Microtargetting by all and sundry – Cambridge Analytica style
By: AP News July 06, 2020 The Spanish-language ads for Joe Biden used the same slogan to contrast him with President Donald Trump — “los cuentos no pagan las cuentas,” a play on words that roughly means “telling stories won’t pay the bills.” But the narrator for the version that aired in Miami had a […]
Trump, Biden fight for primacy on social media platforms
By: AP News July 06, 2020 On an average day, President Donald Trump sends about 14 posts to the 28 million Facebook followers of his campaign account. His Democratic rival, Joe Biden, delivers about half that many posts to an audience of just 2 million. The numbers are similarly skewed in other spheres of the […]
Big Tech’s Washington hearing will be a spectacle for the ages
By: Financial Times July 03, 2020 Strength in numbers — or guilt by association? When Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg appear together to answer questions from U.S. lawmakers in the coming weeks, it could be a watershed moment for Big Tech. Their appearance before a House committee looking into whether Amazon.com […]
Zoom investment shines light on woman behind Li Ka-shing’s tech bets
By: Financial Times July 02, 2020 Li ka-shing, hong kongs undisputed dealmaking master, made about 30bn in assets over the past ten years, spanning retail, energy and infrastructure. their sons victor and richard have carved on their reputations for sealing billion-dollar buyouts world wide. Nevertheless elder mr lis financial investment in videoconferencing team zoom, whoever […]
Effort to crack Big Tech’s legal shield gains bipartisan momentum
By: Roll Call June 30, 2020 Bipartisan support for a pair of Senate bills that would force social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter to change their content moderation policies could mark a turning point in Washington’s ongoing efforts to maintain greater control over Silicon Valley. Both Republicans and Democrats have frequently criticized a […]
Peers call for tougher regulation of digital and social media in UK
By: The Guardian June 29, 2020 Ministers are being urged to toughen up the regulation of digital and social media because “a pandemic of misinformation and disinformation” is eroding trust in politics and public institutions. A House of Lords committee on democracy and digital technologies, chaired by the film producer and Labour peer David Puttnam, […]
Unilever to pull ads from Twitter, Instagram and Facebook through end of the year
By: The Hill June 26, 2017 Unilever, which controls brands including Dove soap and Hellmann’s Mayonnaise, announced Friday that it is pulling brand advertisements from Twitter, Instagram and Facebook until “at least” the end of 2020. The decision was made after several other major companies pulled advertisements from Facebook as part of an advertising boycott called for by […]
Michigan is trying to make it illegal for companies to put microchips in their employees
By: The Byte June 26, 2020 Michigan lawmakers just introduced a bill that would ban employers from implanting their workers with microchips — unless, of course, the worker in question volunteered. In recent years, a growing number of companies have explored the idea of tagging their employees with subdermal, rice-sized RFID chips. Companies defend the chips as […]
Business Roundtable Encourages Multilateral Resolution of Digital Tax Issues
By: New York Times March 28, 2017 “Business Roundtable has long supported a multilateral solution to tax issues arising from the digitalization of the economy. We commend the important work undertaken by the United States and its partners in the OECD and the Inclusive Framework toward international tax rules that reduce uncertainty and promote cross-border […]