the statement said. "In line
with our policies, President Trump's channel has been issued a
temporary suspension from Twitch for comments made on stream, and the
offending content has been removed."</li></ul></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>ICYMI:</u></span><u>Zoom Adds Waiting Room and Password Requirements</u><br />
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The soaring popularity of Zoom video conferencing software during the
Covid-19 "stay at home" efforts forced app updates. Previous options to
have a waiting room and password are now required, after "Zoom bombers"
entered open rooms and disrupted meetings. In some cases, participants
were attacked with pornographic content. </div>
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The Citizen Lab <a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/" target="_blank">issued a report suggesting</a> that the app also suffered from weak encryption, and the company hired less expensive programmers located in China.</div>
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At the same time, <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tips-for-using-zoom/" target="_blank">Wired readers were encouraged</a> to learn how to become Zoom power users by learning its large number of available settings.</div>
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<a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/">https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tips-for-using-zoom/">https://www.wired.com/story/tips-for-using-zoom/</a></div>
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<i>Question: What legal and ethical issues exist for schools and businesses moving classrooms and offices to Zoom spaces?</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div></div>
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-7910869175976862542020-04-06T10:30:00.000-05:002020-04-06T10:56:36.719-05:00Zoom Popularity, Issues During Covid-19: SMC 1(10)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><br />
<b>Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
<br />
<u>Zoom Adds Waiting Room and Password Requirements</u><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The soaring popularity of Zoom video conferencing software during the Covid-19 "stay at home" efforts forced app updates. Previous options to have a waiting room and password are now required, after "Zoom bombers" entered open rooms and disrupted meetings. In some cases, participants were attacked with pornographic content. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoJLVlnvLbjYRW2VLQ2RS8DuG9aBwtYLD1ahEVGnl-Yb5MKTKUz-BJYnmCBjL_DPeNZF5YCKBh0Byvtq4gKFupgQ9HQk-A0QcCAEONjSlKKc66PrucQPn8h5HtF6ycdfoIalFHpPTqT8_/s1600/Zoom+Image.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="890" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoJLVlnvLbjYRW2VLQ2RS8DuG9aBwtYLD1ahEVGnl-Yb5MKTKUz-BJYnmCBjL_DPeNZF5YCKBh0Byvtq4gKFupgQ9HQk-A0QcCAEONjSlKKc66PrucQPn8h5HtF6ycdfoIalFHpPTqT8_/s200/Zoom+Image.png" width="200" /></a></div>
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The Citizen Lab <a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/" target="_blank">issued a report suggesting</a> that the app also suffered from weak encryption, and the company hired less expensive programmers located in China.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
At the same time, <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tips-for-using-zoom/" target="_blank">Wired readers were encouraged</a> to learn how to become Zoom power users by learning its large number of available settings.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/">https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tips-for-using-zoom/">https://www.wired.com/story/tips-for-using-zoom/</a></div>
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<i>Question: What legal and ethical issues exist for schools and businesses moving classrooms and offices to Zoom spaces?</i></div>
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<u>Quibi Tries to Monitize Brief Video</u><br />
Hollywood stars and executives are backing a new video app. Quibi is offering a 90-day free trial, but the service will start charging at $4.99 per month. <i>The Atlantic</i> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/04/how-quibi-plans-to-hook-audiences/609466/" target="_blank">reports</a> that, "Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman say they have an app for that, or at
least an argument for it. They’re the founders of the new 'quick bites' streaming service, backed by Hollywood’s biggest studio players and
A-list content creators with the goal of delivering filmed entertainment
in installments of 10 minutes or less."<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1423322728"><br /></a>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/04/how-quibi-plans-to-hook-audiences/609466/">https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/04/how-quibi-plans-to-hook-audiences/609466/</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Why would people pay for Quibi video? How can it compete with YouTube and other established channels?</i><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>ICYMI: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Google and Microsoft Fight Coronavirus Misinformation</u></span></div>
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Social media sites joined to battle misinformation about the spread of Covid-19. Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-google-youtube-microsoft-reddit-twitter-fight-coronavirus-covid19-misinformation-2020-3" target="_blank">reports</a> that <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#joint-statement" target="_blank">a joint statement on Facebook</a> pledged to combat "fraud and misinformation about the virus, elevating
authoritative content on our platforms, and sharing critical updates in
coordination with government healthcare agencies around the world" (para. 3).</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9VTHv5QV8CRVkMpkda8y3gCFoZ1BR08a_QW9d_AkGIYSt0oKFntrPr3PM6GSfvo2sYa7TmPxHq3vFyRI-srktc06zu0Gc9tTqsc8I2Uhh_wwEpm1Tvc656LbJ2kPyQQcstUwig6cpslJ/s1600/Sandberg+2020.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="1062" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9VTHv5QV8CRVkMpkda8y3gCFoZ1BR08a_QW9d_AkGIYSt0oKFntrPr3PM6GSfvo2sYa7TmPxHq3vFyRI-srktc06zu0Gc9tTqsc8I2Uhh_wwEpm1Tvc656LbJ2kPyQQcstUwig6cpslJ/s200/Sandberg+2020.png" width="161" /></a></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
"<span style="font-weight: 400;">In response to the coronavirus outbreak,
Facebook is supporting the global public health community’s work to
keep people safe and informed. Since the World Health Organization
declared the coronavirus a public health emergency in January, we’ve
taken steps to make sure everyone has access to accurate information,
stop misinformation and harmful content, and support global health
experts, local governments, businesses and communities," the statement said.</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-google-youtube-microsoft-reddit-twitter-fight-coronavirus-covid19-misinformation-2020-3">https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-google-youtube-microsoft-reddit-twitter-fight-coronavirus-covid19-misinformation-2020-3</a></div>
<br />
<a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#joint-statement">https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#joint-statement</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Are the social media platforms doing enough to fight misinformation and disinformation? What else could they be doing?</i><br />
<br />
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Communication-Concepts-Practices/dp/0367195003/" target="_blank"> </a>(2021).</b></div>
Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-79522148452684115982020-03-17T11:45:00.002-05:002020-03-17T11:47:01.099-05:00Coronavirus Misinformation, Social Distancing and Boredom: SMC 1(9)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><br />
