ACLU: Facebook allows gender-biased job ads on its platform
Facebook is allowing job ads on its platform that exclude women, according to the American Civil liberties Union.
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Sep 18, 2018
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Mummified penguins tell of past and future deadly weather
New research links the mummified remains of penguin chicks in Antarctica to two massive weather-related calamities that could become more commonplace with climate change.
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2018
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When MSNBC or Fox News airs in public places, how do people react?
Have you been traveling and noticed that all the televisions in an airport terminal were set to CNN? Or grabbed a drink at a bar and realized that Fox News was being broadcast to its customers?
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2018
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Twitter to verify those behind hot-button US issue ads
Twitter on Thursday started requiring those behind hot-button issue ads in the US to be vetted as part of the effort by the social network to thwart stealth campaigns aimed at influencing politics.
Internet
Aug 30, 2018
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Q&A: How Facebook regulates the wild west of political ads
With less than three months to go before the midterm elections, Facebook is enforcing strict new requirements on digital political ads. Among other things, they force political ad buyers to verify their identities by receiving ...
Internet
Aug 2, 2018
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Facebook finds 'sophisticated' efforts to disrupt elections (Update)
Facebook elevated concerns about election interference Tuesday, announcing that it had uncovered "sophisticated" efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to manipulate U.S. politics and by extension the upcoming midterm elections.
Internet
Jul 31, 2018
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Facebook must end discriminatory ad practice under deal with Washington attorney general
Facebook will be legally required to end its practice of allowing businesses to block certain groups like blacks, gays and immigrants from viewing ads under an agreement reached with the Washington State Attorney General's ...
Internet
Jul 25, 2018
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Storytelling may make political ads powerful persuaders
The persuasive potential of using stories in political ads may make them powerful tools for politicians and should become a focus for future research, according to a team of researchers.
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2018
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Facebook boosts ad transparency as it braces for elections
Facebook announced new steps Thursday to let people see who is behind ads and other content on the leading social network as it braced for elections in the US and Brazil.
Internet
Jun 28, 2018
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Facebook eases ban on cryptocurrency ads
Facebook said Tuesday it was easing a ban on ads for cryptocurrencies while keeping a prohibition on initial coin offerings to raise assets.
Internet
Jun 27, 2018
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