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New Research Explores Potential Demand for Paid Twitter Verification

The Realtime Report

The research discovered that demand is strong—and that the company could potentially charge even more than the proposed $8/month fee. According to the study, the new ownership and proposed fees don’t seem likely to reduce site traffic in the near term. For more information about the Veylinx methodology, visit www.veylinx.com.

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Section 230: What Your Organization Needs to Know

Ignite Social Media

” What Is Being Proposed. Proposals from Democrats. Aside from the leaders of both parties calling for the law to be revoked, there are two major proposals to change Section 230. Aside from the leaders of both parties calling for the law to be revoked, there are two major proposals to change Section 230.

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What if the Facebook Algorithm Went Away?

Ignite Social Media

In testimony to the US Senate in August, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen proposed a regulatory reform that would make Facebook (and perhaps all social networks) responsible for any content they amplified using an algorithm.

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Google Settles with FTC over Deceptive Privacy Practices Related to Google Buzz Social Network

Bill Hartzer

Google today has officially agreed to settle charges by the United States Federal Trade Commission that Google used “deceptive tactics&# and “violated its own privacy promises to consumers&# when Google launched their social network called Google Buzz , in 2010. For those Gmail users who clicked on “Sweet!,”

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Can Advertisers Break The Facebook Chain Of Hate?

Forbes Social Media

Following campaigns in the United Kingdom, several US civil rights associations are proposing a total boycott of Facebook advertising in July under the hashtag #StopHateForProfit in response to the company’s refusal to remove hate speech from the social network.

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Opting-Out Of Facebook Sponsored Stories May Be On The Way

SocMed Sean

District Court of Northern District of California and the judge is currently reviewing the proposed settlement. Reuters is reporting that the proposed settlement offers $10 Million in damages and an agreement to provide an opt-out option for the program. The case, Angel Fraley et al., 11-cv-1726 , was argued in U.S.

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6 Tools for Community Managers That Should Be in Their Work Portfolio

The Realtime Report

It has a free proposal and paid plans. This tool is thought to save time on content programming and scheduling on Social Networks. It has a very simple user interface with excellent design functions exclusively for automating and optimizing the processes on social networks without carrying out repetitive tasks.