<b>Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="post-headline " style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Google and Microsoft Fight Coronavirus Misinformation</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Social media sites joined to battle misinformation about the spread of Covid-19. Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-google-youtube-microsoft-reddit-twitter-fight-coronavirus-covid19-misinformation-2020-3" target="_blank">reports</a> that <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#joint-statement" target="_blank">a joint statement on Facebook</a> pledged to combat "fraud and misinformation about the virus, elevating
authoritative content on our platforms, and sharing critical updates in
coordination with government healthcare agencies around the world" (para. 3).</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9VTHv5QV8CRVkMpkda8y3gCFoZ1BR08a_QW9d_AkGIYSt0oKFntrPr3PM6GSfvo2sYa7TmPxHq3vFyRI-srktc06zu0Gc9tTqsc8I2Uhh_wwEpm1Tvc656LbJ2kPyQQcstUwig6cpslJ/s1600/Sandberg+2020.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="1062" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9VTHv5QV8CRVkMpkda8y3gCFoZ1BR08a_QW9d_AkGIYSt0oKFntrPr3PM6GSfvo2sYa7TmPxHq3vFyRI-srktc06zu0Gc9tTqsc8I2Uhh_wwEpm1Tvc656LbJ2kPyQQcstUwig6cpslJ/s200/Sandberg+2020.png" width="161" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"<span style="font-weight: 400;">In response to the coronavirus outbreak,
Facebook is supporting the global public health community’s work to
keep people safe and informed. Since the World Health Organization
declared the coronavirus a public health emergency in January, we’ve
taken steps to make sure everyone has access to accurate information,
stop misinformation and harmful content, and support global health
experts, local governments, businesses and communities," the statement said.</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-google-youtube-microsoft-reddit-twitter-fight-coronavirus-covid19-misinformation-2020-3">https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-google-youtube-microsoft-reddit-twitter-fight-coronavirus-covid19-misinformation-2020-3</a></div>
<br />
<a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#joint-statement">https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus/#joint-statement</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Are the social media platforms doing enough to fight misinformation and disinformation? What else could they be doing?</i><br />
<br />
<u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Mark Cuban: Bored Athletes Will Create Social Media Explosion</span></u><br />
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"You are going to see a social media explosion — Twitch streams, TikTok
dances — as players deal with their own boredom and further connect with
fans," Mark Cuban predicted. "As for the (Dallas) Mavericks, once things start to normalize, we're
discussing having clinics to get kids out and exercising," the NBA basketball team owner was <a href="https://www.axios.com/mark-cuban-coronavirus-interview-eb260519-0769-483d-9f45-577860e1614c.html" target="_blank">quoted</a> on Axios.</div>
<br />
<a href="https://www.axios.com/mark-cuban-coronavirus-interview-eb260519-0769-483d-9f45-577860e1614c.html" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/mark-cuban-coronavirus-interview-eb260519-0769-483d-9f45-577860e1614c.html</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: How could your organization use social distancing and home work to create entertaining content?</i><br />
<u><br /></u>
<u>In Case You Missed It: World Health Organization TikTok Coronavirus Posts</u><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZHRDT-oRonahjUxhyphenhyphenXYTahQqorbaBbcUf-5uwEkk_FEo2wFfGD2fxiEyc8uNdQjr6EjH7_nUxQ_BscgVu5CBirlOmFUcMkJy3PpkeODXl0OvnPxYDxJn6RcgRHtoJTqmknkd5Xl_2cqT/s1600/WHO+Virus.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="629" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZHRDT-oRonahjUxhyphenhyphenXYTahQqorbaBbcUf-5uwEkk_FEo2wFfGD2fxiEyc8uNdQjr6EjH7_nUxQ_BscgVu5CBirlOmFUcMkJy3PpkeODXl0OvnPxYDxJn6RcgRHtoJTqmknkd5Xl_2cqT/s200/WHO+Virus.jpg" width="127" /></a></div>
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One response to the growing Coronavirus threat is WHO public service announcement-style posts on TikTok. Gizmodo <a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951" target="_blank">reported</a> that the agency is correcting misinformation about the growing threat and spread of the virus to 4,300 cases in 48 countries. </div>
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“We
are on the highest level of alert or highest level of risk assessment
in terms of spread and in terms of impact,” said Dr. Mike Ryan. “This is
a reality check for every government on the planet: Wake up.
Get ready. This virus may be on its way and you need to be ready. You
have a duty to your citizens, you have a duty to the world to be ready”
(para. 2). </div>
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Engadget <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/" target="_blank">added</a> that WHO is targeting #Covid19 safeguards: "...the WHO stresses that you don't need a
mask if you aren't experiencing symptoms" (para. 1).<br />
<br />
Meanwhile,
Corona beer "coming ashore soon" Twitter advertising tasted flat. Amid
criticism, the brand responded that the ads were "consistent" over three
decades. Maggie Bowman <a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html" target="_blank">told</a> <i>The Star</i>, “While
we empathize with those who have been impacted by this virus and
continue to monitor the situation, our consumers, by and large,
understand there’s no linkage between the virus and our business” (paras. 5-6).</div>
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At the same time, on Facebook ads were banned that created a run on face masks. AP <a href="https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c" target="_blank">reported</a> that, "Ads that guarantee a cure or prevention are also banned" (para. 2).</div>
<br />
<a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951">https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/" target="_blank">https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/ </a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html </a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c </a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: How could the WHO gain more viewers to their TikToks?</i><br />
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<u>Twitter Fleets are Its Version of Disappearing Stories</u><br />
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Success
of Facebook and Instagram Stories that disappear after 24 hours, much
like Snapchat Snaps, prompted Twitter to test a planned launch of its
Stories called Fleets. TechCrunch <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/04/twitter-starts-testing-its-own-version-of-stories-called-fleets-which-disappear-after-24-hours/" target="_blank">reports</a> that a Twitter trial in Brazil happened before a U.S. start.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgfzKrhpu_aricKri_5qp0XGepW2kFShyphenhyphenHLr1Tbtf4bnefiVxb-u9gbxDyoww6g2GqfOru9MsuYhvvoaXw0poC7A0SidEpRkGOyDlCDRTcKk335k7qkH9G9DZdlOgFvSBUPaqEMbeUWZ0/s1600/Fleets.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1436" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgfzKrhpu_aricKri_5qp0XGepW2kFShyphenhyphenHLr1Tbtf4bnefiVxb-u9gbxDyoww6g2GqfOru9MsuYhvvoaXw0poC7A0SidEpRkGOyDlCDRTcKk335k7qkH9G9DZdlOgFvSBUPaqEMbeUWZ0/s200/Fleets.png" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"Unlike Tweets, Twitter’s new Fleets
can’t receive Likes, Replies or Retweets. And they’ll disappear entirely
after 24 hours," TechCrunch reports. "You could visit someone’s public Twitter
profile and tap to view their Fleets even if you don’t follow them. But
their Fleet won’t circulate Twitter’s network, show up in Search or
Moments, and it can’t be embedded on an external website (para. 2).</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Twitter
is among the last social media sites to add disappearing Stories.
Twitter research shows users do not tweet, if they want to avoid public
communication. Among the changes ahead, Twitter will create privacy
controls for followers only.</div>
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"The company says the ephemeral tweets, which it calls 'fleets,' the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/afc211cfd5fb653140f1ff6e5a091870" target="_blank">reports</a>, "because
of their fleeting nature, are designed to allay the concerns of new
users who might be turned off by the public and permanent nature of
normal tweets" (para. 2). </div>
<br />
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/04/twitter-starts-testing-its-own-version-of-stories-called-fleets-which-disappear-after-24-hours/">https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/04/twitter-starts-testing-its-own-version-of-stories-called-fleets-which-disappear-after-24-hours/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/afc211cfd5fb653140f1ff6e5a091870" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/afc211cfd5fb653140f1ff6e5a091870</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Why are many people worried that public tweets should not be permanent?</i><br />
<br />
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-29460995066003255252020-03-08T19:34:00.000-05:002020-03-17T11:26:21.052-05:00Fleets Pivot Twitter Toward Privacy: SMC 1(8)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><br />
<b>Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
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<u>Twitter Fleets are Its Version of Disappearing Stories</u><br />
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Success of Facebook and Instagram Stories that disappear after 24 hours, much like Snapchat Snaps, prompted Twitter to test a planned launch of its Stories called Fleets. TechCrunch <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/04/twitter-starts-testing-its-own-version-of-stories-called-fleets-which-disappear-after-24-hours/" target="_blank">reports</a> that a Twitter trial in Brazil happened before a U.S. start.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgfzKrhpu_aricKri_5qp0XGepW2kFShyphenhyphenHLr1Tbtf4bnefiVxb-u9gbxDyoww6g2GqfOru9MsuYhvvoaXw0poC7A0SidEpRkGOyDlCDRTcKk335k7qkH9G9DZdlOgFvSBUPaqEMbeUWZ0/s1600/Fleets.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1436" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgfzKrhpu_aricKri_5qp0XGepW2kFShyphenhyphenHLr1Tbtf4bnefiVxb-u9gbxDyoww6g2GqfOru9MsuYhvvoaXw0poC7A0SidEpRkGOyDlCDRTcKk335k7qkH9G9DZdlOgFvSBUPaqEMbeUWZ0/s200/Fleets.png" width="200" /></a></div>
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"Unlike Tweets, Twitter’s new Fleets
can’t receive Likes, Replies or Retweets. And they’ll disappear entirely
after 24 hours," TechCrunch reports. "You could visit someone’s public Twitter
profile and tap to view their Fleets even if you don’t follow them. But
their Fleet won’t circulate Twitter’s network, show up in Search or
Moments, and it can’t be embedded on an external website (para. 2).</div>
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Twitter is among the last social media sites to add disappearing Stories. Twitter research shows users do not tweet, if they want to avoid public communication. Among the changes ahead, Twitter will create privacy controls for followers only.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"The company says the ephemeral tweets, which it calls 'fleets,' the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/afc211cfd5fb653140f1ff6e5a091870" target="_blank">reports</a>, "because
of their fleeting nature, are designed to allay the concerns of new
users who might be turned off by the public and permanent nature of
normal tweets" (para. 2). </div>
<br />
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/04/twitter-starts-testing-its-own-version-of-stories-called-fleets-which-disappear-after-24-hours/">https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/04/twitter-starts-testing-its-own-version-of-stories-called-fleets-which-disappear-after-24-hours/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/afc211cfd5fb653140f1ff6e5a091870" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/afc211cfd5fb653140f1ff6e5a091870</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Why are many people worried that public tweets should not be permanent?</i><br />
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<u>TikTok Hype House Trademark Dispute</u><br />
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A Los Angeles home to TikTok stars, the Hype House, is the site of a trademark fight over its name. Insider <a href="https://www.insider.com/tiktok-hype-house-facing-power-struggle-legal-dispute-2020-3" target="_blank">reports</a> that Daisey Keech, 20, and Thomas Petrou, 21, dispute their roles in the launch of the creative content site. Petrou had collaborated with social media icon Jake Paul.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
"Petrou is widely credited with co-founding the Hype House in December
with the help of 17-year-old resident e-boy Chase Hudson," Insider reports. "But, in
recent months, Keech — who no longer lives in the house — has been
vying for a title change and a more collaborative decision-making
process in the group" (paras. 2-3).</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://www.insider.com/tiktok-hype-house-facing-power-struggle-legal-dispute-2020-3">https://www.insider.com/tiktok-hype-house-facing-power-struggle-legal-dispute-2020-3</a></div>
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<i>Question: Why do you think so many creative media people struggle with securing intellectual property rights?</i><br />
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<u>In Brief: Trump's Media Lawsuits are About the Campaign, Not the Law</u><br />
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A <i>Washington Examiner</i> <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-media-lawsuits-are-about-the-campaign-not-the-law" target="_blank">commentary suggests</a> that President Trump's campaign defamation lawsuits against CNN, The New York Times, and the Washington Post cannot survive First Amendment libel standards for public officials. "But the campaign doesn't care about that. It cares about how these
lawsuits burnish a key narrative for mobilizing the base — namely, that
President Trump is a Washington outsider taking the fight to unfair
enemies," Tom Rogan wrote. "And it's now abundantly clear that the Trump campaign views these lawsuits as a key reelection tool."</div>
<br />
<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-media-lawsuits-are-about-the-campaign-not-the-law">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-media-lawsuits-are-about-the-campaign-not-the-law</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Do you think political defamation lawsuits will have any impact on the election?</i><br />
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<u>In Brief: Site Bans and Suspensions Become Common</u><i> </i><br />
TikTok has banned a viral "skull-breaker challenge" that "involves two people kicking the legs from under a third, making them fall over," The BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51742854" target="_blank">reports</a>. "US
prosecutors have charged two youngsters with aggravated assault over
the prank and warned parents to stop their children taking part" (para. 2). Meanwhile, Twitch <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51768454" target="_blank">suspended</a> a user for accidentally firing a gun.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51742854">https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51742854</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51768454">https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51768454</a><br />
<br />
<u>In Case You Missed It: World Health Organization TikTok Coronavirus Posts</u><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZHRDT-oRonahjUxhyphenhyphenXYTahQqorbaBbcUf-5uwEkk_FEo2wFfGD2fxiEyc8uNdQjr6EjH7_nUxQ_BscgVu5CBirlOmFUcMkJy3PpkeODXl0OvnPxYDxJn6RcgRHtoJTqmknkd5Xl_2cqT/s1600/WHO+Virus.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="629" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZHRDT-oRonahjUxhyphenhyphenXYTahQqorbaBbcUf-5uwEkk_FEo2wFfGD2fxiEyc8uNdQjr6EjH7_nUxQ_BscgVu5CBirlOmFUcMkJy3PpkeODXl0OvnPxYDxJn6RcgRHtoJTqmknkd5Xl_2cqT/s200/WHO+Virus.jpg" width="127" /></a></div>
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One response to the growing Coronavirus threat is WHO public service announcement-style posts on TikTok. Gizmodo <a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951" target="_blank">reported</a> that the agency is correcting misinformation about the growing threat and spread of the virus to 4,300 cases in 48 countries. </div>
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<div class="sc-77igqf-0 hJpRRP" style="text-align: justify;">
“We
are on the highest level of alert or highest level of risk assessment
in terms of spread and in terms of impact,” said Dr. Mike Ryan. “This is
a reality check for every government on the planet: Wake up.
Get ready. This virus may be on its way and you need to be ready. You
have a duty to your citizens, you have a duty to the world to be ready”
(para. 2). </div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="sc-77igqf-0 hJpRRP" style="text-align: justify;">
Engadget <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/" target="_blank">added</a> that WHO is targeting #Covid19 safeguards: "...the WHO stresses that you don't need a
mask if you aren't experiencing symptoms" (para. 1).<br />
<br />
Meanwhile,
Corona beer "coming ashore soon" Twitter advertising tasted flat. Amid
criticism, the brand responded that the ads were "consistent" over three
decades. Maggie Bowman <a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html" target="_blank">told</a> <i>The Star</i>, “While
we empathize with those who have been impacted by this virus and
continue to monitor the situation, our consumers, by and large,
understand there’s no linkage between the virus and our business” (paras. 5-6).</div>
<div class="text-block-container" style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
At the same time, on Facebook ads were banned that created a run on face masks. AP <a href="https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c" target="_blank">reported</a> that, "Ads that guarantee a cure or prevention are also banned" (para. 2).</div>
<br />
<a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951">https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/" target="_blank">https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/ </a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html </a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c </a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: How could the WHO gain more viewers to their TikToks?</i><br />
<br />
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-1457370809065992562020-03-01T10:56:00.001-06:002020-03-08T18:53:47.260-05:00TikTok #Covid19 Wash Hands Posts: SMC 1(7)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<br />
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><br />
<b>Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
<br />
<u>World Health Organization TikTok Coronavirus Posts</u><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZHRDT-oRonahjUxhyphenhyphenXYTahQqorbaBbcUf-5uwEkk_FEo2wFfGD2fxiEyc8uNdQjr6EjH7_nUxQ_BscgVu5CBirlOmFUcMkJy3PpkeODXl0OvnPxYDxJn6RcgRHtoJTqmknkd5Xl_2cqT/s1600/WHO+Virus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="629" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZHRDT-oRonahjUxhyphenhyphenXYTahQqorbaBbcUf-5uwEkk_FEo2wFfGD2fxiEyc8uNdQjr6EjH7_nUxQ_BscgVu5CBirlOmFUcMkJy3PpkeODXl0OvnPxYDxJn6RcgRHtoJTqmknkd5Xl_2cqT/s200/WHO+Virus.jpg" width="127" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
One response to the growing Coronavirus threat is WHO public service announcement-style posts on TikTok. Gizmodo <a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951" target="_blank">reported</a> that the agency is correcting misinformation about the growing threat and spread of the virus to 4,300 cases in 48 countries. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="sc-77igqf-0 hJpRRP" style="text-align: justify;">
“We
are on the highest level of alert or highest level of risk assessment
in terms of spread and in terms of impact,” said Dr. Mike Ryan. “This is a reality check for every government on the planet: Wake up.
Get ready. This virus may be on its way and you need to be ready. You
have a duty to your citizens, you have a duty to the world to be ready” (para. 2). </div>
<div class="sc-77igqf-0 hJpRRP" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="sc-77igqf-0 hJpRRP" style="text-align: justify;">
Engadget <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/" target="_blank">added</a> that WHO is targeting #Covid19 safeguards: "...the WHO stresses that you don't need a
mask if you aren't experiencing symptoms" (para. 1).<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Corona beer "coming ashore soon" Twitter advertising tasted flat. Amid criticism, the brand responded that the ads were "consistent" over three decades. Maggie Bowman <a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html" target="_blank">told</a> <i>The Star</i>, “While
we empathize with those who have been impacted by this virus and
continue to monitor the situation, our consumers, by and large,
understand there’s no linkage between the virus and our business” (paras. 5-6).</div>
<div class="text-block-container" style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
At the same time, on Facebook ads were banned that created a run on face masks. AP <a href="https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c" target="_blank">reported</a> that, "Ads that guarantee a cure or prevention are also banned" (para. 2).</div>
<br />
<a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951">https://gizmodo.com/the-world-health-organizations-making-tiktoks-to-tackle-1841987951</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/" target="_blank">https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/01/who-joins-tiktok-to-fight-coronavirus-misinformation/ </a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/02/28/corona-beer-faces-backlash-for-coming-ashore-soon-ad-campaign.html </a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c </a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: How could the WHO gain more viewers to their TikToks?</i><br />
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<u>'Old Man Steve,' 81, Among Elderly TikTok Stars</u><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Steve Austin has had a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyvKMl37H7a-rqZtKHi4GXw" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> for 12 years, but NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/81-year-old-old-man-steve-has-taken-over-tiktok-with-adorable-cooking-videos/2309771/" target="_blank">reports</a> that he has gone viral by joining TikTok. He is one of the many former Vine video artists finding a new home beyond Instagram.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Search "old man" on TikTok, and "old man steve" jumps to the top. He has more than 603,000 followers and 5.5 million likes. Over coffee, he recently posted, "Well good morning. I hope y'all have a great day. And when you go out today, be sure and smile and say 'hello' to people."</div>
<br />
<a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/81-year-old-old-man-steve-has-taken-over-tiktok-with-adorable-cooking-videos/2309771/">https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/81-year-old-old-man-steve-has-taken-over-tiktok-with-adorable-cooking-videos/2309771/</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question:Who is your favorite TikTok star? Why?</i><br />
<br />
<u>In Brief: Twitter CEO Faces Takeover Bid</u><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey could be ousted by billionaire Paul Singer and and Elliott Management. The Guardian and Bloomberg News <a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/29/paul-singer-elliott-management-twitter-jack-dorsey?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true" target="_blank">report</a> that the "Republic mega-donor" has purchased <span class="css-pq8bsg">a “sizable stake” and “and plans to push for changes at the social media company, including replacing Dorsey” (para. 2).</span></div>
<br />
<span class="css-pq8bsg"><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/29/paul-singer-elliott-management-twitter-jack-dorsey?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true" target="_blank">https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/29/paul-singer-elliott-management-twitter-jack-dorsey </a></span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-29/singer-s-elliott-is-said-to-seek-to-replace-twitter-ceo-dorsey"><span class="css-pq8bsg">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-29/singer-s-elliott-is-said-to-seek-to-replace-twitter-ceo-dorsey</span></a><br />
<span class="css-pq8bsg"><br /></span>
<span class="css-pq8bsg"><i>Question: Are social media platforms too open to political manipulation? How should we respond?</i></span><br />
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<u>In Case You Missed It: Online Marketers Steal Social Media Influencer Faces</u><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4QYgHTdJ2-I_DvFzm-TB0DxtC62PWhq5ixUlWxeVPDVwlfOTp7UlAbd7v4HCdsEe-i5WAnR3pPa-fBp9GiXuvaYW7ouUEMNdzI-K8T3VCvEt4STk_nGpds4R9fTAUBdLHDRHrBVa7WSI/s1600/Face+Theft.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="576" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4QYgHTdJ2-I_DvFzm-TB0DxtC62PWhq5ixUlWxeVPDVwlfOTp7UlAbd7v4HCdsEe-i5WAnR3pPa-fBp9GiXuvaYW7ouUEMNdzI-K8T3VCvEt4STk_nGpds4R9fTAUBdLHDRHrBVa7WSI/s200/Face+Theft.png" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>Wired</i> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-instagram-influencers-stolen-faces/" target="_blank">reports</a>
that YouTube and Instagram influencers say they have not authorized
marketers to illegally paste their faces onto bodies to sell sketchy
products. Once found, the first response should be to send a cease and
desist email to Amazon or other sites failing to monitor advertising. An
influencer must identify "the specific infringement" (para. 10). It may
take the help of a lawyer or brand marketing expert to force a
take-down of the image.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
"For now, platforms are not proactively dealing
with image theft on behalf of influencers," the <a href="https://twitter.com/WIRED" target="_blank">Wired</a> investigation noted. "It’s up to the individual to
report it." Fans sometimes provide the first warning of trouble.</div>
<br />
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-instagram-influencers-stolen-faces/">https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-instagram-influencers-stolen-faces/</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: How could the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make it easier to stop fake advertising?</i><br />
<br />
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-72145126090439070692020-02-22T13:51:00.001-06:002020-03-01T10:09:21.079-06:00Marketers Steal Social Media Faces: SMC 1(6)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><br />
<b>Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
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<u>Online Marketers Steal Social Media Influencer Faces</u><br />
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<i>Wired</i> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-instagram-influencers-stolen-faces/" target="_blank">reports</a> that YouTube and Instagram influencers say they have not authorized marketers to illegally paste their faces onto bodies to sell sketchy products. Once found, the first response should be to send a cease and desist email to Amazon or other sites failing to monitor advertising. An influencer must identify "the specific infringement" (para. 10). It may take the help of a lawyer or brand marketing expert to force a take-down of the image.</div>
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"For now, platforms are not proactively dealing
with image theft on behalf of influencers," the <a href="https://twitter.com/WIRED" target="_blank">Wired</a> investigation noted. "It’s up to the individual to
report it." Fans sometimes provide the first warning of trouble.</div>
<br />
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-instagram-influencers-stolen-faces/">https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-instagram-influencers-stolen-faces/</a><br />
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<i>Question: How could the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make it easier to stop fake advertising?</i><br />
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<u>Twitter Suspends 70 Pro-Bloomberg Accounts Over Manipulation</u><br />
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Twitter fought back against a political spam tactic of using dozens of accounts to blast identical messages, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-21/twitter-suspends-bloomberg-accounts" target="_blank">reported</a>. The suspension of 70 accounts included some permanent bans of hired content producers.</div>
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"These 'deputy field organizers' receive $2,500 per month to promote the
former New York mayor’s candidacy within their personal social circles,
in addition to other, more conventional duties," the newspaper reported. "They receive
campaign-approved language that they can opt to post." </div>
<br />
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-21/twitter-suspends-bloomberg-accounts">https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-21/twitter-suspends-bloomberg-accounts</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: What do you think should be the spam limits for employee social media posts?</i><br />
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<u>In Brief</u><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">New Mexico Sues Google Over Collection of Children’s Data (AP, Feb. 20, 2020): <a href="https://apnews.com/68de82f96a1c61fdbd51dbb71bd8c1df">https://apnews.com/68de82f96a1c61fdbd51dbb71bd8c1df</a> </span></span></h1>
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</span>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"> Should Social Media Platforms Be Regulated? (Feb. 10, 2020, Forbes): <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/esade/2020/02/10/should-social-media-platforms-be-regulated/#55b2d7ef3370">https://www.forbes.com/sites/esade/2020/02/10/should-social-media-platforms-be-regulated/#55b2d7ef3370</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Why the NYPD Subpoenaed a Reporter's Twitter Feed (<i>The New York Times</i>, Feb. 14, 2020): </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/nyregion/patriot-act-subpoena-nypd.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/nyregion/patriot-act-subpoena-nypd.html</a></span></span></h1>
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<u>In Case You Missed It:<b> </b>Bloomberg's Paid Influencers, Memes and Facebook Policies</u><br />
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Facebook
changed its Instagram paid political rules after presidential candidate
Mike Bloomberg hired "influencers" to post memes about the former New
York City mayor, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/bloomberg-meme-changes-facebook-instagram-115333" target="_blank">Politico reports</a>. "Under the new rules, the content will have to be clearly marked as sponsored" (para. 3)."The
spokesperson said in a statement that the rule change had been under
consideration for some time, with meme posts gaining traction as a
campaign tool, and with both political campaigns and government agencies
inquiring about the company's policies on their use," (para. 4).</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8CWfrQTKM6FXEna4QP6eZbrvZvH4ZLwAPQLA9AepjKwhQDCAJozCTFX4MYSWQudcv2UV1kHvt2R3Sti6HFOeGBTiCo9vlI9X4yxLObCx2STH7Lt44kR7qSZkokR3pdli3PDwBKJNg0OB/s1600/Bloomberg.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1042" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8CWfrQTKM6FXEna4QP6eZbrvZvH4ZLwAPQLA9AepjKwhQDCAJozCTFX4MYSWQudcv2UV1kHvt2R3Sti6HFOeGBTiCo9vlI9X4yxLObCx2STH7Lt44kR7qSZkokR3pdli3PDwBKJNg0OB/s320/Bloomberg.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Salon was <a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/02/14/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-fake-messages-to-make-him-look-cool/" target="_blank">blunt</a>, calling these "fake" posts: "Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's campaign is paying social
media influencers and a social media firm to flood Instagram with fake
messages purportedly sent by the billionaire" (para. 1).</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Daily Beast earlier <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-influencers-to-make-him-seem-cool-9" target="_blank">reported</a> that influencers were being paid $150 per post: "For a fixed $150 fee, the Bloomberg campaign is pitching
micro-influencers—someone who has from 1,000 to 100,000 followers, in
industry parlance—to create original content 'that tells us why Mike
Bloomberg is the electable candidate who can rise above the fray, work
across the aisle so ALL Americans feel heard & respected'" (para. 4).<br />
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<u>Update</u>: The <a href="https://apnews.com/86f306176a5e1043d2f825483e75f70d" target="_blank">Associated Press called</a>
the changes "murky" in raising concerns. "Facebook’s policies leave
plenty of loopholes, which campaigns
and candidates will likely find ways to exploit until Election Day, said
Dipayan Ghosh, a former Facebook employee who is currently co-director
of Harvard’s digital platforms and democracy project." Foreign
governments also may use the tactic. “We’re in for quite a lot of
turmoil and trouble,” Ghosh said (paras. 4-5).</div>
</div>
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<br />
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/bloomberg-meme-changes-facebook-instagram-115333">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/bloomberg-meme-changes-facebook-instagram-115333</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/02/14/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-fake-messages-to-make-him-look-cool/">https://www.salon.com/2020/02/14/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-fake-messages-to-make-him-look-cool/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-influencers-to-make-him-seem-cool-9" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-influencers-to-make-him-seem-cool-9 </a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/86f306176a5e1043d2f825483e75f70d"><i>https://apnews.com/86f306176a5e1043d2f825483e75f70d</i></a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Why is it right or not for candidates to pay for influence posts?</i><br />
<br /></div>
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-47795593239404646332020-02-16T12:32:00.002-06:002020-02-17T18:29:32.159-06:00Paid Political Memes for $150: SMC 1(5)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: </b><br />
<b>Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
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<u>Bloomberg's Paid Influencers, Memes and Facebook Policies</u><br />
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Facebook changed its Instagram paid political rules after presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg hired "influencers" to post memes about the former New York City mayor, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/bloomberg-meme-changes-facebook-instagram-115333" target="_blank">Politico reports</a>. "Under the new rules, the content will have to be clearly marked as sponsored" (para. 3)."The
spokesperson said in a statement that the rule change had been under
consideration for some time, with meme posts gaining traction as a
campaign tool, and with both political campaigns and government agencies
inquiring about the company's policies on their use," (para. 4).</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8CWfrQTKM6FXEna4QP6eZbrvZvH4ZLwAPQLA9AepjKwhQDCAJozCTFX4MYSWQudcv2UV1kHvt2R3Sti6HFOeGBTiCo9vlI9X4yxLObCx2STH7Lt44kR7qSZkokR3pdli3PDwBKJNg0OB/s1600/Bloomberg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1042" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8CWfrQTKM6FXEna4QP6eZbrvZvH4ZLwAPQLA9AepjKwhQDCAJozCTFX4MYSWQudcv2UV1kHvt2R3Sti6HFOeGBTiCo9vlI9X4yxLObCx2STH7Lt44kR7qSZkokR3pdli3PDwBKJNg0OB/s320/Bloomberg.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Salon was <a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/02/14/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-fake-messages-to-make-him-look-cool/" target="_blank">blunt</a>, calling these "fake" posts: "Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's campaign is paying social
media influencers and a social media firm to flood Instagram with fake
messages purportedly sent by the billionaire" (para. 1).</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Daily Beast earlier <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-influencers-to-make-him-seem-cool-9" target="_blank">reported</a> that influencers were being paid $150 per post: "For a fixed $150 fee, the Bloomberg campaign is pitching
micro-influencers—someone who has from 1,000 to 100,000 followers, in
industry parlance—to create original content 'that tells us why Mike
Bloomberg is the electable candidate who can rise above the fray, work
across the aisle so ALL Americans feel heard & respected'" (para. 4).<br />
<br />
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<u>Update</u>: The <a href="https://apnews.com/86f306176a5e1043d2f825483e75f70d" target="_blank">Associated Press called</a> the changes "murky" in raising concerns. "Facebook’s policies leave plenty of loopholes, which campaigns
and candidates will likely find ways to exploit until Election Day, said
Dipayan Ghosh, a former Facebook employee who is currently co-director
of Harvard’s digital platforms and democracy project." Foreign governments also may use the tactic. “We’re in for quite a lot of turmoil and trouble,” Ghosh said (paras. 4-5).</div>
</div>
<div class="endmarkEnabled">
<br />
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/bloomberg-meme-changes-facebook-instagram-115333">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/bloomberg-meme-changes-facebook-instagram-115333</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/02/14/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-fake-messages-to-make-him-look-cool/">https://www.salon.com/2020/02/14/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-fake-messages-to-make-him-look-cool/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-influencers-to-make-him-seem-cool-9" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-influencers-to-make-him-seem-cool-9 </a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/86f306176a5e1043d2f825483e75f70d"><i>https://apnews.com/86f306176a5e1043d2f825483e75f70d</i></a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Why is it right or not for candidates to pay for influence posts?</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<u>No End to Trump DoJ Tweets</u><br />
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Following President Trump's impeachment acquittal, the <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" target="_blank">@realDonaldTrump</a> Twitter account frequently has been used to weigh in on Department of Justice (DoJ) investigations. Attorney General Bill Barr said Trump's tweets made it “impossible for me to do my job,” but the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/db64d4eaf5f65604cb147645e822a262" target="_blank">reported</a>: "Unbowed by a public rebuke from his attorney general, President Donald
Trump says he has the 'legal right' to intervene in criminal cases and
sidestep the Justice Department’s historic independence" (para. 1).</div>
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/db64d4eaf5f65604cb147645e822a262">https://apnews.com/db64d4eaf5f65604cb147645e822a262</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: Should President Trump alter his tweeting? Why or why not?</i><br />
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<u>In Case You Missed It: Aspiring Rapper and Others Pretended to Have Coronavirus </u><b><br /></b></div>
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The
newest rage on TikTok and other social media sites is to pretend to
have coronavirus in videos designed to spark online and social media
attention. James Potok, 28, was on a Toronto to Jamaica flight when he
"announced
that he was just in Wuhan, China, and he wasn’t 'feeling too well,' The
Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/coronavirus-hoax-clout-948568/" target="_blank">reported</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/RollingStone" target="_blank">@RollingStone</a> - 2020, February 6).</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Av2Mjeg1XNrfni0mTzeT_A24Yb3BoVfRJmSgwpskWBDZcs6OwkPEgRekNfk8gcYPy6kEKtGUY98EdnQEX__1EXyRbpYbKH4gmRqqjdqMUPAOq0zBl_gO4ipkWr_dc7WmkvMuABQh1HBR/s1600/Potok+Plane.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="848" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Av2Mjeg1XNrfni0mTzeT_A24Yb3BoVfRJmSgwpskWBDZcs6OwkPEgRekNfk8gcYPy6kEKtGUY98EdnQEX__1EXyRbpYbKH4gmRqqjdqMUPAOq0zBl_gO4ipkWr_dc7WmkvMuABQh1HBR/s200/Potok+Plane.png" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Potok <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/coronavirus-claim-plane-westjet-flight-diverted-1.5452221" target="_blank">told</a>
CBC News that, "It certainly wasn't a smart thing to do." He apologized
to passengers for ruining their vacation. The plane was forced to
return to Ontario, and Potok was charged (<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews" target="_blank">@CBCNews</a> - 2020, February 4). "Coronavirus is not something to joke about," he said. "People don't take it lightly."</div>
<br />
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/coronavirus-hoax-clout-948568/">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/coronavirus-hoax-clout-948568/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/coronavirus-claim-plane-westjet-flight-diverted-1.5452221" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/coronavirus-claim-plane-westjet-flight-diverted-1.5452221</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: What can be done to reduce incentives social media users have to create viral videos?</i><br />
<i></i><br />
<br />
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-44032614012451908922020-02-07T16:03:00.001-06:002020-02-08T15:22:34.020-06:00SMC News 1(4): Coronavirus Hoax Publicity Stunt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
<br />
<u>Aspiring Rapper and Others Pretended to Have Coronavirus </u><b><br /></b><br />
The newest rage on TikTok and other social media sites is to pretend to have coronavirus in videos designed to spark online and social media attention. James Potok, 28, was on a Toronto to Jamaica flight when he "announced
that he was just in Wuhan, China, and he wasn’t 'feeling too well,' The Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/coronavirus-hoax-clout-948568/" target="_blank">reported</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/RollingStone" target="_blank">@RollingStone</a> - 2020, February 6).<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Av2Mjeg1XNrfni0mTzeT_A24Yb3BoVfRJmSgwpskWBDZcs6OwkPEgRekNfk8gcYPy6kEKtGUY98EdnQEX__1EXyRbpYbKH4gmRqqjdqMUPAOq0zBl_gO4ipkWr_dc7WmkvMuABQh1HBR/s1600/Potok+Plane.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="848" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Av2Mjeg1XNrfni0mTzeT_A24Yb3BoVfRJmSgwpskWBDZcs6OwkPEgRekNfk8gcYPy6kEKtGUY98EdnQEX__1EXyRbpYbKH4gmRqqjdqMUPAOq0zBl_gO4ipkWr_dc7WmkvMuABQh1HBR/s200/Potok+Plane.png" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
Potok <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/coronavirus-claim-plane-westjet-flight-diverted-1.5452221" target="_blank">told</a> CBC News that, "It certainly wasn't a smart thing to do." He apologized to passengers for ruining their vacation. The plane was forced to return to Ontario, and Potok was charged (<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews" target="_blank">@CBCNews</a> - 2020, February 4). "Coronavirus is not something to joke about," he said. "People don't take it lightly."<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/coronavirus-hoax-clout-948568/">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/coronavirus-hoax-clout-948568/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/coronavirus-claim-plane-westjet-flight-diverted-1.5452221" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/coronavirus-claim-plane-westjet-flight-diverted-1.5452221</a><br />
<br />
<i>Question: What can be done to reduce incentives social media users have to create viral videos?</i><br />
<br />
<u>Washington State High School Principal Disciplined For Kobe Comment</u><br />
<br />
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Camas High School Principal Liza Sejkora was placed on administrative leave for calling Kobe Bryant "a rapist" after he, his daughter and others died in a helicopter crash. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/principal-who-said-kobe-bryant-s-death-was-karma-facebook-n1131036" target="_blank">NBC News reported</a> that a deleted post read, "Not gonna lie. Seems to me
that karma caught up with a rapist today" followed by a shrug emoji. Threats followed, and Sejkora later apologized (<a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews" target="_blank">@NBCNews</a> - 2020, February 5).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/principal-who-said-kobe-bryant-s-death-was-karma-facebook-n1131036">https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/principal-who-said-kobe-bryant-s-death-was-karma-facebook-n1131036</a><i> </i><br />
<br />
<i>Question:What can we learn from real-time social media fails?</i><br />
<br />
<u>In Case You Missed It: Social Media Sites Are Distrusted As News Sources</u><u> </u></div>
A <a href="https://www.journalism.org/2020/01/29/an-oasis-of-bipartisanship-republicans-and-democrats-distrust-social-media-sites-for-political-and-election-news/" target="_blank">new Pew Research Center study found</a> that none of the major social media sites had 20 percent trust for Election 2020 news.<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;">"Indeed, Facebook, the most widely used of the six </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;">social media sites</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;">
examined when it comes to getting political and election news, is
distrusted by about six-in-ten U.S. adults (59%). That includes almost
equal percentages of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic
(59%) and Republicans and independents who lean Republican (62%). Close
to half of all U.S. adults also say they distrust Twitter (48%), and
about four-in-ten (42%) distrust Instagram" (para. 3, <a href="https://twitter.com/pewresearch" target="_blank">@pewreasearch</a> - 2020, January 29).</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">"In
Facebook’s case, 13% of Republicans and Republican leaners say they
trust the social media site, while 62% say they distrust it. The gap is
also large among Democrats and Democratic leaners, with 17% expressing
trust and 59% distrust... The
numbers aren’t much different for Twitter, where distrust exceeds trust
for Republicans (51% vs. 9%) and for Democrats (46% vs. 15%). The data
is similar for Instagram (45% distrust vs. 5% trust among Republicans,
and 41% distrust vs. 7% trust among Democrats)"(paras. 11-12). </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.journalism.org/2020/01/29/an-oasis-of-bipartisanship-republicans-and-democrats-distrust-social-media-sites-for-political-and-election-news/">https://www.journalism.org/2020/01/29/an-oasis-of-bipartisanship-republicans-and-democrats-distrust-social-media-sites-for-political-and-election-news/</a><br />
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<i>Question: What would lead you to trust or distrust a Facebook post or tweet?</i><u> </u><br />
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<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-86558626542943308202020-02-03T20:23:00.003-06:002020-02-04T08:52:02.838-06:00Social Media Communication News 1(3) #smc2021 #smm2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Social Media Communication in the News: Real-Time Discussion Starters</b><br />
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Facebook apparently spent $11.2 million for its one-minute <a href="http://nodexlgraphgallery.org/Pages/Graph.aspx?graphID=220506" target="_blank">#SuperBowl</a> television advertisement.<br />
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CMO Antonio Lucio <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-first-super-bowl-ad-commercial-60-seconds-q4-cost-2020-2" target="_blank">said</a> the spot focused on Facebook Groups:"What we've done here, rather cleverly, is feature 12 different groups
that all share an interest in 'rocks' in some shape, way, or form." <br />
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Lucio told <i>Business Insider</i> that it was rock themed, "The ad ended with,
'Whatever you rock, there is a group for you'" (<a href="https://twitter.com/businessinsider" target="_blank">@businessinsider</a> - 2020, February 3).<br />
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<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-first-super-bowl-ad-commercial-60-seconds-q4-cost-2020-2" target="_blank">https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-first-super-bowl-ad-commercial-60-seconds-q4-cost-2020-2 </a><br />
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Meanwhile, <a href="http://nodexlgraphgallery.org/Pages/Graph.aspx?graphID=220506" target="_blank">a NodeXL social network analysis found</a> that most of the top Twitter hashtags were sponsored "hash-flags," including #superbowl, #shakira, #pepsihalftime, and #jlo.<br />
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<i>Question: Which Super Bowl advertisement had the most play within your social network?</i><br />
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<u>Social Media Sites Are Distrusted As News Sources</u><u> </u><br />
A <a href="https://www.journalism.org/2020/01/29/an-oasis-of-bipartisanship-republicans-and-democrats-distrust-social-media-sites-for-political-and-election-news/" target="_blank">new Pew Research Center study found</a> that none of the major social media sites had 20 percent trust for Election 2020 news.<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;">"Indeed, Facebook, the most widely used of the six </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;">social media sites</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;">
examined when it comes to getting political and election news, is
distrusted by about six-in-ten U.S. adults (59%). That includes almost
equal percentages of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic
(59%) and Republicans and independents who lean Republican (62%). Close
to half of all U.S. adults also say they distrust Twitter (48%), and
about four-in-ten (42%) distrust Instagram" (para. 3, <a href="https://twitter.com/pewresearch" target="_blank">@pewreasearch</a> - 2020, January 29).</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">"In
Facebook’s case, 13% of Republicans and Republican leaners say they
trust the social media site, while 62% say they distrust it. The gap is
also large among Democrats and Democratic leaners, with 17% expressing
trust and 59% distrust... The
numbers aren’t much different for Twitter, where distrust exceeds trust
for Republicans (51% vs. 9%) and for Democrats (46% vs. 15%). The data
is similar for Instagram (45% distrust vs. 5% trust among Republicans,
and 41% distrust vs. 7% trust among Democrats)"(paras. 11-12). </span></span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.journalism.org/2020/01/29/an-oasis-of-bipartisanship-republicans-and-democrats-distrust-social-media-sites-for-political-and-election-news/">https://www.journalism.org/2020/01/29/an-oasis-of-bipartisanship-republicans-and-democrats-distrust-social-media-sites-for-political-and-election-news/</a><br />
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<i>Question: What would lead you to trust or distrust a Facebook post or tweet?</i><u> </u><br />
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<u>Students and Social Media</u> <br />
Twitter took away and handed over a college student's
access to his parody account mocking the university. <i>Business Insider</i> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suny-geneseo-new-york-college-accessed-student-account-controversy-2020-11://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suny-geneseo-new-york-college-accessed-student-account-controversy-2020-1s://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suny-geneseo-new-york-college-accessed-student-account-controversy-2020-1" target="_blank">reports</a> that a SUNY Geneseo student complained in tweets that he had been outed, amid claims that the
school hacked his email and removed all tweets (<a href="https://twitter.com/businessinsider" target="_blank">@businessinsider</a> - 2020, February 3).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suny-geneseo-new-york-college-accessed-student-account-controversy-2020-1" target="_blank">https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suny-geneseo-new-york-college-accessed-student-account-controversy-2020-1 </a><br />
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<i>Question: How could the First Amendment be used in a lawsuit against a university that took control of a student's Twitter account?</i><br />
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<u>In Case You Missed It</u><br />
While the
Facebook CEO worried about protection of First Amendment freedom,
"Twitter and Pinterest are taking new steps to root out voting
misinformation designed to suppress participation in the November
elections" (<a href="https://twitter.com/AP" target="_blank">@AP</a> - 2020, January 31).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/fc644b692ab7d7888904b6da2fa60405">https://apnews.com/fc644b692ab7d7888904b6da2fa60405</a><br />
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<i>Question: How should we best protect core political free speech on social media sites?</i><b> </b><br />
<br />
<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-62304097840292000602020-02-02T10:28:00.002-06:002020-02-02T10:59:22.357-06:00Social Media Communication News 1(2) #smc2021 #smm2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mark Zuckerberg last week at the Silicon Slopes
Tech Summit in Utah <a href="https://apnews.com/c3291531831d19ff0eaf8d91aa1415a0" target="_blank">said </a>Facebook was “going to piss off a lot of people” and stand-up for free speech. “The last thing I
want is for our products to be used to divide people or rip society
apart in any kind of way,” he said. “But at some point, we’ve got to stand up and say, ‘No, we’re
going to stand for free expression.’ Yeah, we’re going to take down the
content that’s really harmful, but the line needs to be held at some
point.”</div>
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“Increasingly,
we’re getting called in to censor a lot of different kinds of content
that makes me really uncomfortable” Zuckerberg added, “It kind of feels
like the list of things that you’re not allowed to say socially keeps on
growing ... And I’m not really OK with that” (<a href="https://twitter.com/AP" target="_blank">@AP</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/sltrib" target="_blank">@sltrib</a> - 2020, February 1).<br />
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<a href="https://apnews.com/c3291531831d19ff0eaf8d91aa1415a0" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/c3291531831d19ff0eaf8d91aa1415a0 </a></div>
<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/02/01/free-expression-not/">https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/02/01/free-expression-not/</a><br />
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<i>Question: What is the balance that Facebook must strike in protecting free expression, but also guarding against propaganda, violence and obscenity?</i> <br />
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<u>#Election2020</u><br />
While the Facebook CEO worried about protection of First Amendment freedom, "Twitter and Pinterest are taking new steps to root out voting
misinformation designed to suppress participation in the November
elections" (<a href="https://twitter.com/AP" target="_blank">@AP</a> - 2020, January 31).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/fc644b692ab7d7888904b6da2fa60405">https://apnews.com/fc644b692ab7d7888904b6da2fa60405</a><br />
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<i>Question: How should we best protect core political free speech on social media sites?</i><br />
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<u>In Case You Missed It</u> <br />
Crain's Chicago Business <a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/john-pletz-technology/facebook-settles-illinois-internet-privacy-suit-550-million" target="_blank">reported</a> that Facebook's $550 million settlement with Illinois over violation of facial recognition <a href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=3004&ChapterID=57" target="_blank">bio-metrics state law</a> means users may receive checks (<a href="https://twitter.com/CrainsChicago" target="_blank">@CrainsChicago</a> - 2020, January 29).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/john-pletz-technology/facebook-settles-illinois-internet-privacy-suit-550-million" target="_blank">https://www.chicagobusiness.com/john-pletz-technology/facebook-settles-illinois-internet-privacy-suit-550-million</a><br />
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<i>Question: Why or why not is it fair to leave to state laws the data protection of social media users?</i><br />
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LinkedIn reported growth to 675 million members, and <i>Social Media Today</i> <a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-reaches-675-million-members-continues-to-see-record-levels-of-en/571435/" target="_blank">noted</a> "record levels of engagement" (<a href="https://twitter.com/socialmedia2day" target="_blank">@socialmedia2day</a> - 2020, January 31).<br />
<a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-reaches-675-million-members-continues-to-see-record-levels-of-en/571435/">https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-reaches-675-million-members-continues-to-see-record-levels-of-en/571435/</a><br />
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<i>Question: How will LinkedIn threaten the global dominance of Facebook, Inc. in the future?</i><b> </b><br />
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<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
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LinkedIn reported growth to 675 million members, and <i>Social Media Today</i> <a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-reaches-675-million-members-continues-to-see-record-levels-of-en/571435/" target="_blank">noted</a> "record levels of engagement" (<a href="https://twitter.com/socialmedia2day" target="_blank">@socialmedia2day</a> - 2020, January 31).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-reaches-675-million-members-continues-to-see-record-levels-of-en/571435/">https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-reaches-675-million-members-continues-to-see-record-levels-of-en/571435/</a><br />
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<i>Question: Why is it that LinkedIn has both huge growth and a #DeleteLinkedIn campaign?</i><br />
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<u>Workplace Issues</u><br />
In Dallas, Texas, 13 officers were <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dallas-officers-disciplined-for-social-media-misconduct-plain-view-project/" target="_blank">disciplined</a> for posting racist social media comments last year (<a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews" target="_blank">@CBSNews</a> - 2020, January 31).<br />
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<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dallas-officers-disciplined-for-social-media-misconduct-plain-view-project/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dallas-officers-disciplined-for-social-media-misconduct-plain-view-project/</a><br />
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<i>Question: What employer and employee rights should there be when it comes to organizational social media policies?</i><br />
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<u>Students, Free Speech and the Law</u><br />
"The arrest and sentencing of a Chinese student at the University of
Minnesota for tweets he posted while studying in the U.S. raise concerns
about restrictions on Chinese students' speech," <i>Inside Higher Ed </i><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/31/prosecution-china-student-tweets-he-posted-while-studying-us-raises-free-speech" target="_blank">reported</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/insidehighered" target="_blank">@insidehighered</a> - 2020, January 31).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/31/prosecution-china-student-tweets-he-posted-while-studying-us-raises-free-speech">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/31/prosecution-china-student-tweets-he-posted-while-studying-us-raises-free-speech</a><br />
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<i>Question: How should U.S. campuses teach international students about the differences between First Amendment freedom and what may exist back home?</i><br />
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The Student Press Law Center (SPLC) <a href="https://splc.org/2020/01/college-paper-goes-viral-after-unpublishing-then-republishing-coachs-quote-complimenting-hitler/" target="_blank">reports</a> that a college newspaper in Michigan made national news over "unpublishing then republishing" a quote from a coach who admired Hitler's leadership (<a href="https://twitter.com/SPLC" target="_blank">@SPLC</a> - 2020, January 31).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://splc.org/2020/01/college-paper-goes-viral-after-unpublishing-then-republishing-coachs-quote-complimenting-hitler/">https://splc.org/2020/01/college-paper-goes-viral-after-unpublishing-then-republishing-coachs-quote-complimenting-hitler/</a><br />
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<i>Question: How could college newspapers better use social media sites to engage with the community over controversial content?</i><br />
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The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/a93a6e2b02b7f979efca92ea7266e9f2" target="_blank">reported</a> that data apps are facing a U.S. "inquiry over underage use" and presence of sex offenders (<a href="https://twitter.com/AP" target="_blank">@AP</a> - 2020, January 31)<br />
<br />
<a href="https://apnews.com/a93a6e2b02b7f979efca92ea7266e9f2">https://apnews.com/a93a6e2b02b7f979efca92ea7266e9f2</a><i> </i><br />
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<i>Question: How could dating sites create safer spaces for users? How could they use social media communication to take a stronger stance against violence and exploitation?</i><br />
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<b>SMC news is curated for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073RPBF2H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank"><i>Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics, third edition</i></a> (2021).</b></div>
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Behind every online click or gamer movement are large amounts of
computer code and user data. We need better ways to understand, protect
and verify data. On my recent visit to Chicago, I stopped by three
entrepreneurial hot spots to observe trends. Beyond the glitz of tech
open spaces, there is a deeper discussion about how to develop products
and monetize markets. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/silicon-prairie-tech-legal-issues-jeremy-harris-lipschultz/" target="_blank">Read more... </a> </div>
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Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-24982048789739798162018-10-06T14:25:00.001-05:002018-10-06T14:26:20.326-05:00Using Social Media in Creative and Collaborative Marketing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jeremy Harris Lipschultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401981690445648827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173255139194244849.post-51421878718532970672018-04-09T17:08:00.001-05:002018-04-09T17:08:31.782-05:00Entrepreneur Peter Shankman Has Four Simple Rules<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You do not need a lab coat to use data science in social media testing and optimization. Read more <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5a09c6a0e4b00652392182c3" target="_blank">on the blog</a>.</div>
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